MSF pledges to reduce the carbon emissions of its medical humanitarian projects by at least 50 percent by 2030 to safeguard the future health of patients and communities.
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MSF resumes activities in response to India’s COVID-19 second wave
The city is very densely populated and the poor and dilapidated hygiene conditions are a triple trigger for the virus to breed, infect and spread rapidly.
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Mexico: Militarization of borders and mass expulsions increase dangers for asylum seekers and migrants
The commitments announced last week between the United States, Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala to reinforce the militarization of borders will further criminalize people on the move, says the international medical organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), leaving migrants more exposed to organized crime and COVID-19. MSF has witnessed both repeated raids and arbitrary detentions […]
Niger: Deportations put migrants’ lives at risk
Safi Keita, from Mali, made her living in Algeria by selling spices. Her two children had stayed in Mali with her mother, and she was four months pregnant with her third child on the day that police arrived at her home. “The gendarmes broke down the door,” she says. “They took everything: money and phones. […]
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Opening remarks – Dr. Jason Nickerson, Humanitarian Affairs Advisor
Standing Committee on Health February 26, 2021 Good afternoon and thank you to the Committee for having me back today. It has been said many times that this is a global pandemic that requires global solidarity and global actions. In addition to protecting Canadians, it is essential that our government unite behind a […]
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Central African Republic
Thousands of people have been killed or wounded and millions displaced during years of bloody – but largely neglected – conflict in Central African Republic.
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COVID-19 vaccines: Equitable global access is urgently needed
COVID-19 is a devastating global public health emergency, especially in parts of the world where healthcare systems were already fragile even before the pandemic began. The key to overcoming this disease is through vaccination.
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MSF calls on WHO to prioritize supply of more quality-assured sources of insulin
The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) welcomed the launch of the ‘Global Diabetes Compact’ by the World Health Organization (WHO) today and stressed the need to speed up the availability of more quality-assured sources of human insulin so that everyone in need can access this lifesaving medicine, especially people in […]
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Failed COVID-19 response drives Brazil to humanitarian catastrophe
More than 12 months into Brazil’s COVID-19 emergency, there is still no effective, centralized and coordinated public health response to the outbreak.
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CAR: Healing the visible and invisible wounds of sexual violence
Sexual violence has become a public health issue in Central African Republic (CAR) over the past decade, with women and minors being the most affected groups. In a country marked by years of civil war and facing a long-term crisis, assaults are perpetrated not just by members of armed groups; often the assault is committed […]
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