Initiative is an important first step, but governments must make binding commitments to guarantee access.
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Venezuela: MSF opens COVID-19 centre in Caracas
More than 100 professionals from different disciplines have set up a specialist COVID-19 centre in a wing of the Ana Francisca Pérez de León II hospital in Petare, northeast Caracas.
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Unregulated market for PPE is putting lives at risk
Regulation is needed for all countries to protect healthcare staff and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19: MSF responds in Amazonas, Brazil
Despite its relative small population, the state of Amazonas is among the regions with the highest absolute number of deaths caused by COVID-19 in Brazil.
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COVID-19 in West Africa: ‘Let’s prepare for a long-distance run’
It has been close to three months now since the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Africa. The contamination curves are today much flatter than those seen in France, Italy or the United States.
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The COVID Dilemma: Population vulnerability and political stability
By Kevin Coppock, Head of Mission in Kyrgyzstan.
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Five things we can do to protect people on the move during COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionately impacting the world’s most vulnerable. Among them are more than 70 million forcibly displaced people worldwide.
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Responding to Cholera as COVID-19 threatens Kenya’s health system
Heavy rains across Kenya and the wider region have led to floods and forced many people from their homes. Now, the town of Telesgaye, a community in Kenya’s north-east Marsabit County, is fighting a cholera outbreak.
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South Sudan: Renewed violence in Pieri kills and wounds dozens, including MSF staff
It is with great sadness that Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) confirms that a South Sudanese member of staff was killed and two more were injured during intense fighting that erupted over the weekend in and around Pieri, a town in Jonglei State in north-eastern South Sudan where MSF runs a primary healthcare […]
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Adapting our way of working and keeping essential medical services running during the COVID-19 pandemic
While the world’s attention is understandably focused on the direct impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is essential to see the health crisis from a broader perspective.
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