By Lili-Marie Wangari, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator for MSF in Kenya. Wangari is working on the organization’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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DRC: COVID-19 must not jeopardize the fight against deadly diseases
Overshadowed by outbreaks of Ebola last year and by COVID-19 today, the measles epidemic in DRC continues to kill children every day.
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DRC: Health promotion during COVID-19
While being close to a post-Ebola epidemic period, DRC begins to see signs of the global COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19: Abnormality in the West Bank
A full lockdown has been in place in the West Bank for more than three weeks, with over 300 cases of COVID-19 confirmed in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
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COVID-19: providing care to vulnerable people in Brazil
Teams are working in São Paulo and Roraima, focusing on people experiencing homelessness and migrants.
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Northeast Syria: First confirmed COVID-19 case increases concerns for preparedness
As the first reported death from COVID-19 is confirmed in north-east Syria, MSF is concerned about the region’s preparedness and capacity to respond to an outbreak.
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COVID-19 in New York: Vulnerable communities need urgent protection
Greater focus on under-resourced communities in the United States is urgently needed to ensure that all people can protect themselves and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Rohingya refugees left to starve at sea
By Daniella Ritzau-Reid, MSF Communications Manager in Bangladesh
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MSF urges J&J to reduce price of TB drug to save lives of vulnerable people in pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to grow, people with respiratory issues and lung damage, such as people with tuberculosis (TB), are at a greater risk of getting sick and dying of COVID-19 disease if infected. There is an urgent need to ensure the continuity of prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care for people with TB worldwide […]
A letter to Johnson & Johnson
To: Alex Gorsky, Chairman and CEO Johnson & Johnson 1 Johnson & Johnson Plaza New Brunswick, NJ 08933, USA CC: Jennifer Taubert, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Chairman, Pharmaceuticals Ana-Maria Ionescu, Global Marketing Leader TB, Global Public Health Dr Adrian Thomas, Vice President, Global Public Health and Access Dear Mr Gorsky, As the world grapples with the global […]