MSF has been working for the past 15 days to respond to the coronavirus pandemic recently declared in Côte d’Ivoire.
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COVID-19 in West Africa: Focus on the most vulnerable and learning from the past
Dr Dorian Job, MSF West Africa Program Manager in Dakar, provides an update on the situation and priorities at this stage.
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Taiz City, Yemen: Humanitarian medical space under indiscriminate attack
Repeated attacks and armed violations against health facilities supported by MSF in the city of Taiz are compromising our ability to deliver effective medical care for Yemenis.
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Ebola: World’s second-worst outbreak nears end in DRC
By Karline Kleijer, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Head of Emergencies Today as the world is focused on the Corona Virus pandemic, the world’s second-worst Ebola outbreak is finally nearing its end. Over the past months the number of Ebola cases finally dwindled. Having lasted over 18 months and resulting in the deaths of over […]
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Iraq: Caring for burn patients in Qayyarah
In Iraq’s northern sub-district of Qayyarah, merely 60 kilometers south of Mosul the capital of Nineveh province, traces of a war subsided three years ago are still starkly evident. There, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) runs the only hospital specialized in burns in Nineveh, a province still reeling from the shock of a ferocious war […]
COVID-19: MSF response in Spain
Leveraging its experience and expertise in managing epidemics in contexts where health and social care systems are fragile or unable to cope with such situations, MSF is stepping up its COVID-19 response.
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Medical Issues
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) treats patients suffering from a wide array of illnesses and health needs. Here are some of the medical issues we see and what we do about them. […]
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
Worldwide, at least one in three women has experienced some form of sexual violence.
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COVID-19 in Iran: MSF ‘deeply surprised’ as Iranian authorities put a stop to coronavirus response
MSF is ready to deploy its emergency team and inflatable 50-bed facility elsewhere in Iran or to other countries where they are urgently needed.
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Maternal Health
Our maternal health programs in more than 25 countries focus on reducing maternal and infant mortality.
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