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A silent woman-killer in Malawi
Cervical cancer kills over 2,300 women in Malawi every year, or two thirds of those who become infected with it, despite it being an easily preventable disease. This grim reality is the result of issues with vaccination and screening, as well as limitations in the offer of treatment. Since 2018, MSF has been working to fill the gap in Blantyre district, where the disease is particularly common. Project Update - 10 Jul 2020
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MSF response to the release of UNAIDS 2020 Global AIDS Update Report
MSF joins UNAIDS in calling for countries to implement practices to help mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on HIV treatment services, including ways to provide people with HIV with multiple months of treatment at one time Press Release - 6 Jul 2020
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Johnson & Johnson TB drug price reduction is important step, and governments need to urgently scale up better treatment
120,707 people signed petitions urging the corporation to drop the price Press Release - 6 Jul 2020
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Providing medical care to people who use drugs amid COVID-19 crisis in Kenya
COVID-19 and containment measures put in place to reduce the spread have not boded well for people who use drugs as most of them live in precarious conditions and are not able to practise some of the preventive measures Project Update - 1 Jul 2020
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Democratic Republic of Congo: Addressing the double burden of COVID-19 in Kinshasa
In just three months, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) passed the threshold of 4,500 confirmed COVID-19 cases. While 11 of the country's provinces are affected, its capital, Kinshasa, accounts for 90 per cent of cases. Crisis Update - 15 Jun 2020
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Kala Azar in Sudan: Ten years of treating a 'disease in hiding'
After ten years treating Kala Azar in the region, MSF handed over the to the ministry of health our kala azar medical activities in May 2020. During that time, MSF treated, and saved almost 7,000 patients1, keeping the mortality below 1% except during the initial peaks. Project Update - 15 Jun 2020![Internal view of the field hospital set up in Khayelitsha Multi-purpose Centre [© MSF/Rowan Pybus]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf322139_medium.jpg?itok=11mPqHRa "Internal view of the field hospital set up in Khayelitsha Multi-purpose Centre in Cape Town [© MSF/Rowan Pybus]")
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MSF opens Khayelitsha Field Hospital as South Africa braces for COVID-19
As COVID-19 continues to spread, the wards in Khayelitsha District Hospital in Cape Town have filled up with suspected and confirmed cases. MSF is helping increase local healthcare capacity to meet these urgent needs Project Update - 9 Jun 2020
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Mozambique: Violence surges in Cabo Delgado forcing thousands to flee, destroying homes and further jeopardizing access to health care
Access to the northern region of Mozambique has become more difficult since violence erupted in late 2017. However, humanitarian assistance is crucial for the displaced population already suffering from malaria and cholera outbreaks and little access to HIV and TB care. These medical conditions are compounded by the violence in the province. Project Update - 5 Jun 2020
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"We’ve adapted our entire way of working”: Keeping essential medical services running during the COVID-19 pandemic
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been felt in every one of MSF’s approximately 450 projects in more than 70 countries. Since the beginning of the pandemic, MSF has had two main priorities: first, to keep existing essential medical services up and running for the hundreds of thousands of patients who rely on us; and second, to prepare for, and respond to the spread of the virus itself. Faced with challenges on a scale never experienced before, MSF’s teams, like frontline healthcare workers everywhere, have had to quickly adapt to the new realities of a COVID-19 world. Article - 26 May 2020
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