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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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Sudan: MSF urges respect for medical action after violent incursion
Fighting between elements of two different sections of the Sudanese security forces in Central Darfur state led to a violent incursion in an MSF-supported health facility that left one MSF staff member injured. Crisis Update - 15 May 2020
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South Sudan: Increase in COVID-19 patients is very worrying
In two weeks, the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 in South Sudan has jumped from six to over 200, MSF Head of Mission in South Sudan, Claudio Miglietta, shares this flash quote. Crisis Update - 14 May 2020
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Kibera: "In this environment, the usual health promotion messages just don’t apply"
Lili-Marie Wangari, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator for MSF in Kenya, is working on the organisation’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak. This includes providing support to a health centre and to community health efforts in Kibera, one of the largest slum settlements in Africa. There are currently 396 cases in Kenya, with the majority concentrated on the capital, Nairobi. Here she explains her work to help to protect some of the most vulnerable people within the city. Stories from the Frontline - 30 Apr 2020
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Crisis Update: Fighting COVID-19 in East Africa
Across East Africa we are working hard to keep providing essential medical services, taking steps to keep patients and staff safe as well as launching new activities to respond directly to the outbreak. Crisis Update - 30 Apr 2020
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Stories from the Frontline - 28 Apr 2020
A day in the life of an MSF health promoter in times of COVID-19
Tumaini Kombe is a Tanzanian health promoter with Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in Nduta refugee camp, north-western Tanzania, where MSF is the sole healthcare provider for 75,000 Burundian refugees. As the focal point for health promotion, Tumaini is working on preventative measures for a COVID-19 outbreak in Nduta camp through community engagement.Stories from the Frontline - 28 Apr 2020