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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
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Crisis Update: A race against the pandemic
MSF teams in over 70 countries are racing to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Crisis Update - 22 Apr 2020
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Sudan: MSF supports hospitals and isolation sites in response to COVID-19
Following confirmation of the first cases of COVID-19 in Sudan, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has started supporting the Sudanese Ministry of Health (MoH), private facilities and designated COVID-19 health structures with logistics, technical assistance, infection control measures and training of healthcare staff. Article - 16 Apr 2020
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Kenya: Adapting to COVID-19
Across our projects in Kenya, MSF is working to adapt its programmes to respond to COVID-19 Article - 16 Apr 2020
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Tanzania: Spread of COVID-19 could be devastating for refugees and host communities
Pete Clausen is MSF's head of mission in Tanzania, Article - 14 Apr 2020
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MSF calls for no patents or profiteering on COVID-19 drugs, tests, and vaccines in pandemic
Rationing because of high prices and insufficient supply will prolong the pandemic Press Release - 27 Mar 2020
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