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Eastern Burkina Faso: Out of sight, people suffer from unprecedented rise in violence
In eastern Burkina Faso, the fight against COVID-19 is just one of many priorities and should not divert resources from other life-saving interventions highlights Abdalla Hussein , MSF Head of Mission in the country Crisis Update - 5 Jun 2020
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MSF launches new online mental health tool during COVID-19 pandemic
The tool provides practical solutions and advice to help people cope with their emotions during the pandemic, and is free to use via the MSF website Article - 2 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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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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COVID-19: MSF steps up response in Europe
Today, in Europe some of the most advanced health systems in the world are buckling under the pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has now expanded activities in Italy, Spain, Switzerland, France, Norway, Greece, Portugal, The Netherlands and Belgium. 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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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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Covid-19: MSF provides support with response in second worst affected province in Iran
MSF has sent a 50-bed inflatable treatment unit and an emergency team of nine people to Isfahan, the second worst affected province in Iran, to increase hospital capacity for treating the critically ill. Article - 23 Mar 2020![Patients waiting to take their methadone at the Karuri MAT clinic [© Paul Odongo/MSF]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf308280_medium.jpg?itok=O6PmUkp0 "Patients waiting to take their methadone at the Karuri MAT clinic [© Paul Odongo/MSF]")
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“I never thought I would get hooked,” reprieve for drugs users through a holistic approach
MSF's new facility in Kiambu, Kenya offers a one-stop clinic for people who use drugs (PWUDs) and aims to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with illicit opioid drug use Article - 13 Mar 2020
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