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MSF recruits medical and non-medical staff to work in it's projects.
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Stories from the Frontline - 2 Jul 2020
Pieri violence: “I knew we had to prepare for the worst”
Istifanus Chindong Damulak, MSF Medical Team Leader in Lankien gives a personal account of the violence in and around Pieri that killed over 200 people – including an MSF staff member – and left a further 300 wounded.Stories from the Frontline - 2 Jul 2020
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Press Release - 1 Jul 2020
African Union says urgent need to address patents and technology barriers for access to future COVID-19 vaccine
MSF welcomes the communique released by African health ministers stating the negative impact patents and other forms of intellectual property could have on access to potential future COVID-19 vaccines in their countries.Press Release - 1 Jul 2020
“It was like the end of the world” - Thousands caught in crossfire of invisible conflict in Northern Mozambique
Over one hundred thousand people have been displaced as insurgents and security forces battle for control in Cabo Delgado. The plight and struggles of over one hundred thousand displaced people are increasing: primary needs are going unmet, aggravated by the extreme challenges that aid organisation face to access areas of the north of Mozambique. Crisis Update - 1 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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Sandstorms, Donkeys and Tobacco
After 13 years of work in Tawila, a focal point of the Darfur conflict in Sudan, MSF has handed over medical activities to local authorities. This town suffered attacks that forced people to flee and hosted waves of displaced populations escaping violence. Project Update - 30 Jun 2020
Refugees, Migration and displacement
Intense fighting in eastern South Sudan, once again, forces thousands of people to flee
A new and brutal rise in intercommunal clashes has led MSF to suspend its medical activities in Pibor Crisis Update - 24 Jun 2020
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Ahead of Gavi Board meeting, MSF calls on Gavi to revise its global mechanism and demand pharma sell all COVID-19 vaccines at cost
The public pays for the development of COVID-19 vaccines through their taxes, so they deserve transparency on public money that is handed over to pharmaceutical corporations. Press Release - 23 Jun 2020
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Responding to COVID-19 must not come at the expense of malaria activities, otherwise children may pay the price
The COVID-19 pandemic is a global tragedy but the consequences for children could be terrible if resources are diverted from malaria prevention and treatment Stories from the Frontline - 22 Jun 2020
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