Refugees, Migration and displacement
Stories from the Frontline - 18 Jun 2020
"No one chooses to be a refugee"
Barthelemy is a Burundian refugee and staff member with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Nduta camp, northwestern Tanzania, where MSF is the sole healthcare provider for 75,000 refugees. As a refugee himself, Barthelemy embarked on an extraordinary journey to reach safety and begin a new life with his family in Tanzania. This is his story…Stories from the Frontline - 18 Jun 2020
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"I would never wish to go back"
ZACHARIA MATICHIANG MAET – 35 YEARS OLD Stories from the Frontline - 18 Jun 2020
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"How can you stay in a country for three decades but not know where you belong?"
FOWZIA MOHAMED ABDULE Stories from the Frontline - 18 Jun 2020
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Project Update - 18 Jun 2020
Maintaining health services for Dadaab refugees while responding to COVID-19
With a further tightening of mobility restrictions, humanitarian services remain a crucial lifeline and the only means to access food and health for many refugees. For MSF, the key priority has been to ensure that healthcare services in the camp are not disrupted, and that refugees continue to access medical services in a safe environment.Project Update - 18 Jun 2020
COVID-19 Coronavirus
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
Lassa Fever
Lassa fever: the end of an emergency in 2020
Lassa is an extremely dangerous viral hemorrhagic fever that is endemic to a number of west African countries, including Nigeria. This year has been Nigeria’s largest outbreak to date. Project 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
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Medecins Sans Frontieres raises an alert over the alarming spread of COVID-19 in Haiti
Health structures in Haiti are being destabilized by the pandemic, and the country faces a lack of tests and supplies due to the global lockdown Press Release - 10 Jun 2020
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MSF opens new COVID-19 Khayelitsha Field Hospital, South Africa
Videos and Photos - 9 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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