COVID-19 Coronavirus
“If they do not even have food to eat – why would they have soap?”
COVID-19 is just one of many medical or humanitarian emergencies people in the Democratic Republic of Congo are faced with on a daily basis. As David Walubila Mwinyi , MSF Medical Data Supervisor South Kivu highlights, we need to meet the populations’ needs, by continuing to provide general health care across the country, earn their trust, and work together towards the end of the outbreak. Stories from the Frontline - 20 May 2020
Attacks on medical care
South Sudan: Renewed violence in Pieri kills and wounds dozens, including MSF staff
An MSF member of staff was killed and two more were injured during intense fighting that erupted over the weekend in and around Pieri Press Release - 19 May 2020![A woman carrying food for her family, Cox Bazar, Bangladesh [© Vincenzo Livieri]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf259400_medium.jpg?itok=Qz0eKW-R "A woman carrying food for her family, Cox Bazar, Bangladesh [© Vincenzo Livieri]")
COVID-19 Coronavirus
Five things we can do to protect people on the move during COVID-19
More than 70 million forcibly displaced people worldwide are particularly exposed to COVID-19 Crisis Update - 18 May 2020
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Responding to Cholera as COVID-19 threatens Kenya’s health system
Heavy rains across Kenya and the wider region have led to floods and forced many people from their homes. Now, the town of Telesgaye, a community in Kenya’s north-east Marsabit County, is fighting a cholera outbreak. Article - 18 May 2020
Attacks on medical care
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![One of the wards in the maternity. [© Frederic Bonnot/MSF]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf319116_medium.jpg?itok=c2I9fEoN "One of the wards in the maternity. [© Frederic Bonnot/MSF]")
Attacks on medical care
Crisis Update - 15 May 2020
"They came to kill the mothers"
It is now clear that the attack on Dasht-e-Barchi hospital in Kabul on 12 May, was a deliberate assault on a maternity hospital. Frederic Bonnot, MSF’s Head of Programmes in Afghanistan gives a first-person accountCrisis Update - 15 May 2020
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COVID-19 and lack of protective equipment threaten life-saving medical care for vulnerable people in Mathare, Kenya
For the over half a million people living in Mathare, one of Kenya’s largest slums, the arrival of the COVID-19 outbreak in the country may present an even bigger risk than being infected with the virus. The disruption of the local health care infrastructure caused by the outbreak has badly affected their ability to find essential medical care, leaving many at risk of being deprived of life-saving services. Article - 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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Dealing with COVID-19 in Somalia and Somaliland amidst an ongoing humanitarian crisis
Dealing with COVID-19 in Somalia and Somaliland amidst an ongoing humanitarian crisis Article - 13 May 2020
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