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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MSF opens Khayelitsha Field Hospital as South Africa braces for COVID-19
As COVID-19 continues to spread, the wards in Khayelitsha District Hospital in Cape Town have filled up with suspected and confirmed cases. MSF is helping increase local healthcare capacity to meet these urgent needs Project Update - 9 Jun 2020
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COVID-19 lays bare failed politics of aid to help migrants stranded in Libya
The combination of the escalating armed conflict coupled with increased indiscriminate attacks on civilians, the arrival of COVID-19 to a war-torn country with a collapsing healthcare system, the reduction of the humanitarian space available for actors due to travel and security restrictions, is creating a crisis within a crisis in Libya and could ultimately become a humanitarian catastrophe. Crisis Update - 8 Jun 2020
COVID-19 Coronavirus
COVID-19 in Niger: Facing multiple challenges
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has been supporting the national response to the COVID-19 health emergency in Niamey, the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic in Niger but in a context characterised by stigma and violence, there are many challenges. Article - 8 Jun 2020
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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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