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Crisis Update - 27 Mar 2020
Coronavirus in Cote d'Ivoire: Preparation is key to cope with the pandemic
The emergency medical organization Médecins Sans Frontières/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has been working for the past 15 days to respond to the coronavirus pandemic recently declared in Côte d'Ivoire.Crisis Update - 27 Mar 2020
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Coronavirus in West Africa: Focus on the most vulnerable and learning from the past
Today, Sierra Leone remains the only country to not register COVID-19 cases in West and Central Africa. Dr Dorian Job, MSF West Africa Programme Manager in Dakar, provides here an update on the situation and priorities at this stage. Article - 27 Mar 2020
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MSF steps up its COVID-19 response in Spain
Using its experience in managing epidemics in places with fragile health systems, MSF is stepping up its response to COVID-19 in Spain. Article - 25 Mar 2020
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Bracing for impact of COVID-19
Everyone is affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the impact may be felt by some more than others. Article - 25 Mar 2020
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Iran: MSF “deeply surprised” as Iranian authorities put a stop to the organisation’s Covid-19 response program
The international humanitarian organisation is ready to deploy its emergency team and inflatable 50-bed facility elsewhere in Iran or to other countries where they are urgently needed Article - 24 Mar 2020
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COVID-19 and Tuberculosis: Global Solidarity Needed
In the context of COVID-19 pandemic, MSF is worried about vulnerable patients worldwide. One of these groups are people with TB, weaker lungs, often living in poor conditions. Article - 23 Mar 2020
Tackling TB in Sudan and South Sudan
Over recent years, MSF has integrated the diagnosis and treatment of TB into some of its medical programmes in Sudan and South Sudan in order to help tackle this disease, treating refugees, internally displaced people and local communities. - 23 Mar 2020
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5 barriers from Big Pharma preventing people getting lifesaving TB drugs
We list 5 BARRIERS which pharma corporation Johnson and Johnson (J&J) are creating that stop people living with TB from getting the lifesaving medicine bedaquiline. Article - 23 Mar 2020
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Burkina Faso: an unprecedented humanitarian emergency for the country
Isabelle Defourny, MSF Director of Operations, was recently in Burkina Faso and raises the alarm on the humanitarian situation in the most conflict-affected areas of the country. Crisis Update - 23 Mar 2020
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