Refugees, Migration and displacement
Democratic Republic of Congo: 200,000 people forced from homes and health centres destroyed as violence surges in Ituri province
Inter-community violence and the cycle of attacks and retaliations between armed groups and national army have put people in distress and prevent humanitarian workers from assisting already vulnerable populations in the region. Crisis Update - 4 Jun 2020
COVID-19 Coronavirus
MSF launches new online mental health tool during COVID-19 pandemic
The tool provides practical solutions and advice to help people cope with their emotions during the pandemic, and is free to use via the MSF website Article - 2 Jun 2020
Access to medicines
Any future COVID-19 vaccines must be sold at cost and accessible to all
Governments must attach strings as they pledge billions to pay for COVID-19 vaccines in developing countries and governments and Gavi must demand pharmaceutical corporations to sell the vaccine at cost. Press Release - 2 Jun 2020
Access to Healthcare
Yemen: In Aden’s only COVID-19 treatment centre we are seeing a catastrophe unfold
MSF is treating severely ill patients at its COVID-19 centre in Aden, many of whom are dying Press Release - 26 May 2020
Access to Healthcare
"We’ve adapted our entire way of working”: Keeping essential medical services running during the COVID-19 pandemic
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been felt in every one of MSF’s approximately 450 projects in more than 70 countries. Since the beginning of the pandemic, MSF has had two main priorities: first, to keep existing essential medical services up and running for the hundreds of thousands of patients who rely on us; and second, to prepare for, and respond to the spread of the virus itself. Faced with challenges on a scale never experienced before, MSF’s teams, like frontline healthcare workers everywhere, have had to quickly adapt to the new realities of a COVID-19 world. Article - 26 May 2020
Access to Healthcare
COVID-19: “Let’s prepare for a long-distance run”
Doctor Chibuzo Okonta is President of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) West Africa. Originally from Nigeria, he has been a volunteer for MSF since 2005. He has worked with the organisation’s emergency medical teams in several countries of the region. Here, he calls on the practitioners from the African continent to own the narrative of the current pandemic and take advantage of the continent's experience with outbreaks in order to propose a tailored response. Article - 20 May 2020
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
Access to Healthcare