345 Results For "covid-19"
 
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Diagnostics company Cepheid overcharging and undersupplying critical COVID-19 test

Cepheid charging four times more than it should per test, according to MSF research
 Press Release - 27 Jul 2020
 
Two people help medical staff into personal protective equipment. PPE is used in epidemics and pandemics before people enter an Ebola high risk zone.
Crisis Response

Epidemics and pandemics

Millions of people still die each year from epidemics and pandemics – infectious diseases that are preventable or can be treated.
 
Councelor Celina Beatriz Chinhaja conducts an HIV pre-test and counseling with a truck driver inside the MSF car at a remote parking area outside Beira City, in Mozambique
Crisis Response

Exclusion from Healthcare

In every situation, our teams strive to ensure that we target people who may be overlooked by the authorities or by other aid groups. These might include sex workers, street children, prisoners, drug addicts or the mentally ill.
 
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

MSF condemns the killing of five aid workers in northeast Nigeria

Five humanitarian aid workers in northeast Nigeria have been killed after being abducted last month.
 Press Release - 23 Jul 2020
 
Niger

“Simplifying isn’t as simple as it sounds!”

We talk to nutrition advisor Béatrice Mounier about simplifying the protocol for diagnosing and managing acute malnutrition in Niger.
 Latest News - 22 Jul 2020
 
COVID-19 Project Mons Belgium
Southern African Office

Board Of Directors

Meet the MSF Southern Africa team
 
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

AIDS has not disappeared: the reality of Advanced HIV disease in Nsanje, Malawi

Advanced HIV is still a reality for people in Nsanje in Malawi, even in the midst of COVID-19. MSF'S Health Policy Advisor, Drew Aiken gives an account of his experience in Nsanje.
 Patient and Staff Stories - 16 Jul 2020
 
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Providing mental healthcare during COVID-19

Our Psychologist Cassandra Govender gives insight on what MSF is doing to help migrants access mental healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Tshwane Migrant project in South Africa.
 Fieldworkers Stories - 10 Jul 2020
 
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Supporting mental health during a pandemic

Mental healthcare is an important aspect of people's well being, our colleagues have had to adapt to how they treat patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
 Latest News - 10 Jul 2020
 
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

International AIDS Society awards MSF work on differentiated HIV service delivery in Eshowe

Our organization donated R170793 cash prize to Shintsha Health Initiative to bolster support to people living with HIV, emphasising the need for adapted HIV services during COVID-19 pandemic.
 Press Release - 8 Jul 2020