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

Maintaining health services for Dadaab refugees while responding to COVID-19

This World Refugee Day, Kenya's Dadaab Refugee complex battles challenges with COVID-19 however our organization is supporting the complex with contingency measures to help contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.
 Latest News - 19 Jun 2020
 
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Refugee Testimonies : Fowzia Mohamed Abdule

30-year-old Fowzia Mohamed Abdule came to Dadaab in 1992 with her mother, two other siblings and her extended family, fleeing violence in Somalia.
 - 19 Jun 2020
 
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Zacharia Matichiang Maet: "I hope to get resettled abroad, to change my life for the better"

35-year-old Zacharia Matichiang fled violence in his home in then Sudan in 1987, to Ethiopia then to Kakuma refugee camp in Kenyan in 1992. He was moved again to Dadaab refugee camp in 2006, where he stays to date.
 Patient and Staff Stories - 19 Jun 2020
 
Palestine

Gaza: COVID-19 threat hampers care for patients with gunshot wounds

Our teams are providing medical care to patients injured from the March of Great Return in Gaza Strip, Palestine.
 Latest News - 18 Jun 2020
 
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Lassa fever: the end of an emergency in 2020

On 28 April, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control declared the 2020 Lassa fever emergency over
 Latest News - 17 Jun 2020
 
Nigeria

"It’s like going through a dark tunnel – but just know that very soon a tiny ray of light will appear"

One of our patients Amaechi-Egemba Emmanuel gives a testimony on his experience having been diagnosed with Lassa Fever and how he overcame it.
 Patient and Staff Stories - 17 Jun 2020
 
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Nigeria: Learning from the experience of treating other diseases, like Lassa fever

Dr Preceious has been with MSF for two years as a research medical doctor in the Lassa Fever project in Abaliki, Nigeria. Here she shares her experience.
 Patient and Staff Stories - 17 Jun 2020
 
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Democratic Republic of Congo: Addressing the double burden of COVID-19 in Kinshasa

Our major concern during the response of COVID-19 in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the reduction of patients coming to consult for other major diseases such as measles, HIV and tuberculosis.
 Latest News - 15 Jun 2020
 
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Caring for the world’s most vulnerable amid a pandemic

MSF teams in different parts of the world, working locally in their own countries, are working overtime to combat the COVID-19 crisis
 - 11 Jun 2020
 
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

MSF Opens Khayelitsha Field Hospital as South Africa Braces for COVID-19

COVID-19 infections are increasing in South Africa, our organisation is supporting the Department of Health to manage their bed capacity in Khayelitsha with our newly opened Khayelitsha Field Hospital.
 Latest News - 9 Jun 2020