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Measles

DRC: “COVID-19 must not jeopardise the fight against major killer diseases like measles”

A one-track focus on COVID-19 will sow the seeds of other major health crises such as measles in DRC
Latest News - 5 May 2020
 
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

CAR: A nationwide measles epidemic threatens children's lives

The Central African Republic is plagued by a serious measles outbreak that is threatened by the increasing novel coronavirus outbreak. Our main concern is that if COVID-19 prevents children from getting vaccinated more of them will die.
Latest News - 5 May 2020
 
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Nearly two years on, measles epidemic in Chad is not under control

Officially declared in May 2018, 118 out of 126 health districts in Chad have now been affected by the epidemic
Latest News - 5 May 2020
 
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Nairobi: MSF COVID-19 response in Kibera

In Nairobi, Kenya, our teams continue to prepare for their COVID-19 response to remote communities such as Kibera. Lili-Marie Wangari gives a first-person account on how our teams have been managing the outbreak thus far.
Latest News - 30 Apr 2020
 
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

A day in the life of an MSF health promoter in times of COVID-19

More support is desperately needed for the refugees and host community in Tanzania and across Africa, as COVID-19 outbreak surges 
Fieldworkers Stories - 29 Apr 2020
 
South Africa

South Africa: COVID-19 operational update #7

Latest News - 29 Apr 2020
 
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Health in Strandfontein COVID-19 Shelter

Report on health conditions in the Strandfontein COVID-19 Temporary Shelter for the Homeless: findings of an independent assessment for the South African Human Rights Commission, conducted on Saturday 11 April 2020.
Briefing Document - 29 Apr 2020
 
Mental Health

Rohingya refugees left to starve at sea

Around 500 people endured an unimaginably horrific ordeal and many lost their lives.
Latest News - 23 Apr 2020
 
Mental Health

"To see people like that just felt awful. It felt like the worst thing in the world."

Statelessness generates vulnerabilities that are exploited by those who seek to benefit from the desperation of Rohingya refugees
Patient and Staff Stories - 23 Apr 2020