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COVID-19 ward in Al-Kindy hospital, Baghdad
Iraq

COVID-19 outbreak in Baghdad is “very alarming”

Iraq has registered 320,000 cases of COVID-19 and an average 4,000 new cases are reported daily. The health system is under huge pressure. Project Update - 24 Sep 2020
 
Streer view - Mbawa camp
Nigeria

“When I think about going home, I remind myself that a live dog is better than a dead lion”

A multi-layered and complex conflict between farmers and herdsmen in Nigeria's 'food basket' middle belt states has escalated in recent years, forcing thousands of people to become displaced with a lack of access to healthcare and food. Project Update - 1 Sep 2020
 
A hospital at the heart of violence-torn North-West Cameroon
Cameroon

A hospital at the heart of the North-West crisis in Cameroon

More than three years of armed violence in the English-speaking regions of Cameroon have led to a humanitarian crisis, severely damaging local health systems. Access to healthcare has become a daily challenge. Project Update - 1 Sep 2020
 
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh three years after their exodus
Bangladesh

Rohingya refugees remain in limbo three years after mass exodus

Three years after a campaign of targeted violence in Myanmar drove thousands of Rohingya to Bangladesh, their futures are still uncertain. Project Update - 25 Aug 2020
 
Sheikh Zayed Hospital Sanaa – COVID19 – YEMEN
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

As COVID-19 spreads, fear drives people away from hospitals in Yemen

As COVID-19 spreads through Yemen, widespread fear of the coronavirus is preventing people from seeking medical care. MSF is supporting a new COVID-19 treatment centre in Sheikh Zayed hospital in the capital Sana’a. Press Release - 9 Jul 2020
 
Increase in deaths Soyapango and San Salvador3
El Salvador

People are dying at home amid collapsing health system in El Salvador

With the health system in El Salvador overwhelmed and close to collapse due to the coronavirus pandemic, MSF teams are seeing increased numbers of people dying at home, often of non-COVID-19 illnesses, or while waiting for ambulances to transport them to care. Project Update - 9 Jul 2020
 
Pibor-Thousands flee into the bush as conflict intensifies
South Sudan

Intense fighting in eastern South Sudan once again forces thousands to flee

A resurgence of intense violence between communities in Greater Pibor Administrative area in eastern South Sudan has once again forced thousands of people to flee into the bush, leaving people - and especially children - without access to medical care. Statement - 24 Jun 2020
 
COVID-19: Khayelitsha Field Hospital
South Africa

MSF opens field hospital as South Africa braces for COVID-19

The Khayelitsha community has borne the brunt of COVID-19 infections in the country, spurring Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to develop a 60-bed overflow treatment facility in a field hospital next to the district hospital. Project Update - 12 Jun 2020
 
Emergency intervention for storm Amanda in San Salvador
El Salvador

Tropical Storm Amanda is “the last straw” for families in El Salvador amid COVID-19

Families in El Salvador, already having had to fend off gang violence and the COVID-19 pandemic, now face more difficulties in access to medical care after Tropical Storm Amanda wreaked havoc. Project Update - 11 Jun 2020
 
Access to HealthCare in Saada and Amran governorates
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

“COVID-19 has made the health system's collapse complete” in Yemen

MSF is treating patients severely ill with coronavirus at our COVID-19 centre in Sana’a, Yemen, where the 15-bed ICU has been mostly full for the past four weeks. People are dying of the new coronavirus at a high rate as our teams try to save lives.

Project Update - 10 Jun 2020
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Independent medical humanitarian assistance

We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of health professionals, logistic and administrative staff - most of them hired locally. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of independence and impartiality. We are a non-profit, self-governed, member-based organisation.

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