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Covid-19 in Amazon region

Epidemics and pandemics

Millions of people still die each year from infectious diseases that are preventable or can be treated.

Outbreaks of cholera, measles and yellow fever can spread rapidly and be fatal. Malaria is endemic in more than 100 countries. Millions are living with HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis. Viral haemorrhagic diseases such as Ebola or Marburg are rarer, but are potentially fatal. The coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic has affected virtually every country on earth, infecting tens of millions of people and resulting in the death of over a million more.

The people at highest risk are mainly those living in poverty or in areas of great instability, such as in armed conflict or during mass displacement, where living conditions are precarious, access to healthcare is limited, and vaccination coverage is low.

 
Ebola Treatment Centre (ETC) in Bikoro
DRC Ebola outbreaks

Ninth Ebola outbreak in 40 years hits urban area

Project Update 17 May 2018
 
Zambia, cholera vaccination in Lusaka
Zambia

Encouraging new results further demonstrate effectiveness of the single dose oral cholera vaccine

Press Release 9 Feb 2018
 
Bangladesh

Emergence of diphtheria worsens situation of Rohingya refugees

Project Update 24 Dec 2017
 
Cholera outbreak in Yemen
Yemen

From cholera to diphtheria – shattered health system battles a new threat

Statement 12 Dec 2017
 
End of intervention in response to a Marburg fever outbreak
Uganda

MSF ends its intervention in response to the Marburg fever outbreak

Project Update 11 Dec 2017
 
Cholera epidemic, Am Timan
Chad

Misinformation and lack of resources hamper cholera response

Project Update 16 Nov 2017
 
Marburg fever - Kabale District, Uganda
Uganda

MSF responds to an outbreak of Marburg fever

Project Update 30 Oct 2017
 
Madagascar Plague - MSF Response
Madagascar

MSF provides support in tackling plague outbreak

Project Update 19 Oct 2017
 
Cholera outbreak in Maiduguri
Nigeria

MSF scales up activities as cholera spreads in Borno state

Project Update 19 Sep 2017
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