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.
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Voices from the field
Despite all the preventive measures taken... expectations are bleak.Ayla Emmink, doctor in South Sudan responding to COVID-19
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New Strategies and More Hands-on Capacity Needed to Curb Ebola Epidemic
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Ebola treatment: Interview with Dr Armand Sprecher, MSF doctor specialised in hemorrhagic fevers
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Official MSF response to the WHO declaring Ebola an international public health emergency
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MSF operational update for Ebola outbreak in west Africa
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Sasobas, Ebola survivor
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Divided we fall
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Operational Update: The Ebola outbreak in West Africa
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Surviving drug-resistant TB: “I’m still over the moon”
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First patients take oral drug for HIV-related blindness
Research & Analysis
MSF publishes study on the accuracy of HIV rapid diagnostic tests
Treating, Containing, Mobilizing: The Role of MSF in the West African Ebola Epidemic Response
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MSF supported research on Ebola
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New survey shows outdated policies and practices risk further spread of drug-resistant TB
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Epidemics: Neglected emergencies?
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Ebola: Pushed to the limit and beyond
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