
Epidemics and pandemics
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.
MSF teams all over the world are currently responding to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.

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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

In remote Kyrgyzstan, COVID-19 puts a strain on the health system

COVID-19 provokes fears over further health system decline in northwestern Syria

Displaced communities in Marawi living with COVID-19 and ongoing uncertainty

Left behind in the time of COVID-19

Greek government must end lockdown for locked up people on Greek islands

Displaced people are extremely vulnerable to COVID-19 in Iraq

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

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

Innovation needed to respond to COVID-19 in Cambodia
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

MSF supported research on Ebola

New survey shows outdated policies and practices risk further spread of drug-resistant TB

Epidemics: Neglected emergencies?

Ebola: Pushed to the limit and beyond
