
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

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

COVID-19 cases in Haiti spike dramatically as MSF opens treatment centre

Facing multiple challenges in responding to COVID-19 in Niger

MSF opens two COVID-19 treatment centres in northeastern Mexico

“We have a lot of people that die quickly” of COVID-19 in Yemen

MSF opens COVID-19 centre in Venezuela

Continuing essential medical services during COVID-19

Unregulated market for personal protective equipment puts lives at risk

Offering extra protection against COVID-19 to Lebanon’s most vulnerable
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New survey shows outdated policies and practices risk further spread of drug-resistant TB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
