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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.

 
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Despite all the preventive measures taken... expectations are bleak. Ayla Emmink, doctor in South Sudan responding to COVID-19

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Malawi

More than 2.5 million children to be vaccinated and over 8,000 patients in care with biggest measles outbreak in over a decade in Malawi

Project Update 9 Jun 2010
 
Zambia

MSF responds to worst cholera outbreak in Zambia in years

Project Update 12 Apr 2010
 
South Sudan

Facing up to reality: Health crisis deepens as violence escalates in Southern Sudan

Report 11 Dec 2009
 
Cape Verde

MSF emergency team responding to first ever dengue fever outbreak in Cape Verde

Project Update 16 Nov 2009
 
South Sudan

MSF responds to serious kala azar outbreak in southern Sudan

Project Update 6 Nov 2009
 
Ethiopia

As diarrhoea outbreak in Ethiopia decreases, upcoming mass religious festival poses new risk

Project Update 17 Sep 2009
 
Papua New Guinea

First cholera outbreak in 50 years in Papua New Guinea moves from small town to provincial capital

Project Update 7 Sep 2009
 
Ethiopia

MSF teams respond to diarrhoea outbreak

Project Update 2 Sep 2009
 
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Medical need, not purchase power, should determine the global response to the Influenza A (H1N1) pandemic

Interview 3 Aug 2009
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