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A patient receiving treatment lying in the male IPD room of the MSF-supported Sheikh Zayed COVID-19 center in Sana’a.
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

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

As COVID-19 spreads through Yemen, widespread fear of the coronavirus is preventing people from seeking medical care. MSF is supporting a new COVID-19 treatment centre in Sheikh Zayed hospital in the capital Sana’a. Press Release - 9 Jul 2020
 
“I used to make a living out of farming and selling small things” says Elida Howa. “Once I got sick in 2018, I was too weak to work. I hope I will be soon able to go back to farming.”
Malawi

Tackling a silent woman-killer in Malawi

Cervical cancer kills over 2,300 women in Malawi every year. This grim reality is the result of issues with vaccination and screening, as well as limitations in treatment. Since 2018, MSF has been working to fill the gap in Blantyre district, in the country’s south. Voices from the Field - 9 Jul 2020
 
"Emergency care has collapsed. We are witnessing hospitals can no longer receive patients who deserve emergency care” – Luis Romero, Field coordinator of MSF El Salvador.
El Salvador

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

With the health system in El Salvador overwhelmed and close to collapse due to the coronavirus pandemic, MSF teams are seeing increased numbers of people dying at home, often of non-COVID-19 illnesses, or while waiting for ambulances to transport them to care. Project Update - 9 Jul 2020
 
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Nurses of the Ministry of Health receive training in Sangker operational district, ahead of the relaunch of the hepatitis C nursing activity pilot, where nurses will lead the care of hepatitis C patients.
In addition to skills related to hepatitis C, new measures around infection prevention control regarding COVID-19 are taught.

Until the end of June 2020, just 141 cases were confirmed in Cambodia, and a quarter of them originates from a European tourist group in March. The authorities were quick to implement thorough contact tracing and asked our teams to help with this. We’ve also contributed to the new IPC and clinical guidelines for Cambodia and developed training units. Subsequently, about 300 staff members of hospitals run by the Ministry of health received training. Given the difficulty of importing medical equipment, the team is now trying innovative approaches to develop oxygen ventilation systems by using commercially available diving masks and 3D-printing the necessary connectors in the country in anticipation of an outbreak of COVID-19 in Cambodia.
Cambodia

Innovation needed to respond to COVID-19 in Cambodia

So far, 141 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Cambodia. With the outbreak of the new coronavirus, MSF teams had to quickly halt regular hepatitis C activities to prevent patients from being infected with the virus during visits to the clinic. Project Update - 7 Jul 2020
 
Grozny, Chechnya, Russian Federation. Republican TB Dispensary. Zaurbek, 64, has been on treatment for XDR TB since July 2016. He was also diagnosed with Hepatitis C. At first he had severe side effects, but now his condition has improved considerably. He has been cured of hepatitis and his TB treatment is going well. He’s on a regimen containing two new TB drugs – Bedaquiline and Delamanid. ‘At first it was tough, I could hardly walk, was short of breath. Now I’m much better, I can go out. You can see me, I’m alive! I have 12 grandchildren, how can I leave them?’
Access to medicines

Governments must scale up better TB treatment as J&J drops crucial drug price

Pharma company J&J has announced that they've dropped the price of crucial DR-TB drug bedaquiline by nearly a third; but MSF says the price must come down further and access expanded. Press Release - 6 Jul 2020
 
Dr Kate Goulding and colleagues assist a patient from an ambulance outside the Sinuni General Hospital in Sinjar Province, north western Iraq.
Iraq

2019 MSF Iraq annual report

The 2019 MSF Iraq annual report provides an overview on all MSF activities in Iraq during the year. Report - 6 Jul 2020
 
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Lebanon

COVID-19 and economic downfall reveal migrant workers’ mental health crisis in Lebanon

In the midst of the COVID-19 lockdown and the economic crisis in Lebanon, the mental health and well-being of migrant workers has severely deteriorated. Report - 3 Jul 2020
 
people waiting at Ayilo MSF hospital, Adjumani, Uganda
Women's health

Women and girls face greater dangers during COVID-19 pandemic

During COVID-19, MSF teams all over the world are seeing the challenges women face in accessing essential sexual and reproductive health services. We know the consequences can be deadly and we fear a massive increase in maternal and neonatal mortality. Project Update - 2 Jul 2020
Four mothers posing in a corridor of the Hospital in Bili. All four of them are staying in the hospital with their child, that's suffering from a severe case of malaria. Since the beginning of the project in 2016, the pediatric ward already treated more than 4.000 cases of complicated/severe form of malaria.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Independent medical humanitarian assistance

We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of health professionals, logistic and administrative staff - most of them hired locally. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of independence and impartiality. We are a non-profit, self-governed, member-based organisation.

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