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#MSF has been managing the #COVID19 treatment centre at the al-Amal hospital in #Aden since 7th of May 2020. We have a team of local and international staff working round the clock at the hospital to provide the best care possible for people sick with #COVID19.
Yemen

Catastrophe unfolding in Aden’s only COVID-19 treatment centre

The number of deaths occurring in the COVID-19 treatment centre that MSF runs in Aden, Yemen, speaks to a wider catastrophe unfolding in the city.   Press Release - 21 May 2020
 
More than 27,000 displaced people from Waat and Yuai live in Pieri and the surrounding villages with very little access to food, water, shelter and basic services.
South Sudan

Renewed violence in Pieri kills and wounds dozens, including MSF staff

A flareup of intercommunity violence in Pieri, northeastern South Sudan, has resulted in the death of an MSF staff member, and left scores more injured. Press Release - 19 May 2020
 
An MSF nurse waits to be called up to a patient's room in the COVID+ centre in Chatenay-Malabry, in the Parisian suburbs
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

In pictures: MSF responds to COVID-19

MSF teams around the world are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, in both countries where we've previously worked, and those we haven't had to work in before. Here are our teams at work in pictures. Photo Story - 19 May 2020
 
External view of MSF hospital in Drouillard, which receives severely burned patients.
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

MSF opens a COVID-19 treatment centre in Haiti

MSF has repurposed our burns hospital in Drouillard, a neighbourhood of Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, to treat people with COVID-19. Project Update - 18 May 2020
 
MSF activities with a set-up adapted to Covid19.
Triage / Consultation (close physical examination) of patients with symptoms similar to covid19. New waiting area for patients with symptoms similar to COVID-19
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Five things we can do to protect people on the move during COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionately impacting people on the move - including refugees - who are among the world's must vulnerable. How can we protect them during a pandemic?

Project Update - 18 May 2020
 
MSF car driving though the PoC in Pibor.
Sudan

MSF urges respect for medical action after violent incursion in Central Darfur

After a violent incursion occurred in an MSF-supported health facility in Central Darfur state that left one MSF staff member injured, we urge all armed groups in Sudan to respect medical and humanitarian action. Statement - 15 May 2020
 
Relatives of an expectant mother in labour wait outside an MSF ambulance as the medical team does preliminary checks and tests on the patient before taking her to hospital.
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

COVID19 and lack of protective equipment threaten lifesaving care in Kenya.

COVID-19 in Kenya is raising concerns for vulnerable people living in the slums of Mathare, where MSF has been providing emergency medical services. The lack of protective equipment is a cause for concern. Project Update - 15 May 2020
 
MSF staff and volunteers carry out a COVID-19 hygiene awareness campaign and distribute soap to households in Logan Town, near the capital city, Monrovia. MSF is urging people to stay at home and practice social distancing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus through the community.

Location: Logan Town, Monrovia, Liberia
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 in West Africa: “Let’s prepare for a long-distance run”

MSF West Africa's Dr Chibuzo Okonta calls on practitioners from the African continent to own the narrative of the current coronavirus pandemic and take advantage of Africa’s experience of outbreaks. Op-Ed - 15 May 2020
 
Entrance to the main office in the compound.
Afghanistan

“They came to kill the mothers” in Kabul maternity hospital attack

Frederic Bonnot, MSF head of programmes in Afghanistan, was in the maternity wing of Dasht-e-Barchi hospital at the time of an horrific attack. He recounts the horrendous experience. Voices from the Field - 14 May 2020
 
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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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