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Training session for COVID-19 in Cambodia
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Preparing for COVID-19 in South-East Asia

MSF emergency coordinator Dr Tankred Stöbe visited several countries in South-East Asia to assess their preparedness for potential outbreaks of COVID-19 coronavirus. He describes providing training to healthcare staff in Cambodia and Papua New Guinea. Interview - 5 Mar 2020
 
Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment
Non-communicable diseases

Why are so many women dying of cervical cancer?

Over 310,000 women died of cervical cancer in 2018. Yet, it's a preventable disease with screening and curable if detected early enough. Yet most of the disease burden is found in countries where MSF works, where are preventing and treating the disease. Project Update - 5 Mar 2020
 
Boost Hospital, Lashkar Gah, Helmand, Afghanistan
Afghanistan

Afghans face impossible choices in their struggle for medical care

Afghans still struggle to access medical care due to insecurity, distance, cost and the fact that many health facilities lack staff and equipment. MSF has released a new report on the barriers faced in Afghanistan in reaching care. Press Release - 5 Mar 2020
 
Displaced families in Herat
Afghanistan

Reality check: Afghanistan's neglected healthcare crisis

Based on in-depth interviews, MSF releases a report on the barriers people in Afghanistan face in trying to access healthcare. Barriers include long perilous journeys to reach care; clinics that lack drugs or staff; the impact that decades of violence has on people. Report - 5 Mar 2020
 
Living conditions on Samos
Greece

EU must address migration emergency as Greek islands reach breaking point

MSF urges the EU to immediately address the migration emergency, as the situation on the Greek islands has reached breaking point in the wake of harsh new Greek government policies. Statement - 4 Mar 2020
 
MSF in Nariño
Social violence and exclusion

Violence in southwestern Colombia leaves people struggling to access assistance

Violence has broken out in Nariño department, southwestern Colombia, which has left people displaced, but without access to assistance. MSF is providing support but urges the Colombian government to step in and help. Statement - 3 Mar 2020
 
Pibor-Thousands flee into the bush as conflict intensifies
South Sudan

Thousands flee into the bush as conflict intensifies in east South Sudan

Following an outbreak of violence in eastern South Sudan, thousands of people have fled for their lives and are seeking refuge inside the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) site in Pibor town. Statement - 2 Mar 2020
 
Deir Hassan Camp
Syria

People in northwestern Syria forced to move as frontlines move

As frontlines in northwestern Syria move, people are displaced and having to move multiple times to find safety. Dr Mustafa Ajaj describes the situation among the displaced people he’s treating. Voices from the Field - 2 Mar 2020
 
Trapped in Danger
Libya

Arbitrary detention in Libya must end as asylum seeker dies in detention centre fire

A fire in a detention centre in western Libya has resulted in the death of a young man, as MSF calls for the end of arbitrary detention of migrants and asylum seekers in Libya and to immediately evacuate and resettle people. Press Release - 2 Mar 2020
 
Deir Hassan Camp
Syria

MSF to scale up response in Idlib, Syria as tensions reach a new peak

As conflict continues in Syria's northwestern Idlib province, displacing hundreds of thousands of people, MSF is requesting Turkey to enable passage of staff and essential supplies to scale up our response. Statement - 28 Feb 2020
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
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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