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23 / 04 / 2020

Rohingya refugees left to starve at sea

Daniella Ritzau-Reid
Loaded like human cargo into a wooden fishing trawler, around 500 people attempting to reach Malaysia from refugee camps in Bangladesh were starved and beaten by people smugglers during a two-month voyage.
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15 / 04 / 2020

“Access to medical care must be maintained for the most vulnerable” during COVID-19 pandemic

Annelise Coury
On March 24th, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) began providing medical support to assist the health authorities with fighting the COVID-19 epidemic in Paris and the suburbs and also ensure access to routine medical care is maintained for people surviving on the streets in extremely precarious
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07 / 04 / 2020

Northwest Syria: "COVID-19 has added another layer of complexity to a situation that was already catastrophic”

Cristian Reynders
MSF's mobile clinic as seen in an IDP camp in northwest Syria. © Omar Haj Kadour
Not so long ago, COVID-19 was not yet making headlines worldwide. On the TV news, you’d watch reports on various non-pandemic-related topics. Many of these concerned the humanitarian situation in Idlib province, in northwest Syria.
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31 / 03 / 2020

From Ebola to COVID-19: West Africa must learn from the past and protect vulnerable people

Dorian Job
In late February, the first case of COVID-19 was reported in Africa.
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30 / 03 / 2020

"Everybody here is working beyond their limits": Inside the COVID-19 response in Italy

Dr Chiara Lepora
MSF support the COVID-19 pandemic response in Lodi, Codogno and Sant’Angelo hospitals, where the first Italian case were detected. The MSF team, made up of doctors, nurses and hygiene experts, works every day with hospital staff, including healthcare workers, to support them. © Davide Arcuri
MSF medical teams have joined the fight against COVID-19 as the new coronavirus disease spreads to more than 200 countries.
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30 / 03 / 2020

What does violence against women look like?

Jan Krisna Rodriguez Parsonage
While it’s great to celebrate all the amazing things women can do, we should not forget that women in the Philippines and all over the world still suffer from so much abuse and discrimination. 
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25 / 03 / 2020

How the Ebola response failed the people of DRC

Karline Kleijer
Two staff in full personal protective equipment wait for a person suspected of having Ebola at the newly-opened MSF Ebola Treatment Centre in Katwa, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo. © Lisa Veran/MSF
Today as the world is focused on the Corona Virus pandemic, the world's second-worst Ebola outbreak is finally nearing its end.
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24 / 03 / 2020

COVID-19 demonstrates the harm of exclusion to healthcare; Malaysia should repeal Health Circular 10/2001

Beatrice LAU
An MSF staff member registers a patient outside the MSF mobile clinic in Bukit Gudung, Penang. © Arnaud Finistre
If the government wants to create more trust among refugee and migrant communities to come forward and get screened for COVID-19, they should officially repeal Circular 10/ 2001, under which healthcare providers are obliged to report “illegal immigrants” (pendatang asing tanpa izin
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22 / 03 / 2020

Vulnerable communities are bracing for impact of COVID-19

Jonathan Whittall
How are you supposed to wash your hands regularly if you have no running water or soap? How can you implement "social distancing" if you live in a slum or a refugee camp? How are you supposed to stop crossing borders if you are fleeing from war?
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