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    India’s COVID-19 crisis shows urgency for countries to back the waiver for vaccine patents
    India
    India’s COVID-19 crisis shows urgency for countries to back the waiver for vaccine patents
    Hong Kong - The second wave of COVID-19 is reaching extremely alarming levels in India. As of 18 May, the total number of active COVID-19 cases in Ind...
    COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease)
    Not only vaccines: Oxygen must be at the heart of the COVID-19 response
    Not only vaccines: Oxygen must be at the heart of the COVID-19 response
    In a briefing paper released today, titled “Gasping For Air”, the international medical humanitarian organisation, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sa...
    COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease)
    COVID-19 vaccines
    US decision to drop IP on COVID-19 vaccines 'monumental'
    US decision to drop IP on COVID-19 vaccines 'monumental'
    Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontierès (MSF) applauds the Biden-Harris Administration’s decision to support waiving intellectual property pr...
    COVID-19 vaccines
    COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease)
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    Vaccination
    Four questions on India’s second wave of COVID-19
    India
    Four questions on India’s second wave of COVID-19
    The second wave of COVID-19 in India has been devastating, with a catastrophic rise in the numbers of new infections in recent weeks. The country has ...
    COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease)
    COVID-19 places further pressure on Gaza’s overstretched healthcare system
    Palestine
    COVID-19 places further pressure on Gaza’s overstretched healthcare system
    Gaza is currently facing a worrying increase in the number of people with COVID-19. Between March and April, COVID-19 infections have risen at an extr...
    COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease)
    Northeast Syria: Hospitals run out of funds and medical supplies as second COVID wave hits region
    Syria
    Northeast Syria: Hospitals run out of funds and medical supplies as second COVID wave hits region
    The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has reached Northeast Syria. As of 26 April, there are over 15,000 confirmed cases – including at least 960 a...
    Refugees
    COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease)
    COVID-19: Responding to India’s second wave
    India
    COVID-19: Responding to India’s second wave
    Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) restarts emergency response amid a surging second wave of COVID-19 in Mumbai in Maharashtra sta...
    COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease)
    Exceptional mortality and hospitals facing collapse in COVID-19-stricken Peru
    Peru
    Exceptional mortality and hospitals facing collapse in COVID-19-stricken Peru
    A new, brutal wave of COVID-19 has swept Peru over the past few weeks, resulting in overcrowded hospitals and high mortality rates, while access to va...
    COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease)
    Misinformation and stigma add extra burden to COVID-19 patients in Papua New Guinea
    Papua New Guinea
    Misinformation and stigma add extra burden to COVID-19 patients in Papua New Guinea
    Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)is providing psychological support to COVID-19 patients in Papua New Guinea as stigma and misinf...
    COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease)