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Philippines

Marawi: Displaced communities living with COVID-19 and ongoing uncertainty

When the number of patients with confirmed COVID-19 began to rise in March 2020, the Philippines quickly put in place strict community quarantine meas...

COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease)

Non-communicable diseases

Syria

Life in an open-air prison: living under the bombs in Idlib

Abu Fadel, Hassan and Iman… all three are living in Idlib Governorate in northwest Syria. Like 2.7 million other Syrians, they’d been displaced within...

War and conflict

Palestine

Palestine: ‘For one year no one came here. It was a very difficult situation’

Some communities in Hebron ‘Area C’ face challenges accessing basic healthcare due to administrative restrictions and lack of transportation. Women ar...

Access to medicines

Philippines

MSF responds after typhoons Goni and Ulysses cause widespread destruction in the Philippines

On 1 November, one of the strongest typhoons in 2020 struck the Philippines. Goni, or Rolly as it’s known in the Philippines, caused widespread damage...

Natural disasters

Carnage in the Mediterranean is the direct result of European state policies

The last few days have produced one of the most lethal episodes in the central Mediterranean Sea so far this year, with more than 100 people dying at ...

Refugees

Indonesia

Indonesia: Fighting COVID-19 with education and empowerment

In June, panic began to spread through Indonesian communities as COVID-19 cases started to be reported by health authorities. Rumours, myths and fake ...