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      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)
      Ethiopia: People in rural Tigray hit by impact of crisis and humanitarian neglect
      Ethiopia
      Ethiopia: People in rural Tigray hit by impact of crisis and humanitarian neglect
      Many of Tigray’s six million people live in mountainous and rural areas where they are all but invisible to the outside world. While teams of aid work...
      War and conflict
      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)
      Burkina Faso: Providing healthcare in a region ravaged by violence
      Burkina Faso
      Burkina Faso: Providing healthcare in a region ravaged by violence
      Burkina Faso’s North region hosts more than 100,000 internally displaced people who fled recurring violence in this part of the country. Since January...
      Refugees
      War and conflict
      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)
      130 feared dead in shipwreck off coast of Libya
      Libya
      130 feared dead in shipwreck off coast of Libya
      Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is outraged about yet another humanitarian tragedy that occurred in the central Mediterranean o...
      Refugees
      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)
      Militarisation of borders and mass expulsions increase dangers for asylum seekers and migrants in Mexico
      Mexico
      Militarisation of borders and mass expulsions increase dangers for asylum seekers and migrants in Mexico
      The commitments announced last week between the United States, Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala to reinforce the militarisation of borders will further ...
      Refugees
      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)