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    Lebanon: Syrians in the country struggle to access healthcare amid fear of deportations
    Lebanon
    Lebanon: Syrians in the country struggle to access healthcare amid fear of deportations
    Syrian refugees in Lebanon are finding it increasingly difficult to access vital medical services due to reports of forced deportation and restriction...
    Refugees
    Madagascar: malnutrition spikes in the wake of climate shocks
    Madagascar
    Madagascar: malnutrition spikes in the wake of climate shocks
    An alarming situation is unfolding in southeast Madagascar, where malnutrition is on the rise in rural communities. People in the southeastern Ikongo ...
    Malnutrition
    Lebanon: Lack of safe water and sanitation threatens the ability to contain the spread of cholera
    Lebanon
    Lebanon: Lack of safe water and sanitation threatens the ability to contain the spread of cholera
    The first cholera outbreak in nearly three decades in Lebanon, is unfolding on top of the ongoing economic and fuel crisis that has further exacerbate...
    Cholera
    Madagascar: Struggling for water across Great South
    Madagascar
    Madagascar: Struggling for water across Great South
    Obtaining water for drinking, cooking and washing is an everyday struggle for people in Madagascar’s Great South. Periods of drought – extremely frequ...
    Climate emergency
    Madagascar: Ongoing assessments after Cyclone Batsirai
    Madagascar
    Madagascar: Ongoing assessments after Cyclone Batsirai
    Tropical cyclone Batsirai hit Madagascar on February 5. According to the National Risk and Disaster Management Office (BNGRC), the initial toll amount...
    Natural disasters
    North Lebanon: Doctors Without Borders Starts COVID-19 Vaccination in Remote Areas
    Lebanon
    North Lebanon: Doctors Without Borders Starts COVID-19 Vaccination in Remote Areas
    Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is contributing to Lebanon’s vaccination efforts in the remote areas of Wadi Khaled, and Khat...
    COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease)
    COVID-19 vaccines
    Vaccination
    Healthcare System in Lebanon Disintegrates
    Lebanon
    Healthcare System in Lebanon Disintegrates
    Dwindling supplies of fuel and medicine mean that Lebanon’s healthcare system is rapidly disintegrating as the country – which has been without a gove...
    Access to medicines
    One year after the Beirut blast, the situation in Lebanon has got much worse
    Lebanon
    One year after the Beirut blast, the situation in Lebanon has got much worse
    Lebanon has been in a state of emergency since late-2019, rocked by economic crisis, political instability and social tensions, and hit hard by the CO...
    Refugees
    Madagascar: Responding to the nutrition crisis in Grand Sud
    Madagascar
    Madagascar: Responding to the nutrition crisis in Grand Sud
    People in southern Madagascar are experiencing an exceptionally acute food and nutrition crisis that is leaving thousands of children severely ill and...
    Malnutrition