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      Malawi: Doctors Without Borders to support providing access to healthcare to cut-off populations after cyclone Freddy
      Malawi
      Malawi: Doctors Without Borders to support providing access to healthcare to cut-off populations after cyclone Freddy
      A week after cyclone Freddy, the most intense cyclone ever recorded by weather stations, hit southern Malawi between March 12 and 14, some districts a...
      Natural disasters
      World TB Day 2023: Catching up with tuberculosis in the Philippines
      Philippines
      World TB Day 2023: Catching up with tuberculosis in the Philippines
      Working closely with the Manila Health Department, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), an international humanitarian organizatio...
      Tuberculosis (TB)
      Infectious diseases
      The Philippines: Facing the impact of COVID-19 on tuberculosis in the slums of Manila
      Philippines
      The Philippines: Facing the impact of COVID-19 on tuberculosis in the slums of Manila
      While COVID-19 raised awareness of the risks of airborne disease in the general population, vulnerable populations - such as the urban poor - were exp...
      Tuberculosis (TB)
      Infectious diseases
      Urgent need to improve access to TB testing to support rollout of better, safer, shorter treatment for drug-resistant TB
      Urgent need to improve access to TB testing to support rollout of better, safer, shorter treatment for drug-resistant TB
      Doctors Without Borders /Médecins Sans Frontières(MSF) called on governments and donors today to speed up access to new, shorter, safer and more effec...
      Access to medicines
      Tuberculosis (TB)
      Malawi: Responding to immediate medical needs after cyclone Freddy hits southern region
      Malawi
      Malawi: Responding to immediate medical needs after cyclone Freddy hits southern region
      Cyclone Freddy hit the southern region of Malawi on 12 March 2023 with heavy rains and strong winds causing damage to infrastructure such as roads, bu...
      Natural disasters
      Measles in DRC: the never-ending fight against one of the world’s most contagious disease?
      DR Congo
      Measles in DRC: the never-ending fight against one of the world’s most contagious disease?
      Every two to three years, measles outbreaks affect tens or even hundreds of thousands of children in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Last year was...
      Measles
      Infectious diseases
      Surviving among the rubble: Syria and Türkiye one month on
      Turkey
      Surviving among the rubble: Syria and Türkiye one month on
      On February 6, two massive magnitude 7.8 and 7.6 earthquakes struck southcentral Türkiye and northwest of neighboring Syria. After the initial earthqu...
      Natural disasters
      Bangladesh: Cuts to refugees’ food rations will have serious health impact
      Bangladesh
      Bangladesh: Cuts to refugees’ food rations will have serious health impact
      Cuts to the food rations received by around one million Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar district, Bangladesh, will increase their risk of malnutritio...
      Rohingya refugee crisis
      Doctors Without Borders surveys estimate that at least 6,700 Rohingya were killed during the attacks in Myanmar
      Myanmar
      Doctors Without Borders surveys estimate that at least 6,700 Rohingya were killed during the attacks in Myanmar
      Surveys conducted by Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in refugee settlement camps in Bangladesh estimate that at least 9,000 R...
      Rohingya refugee crisis