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    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
    Turkmenistan
    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
    Rohingya crisis: a summary of findings from six pooled surveys
    Bangladesh
    Rohingya crisis: a summary of findings from six pooled surveys
    On 25 August 2017, a counter-insurgency military operation in Rakhine State, Myanmar, led to a mass displacement of Rohingya civilians into Bangladesh...
    Rohingya refugee crisis
    Türkiye: "It is important to be flexible in this response given the magnitude of the disaster"
    Turkmenistan
    Türkiye: "It is important to be flexible in this response given the magnitude of the disaster"
    Logistics coordinator Ricardo Martínez is leader of one of the first Doctors Without Borders /Médecins Sans Frontières(MSF) emergency teams to arrive ...
    Natural disasters