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Mumbai: As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, “I hope my treatment can continue and I can be cured.”

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“We spent hundreds of rupees in private health clinics to trying to cure my tuberculosis, but none of the medication worked. The treatment included daily painful injections with lots of side-effects like vomiting, fatigue, loss of appetite… and sometimes even suicide,” says Rabiya, a 27-year-old woman with extremely-drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB). She is now a patient … Read more

COVID-19: MSF launches our largest ever response in Belgium

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With just over 1,000 deaths from COVID-19 recorded for a population of 11 million, Belgium is one of the countries hardest hit by the pandemic, coming close behind Italy and Spain. Despite Belgium’s highly developed health system, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has launched our largest-ever response in the country to support key areas, including infection control in hospitals, care for the … Read more

Northwest Syria: “COVID-19 adds another layer of complexity to an already catastrophic situation”

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Cristian Reynders, field coordinator for MSF operations in northwest Syria, explains what the potential spread of COVID-19 would mean in Idlib and how MSF is preparing for it. Not so long ago, COVID-19 was not yet making headlines worldwide. On the TV news, you’d watch reports on various non-pandemic-related topics. Many of these concerned the … Read more

COVID-19: MSF steps up COVID-19 response with activities in Spain

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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is stepping up our response to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic by starting medical, logistical and strategic support activities in Spain. We will be leveraging our experience and expertise in managing epidemics in fragile contexts, in working in the country. According to the latest official figures, the situation in Spain is very … Read more

COVID-19: Avoiding a ‘second tragedy’ for those with TB

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As the world grapples with the coronavirus COVID-19 global pandemic, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is concerned for vulnerable groups worldwide. People with tuberculosis (TB) are among the groups that may be particularly affected. Special attention will be needed to safeguard the continuity of prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care for people with TB worldwide. TB is the world’s … Read more

Burkina Faso: Four questions on the unprecedented humanitarian emergency in Burkina Faso

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Isabelle Defourny, MSF Director of Operations, was recently in Burkina Faso and raises the alarm on the humanitarian situation in the most conflict-affected areas of the country. 1. What’s the extent of the humanitarian crisis and violence in Burkina Faso? The first attacks claimed by jihadi groups in Burkina Faso took place in 2015. The extremely rapid … Read more

Syria: People in northwest Syria continue to struggle despite truce

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The military offensive carried out by the Government of Syria and its allies in northwest Syria has led to almost a million people in the Idlib region becoming displaced in the space of just four months. People have had to flee from their homes or from the camps they were already displaced in, to escape the daily shelling, aerial bombing, … Read more

Syria: Displaced people face a desperate situation in Idlib

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Over the three past months, almost one million people, according to the UN, have been displaced by bombing and shelling in Idlib province, northwestern Syria. Displaced people, many of whom have been forced to move several times, face a desperate situation. “On the news and on social media, we see how the whole world is concerned … Read more

Preparing for COVID-19 in South-East Asia

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Tankred Stöbe, MSF emergency coordinator, visited several countries in South-East Asia to assess their preparedness for potential outbreaks of COVID-19 coronavirus and the support MSF could provide. He participated in training sessions with healthcare staff in a hepatitis C clinic in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. A similar training was held in a hospital in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, where MSF treats patients with tuberculosis. … Read more

Mediterranean migration: Ocean Viking arbitrarily quarantined by Italian authorities over COVID-19 fears

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As Italy was hit by the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak late last week, the Ocean Viking, the search and rescue ship operated by Doctors Withour Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and SOS MEDITERRANEE, was put under quarantine following the disembarkation of 276 people rescued at sea in the prior days. The Ocean Viking has complied with all measures and has now … Read more