Since April 27 MSF teams have been treating COVID-19 patients at Saint-Joseph hospital in Limete, Kinshasa, in support of the Diocesan Medical Office, the MoH, and in coordination with the COVID-19 national response team. MSF’s guidance for people with TB was adapted into posts and shared with social media groups of TB facilities for use during their regular sessions with patients. Some humanitarian crises make the headlines—others don’t. Most recently in Karakalpakstan, MSF has used local radio and television channels to promote COVID-19 prevention messaging. The team has moved to the coastal Esmeraldas province in the northwest, where cases are rapidly rising. Of those, more than 3,200 have died, according to state data, as of August 27. In most countries where MSF works, we are coordinating with the WHO and the respective Ministries of Health to see how MSF could help in case of a high load of COVID-19 patients. We helping with patient flow and triage of suspected COVID-19 patients in four health centers. The pandemic caused the largest global recession in history, with more than a third of the global population at the time being placed on lockdown. A key priority is to keep our other essential medical programs running in the midst of this new emergency. In Port Harcourt MSF continues to provide medical and psychological care for victims of sexual violence in. Donate now to help us respond to the coronavirus pandemic and other emergencies around the world. How to prepare for a child’s doctor visit during the COVID-19 pandemic. Close to the Amirou Boubacar Diallo National hospital in Niamey, MSF and MoH staff receive confirmed cases and suspected ones with complications. This line is available daily, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. We are also managing the logistics of all four mobile teams, providing them with vehicles and fuel and equipping medical teams with protective gear. At Al-Kuwait we offer a full package of hands-on support to the MoH, including treating the most severely ill patients in the 15-bed intensive care unit and in the large inpatient department. In Ibbgovernorate MSF supported the MoH in Al Sahul COVID-19 treatment center, which opened on June 11 and began receiving patients on June 13. Across the seven states where MSF works in Nigeria we are providing technical support to the MoH and Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) as they set up isolation centers for patients who present symptoms of COVID-19, as well as with contact tracing, community-based health promotion activities, and setting up handwashing points and isolation areas in local communities and IDP camps. Protecting patients and health care workers affected by the pandemic is essential. In Kyrgyzstan, we are working closely with the MoH and offering technical advice, providing logistics assistance, and supporting health promotion initiatives in addition to assisting in epidemiological surveillance through data collection with a specific focus on our areas of operation in Kadamjay Rayon and Batken Oblast. In Dora, a northern suburb of Beirut, MSF launched a medical helpline to provide medical support and assistance to migrant communities. “The need for blood donations persists through the coronavirus pandemic. 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And your donation is 100 percent tax-deductible. Our COVID-19 response plan includes assisting with medical supplies and staff recruitment as well as strengthening triage, diagnosis, treatment, IPC, and more in Amazonas, Anzoátegui, Bolívar, Sucre, and the Capital District. Four types are known to cause colds, and two other types can cause severe lung infections: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). We will provide technical and material support, staff and training, the establishment of a patient flow system, and the management of certain infection prevention protocols, including the laundry system for the center. Our focus is currently on treating all of our patients and ensuring we can give the best possible quality of care for COVID-19 and other medical problems, as well as continuing to work together with the Bangladeshi authorities, WHO, and other health actors to limit the spread of the virus. Stay home when you are sick, and avoid contact with other people. MSF assisted the MoH in the design of a facility for managing confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Malela. Health promotion has been strengthened at the community level—especially targeting people affected and displaced by violence—using community health workers and nurses as well as radio messages. The Statistical Packets are mailed to each pastor on Monday, December 14 th. We have now restarted surgeries. The packet contains the pre-printed 2020 Statistical Tables I, II, and III as well as detailed instructions to aid in completing the data. We are monitoring the spread of COVID-19 and liaising with the MoH in Gaza and Ramallah and with the WHO to follow up on the situation. Our teams in Idlib National Hospital’s COVID treatment center were reinforced after the first confirmed cases. MSF teams are in touch with the federal MoH and support the preparedness of a response including infection prevention control measures, setting up treatment center, trainings for MSF and MoH staff, health promotion, and basic logistics. MSF is also doing health promotion in camps for migrants and asylum seekers and increasing the provision of water and sanitation services. In Boa Vista, the number of COVID-19 cases is decreasing. We have visited around one-third of the facilities designated to treat COVID-19 patients in Zhytomyr and have launched telephone hotlines to provide psychological support for both health workers and COVID-19 patients. Read the transcript. In all projects, MSF has put in place all necessary preventative measures to mitigate the risk of our facilities becoming part of the chain of transmission. In Pulka the MSF-run hospital continues to provide comprehensive primary and secondary health care, community engagement activities (including health promotion and education on COVID-19), outpatient care, and vaccinations. Activities are currently on hold, but we remain willing and able to respond if asked. The number of cases is increasing in the country (2,430 as of July 15, with 39 deaths). MSF is supporting the MoH in training health care workers in IPC measures as well as pre-triage, triage, screening, and isolation for people with symptoms consistent with COVID-19 in all structures where we work. Its activities have continued since the start of COVID-19 with the exception of pediatric surgery, which was suspended due to the challenges associated with sending surgical teams that require regular rotations during the global pandemic. An MSF team provided on-the-job training to the MoH staff with a focus on IPC, patient flows, and triage protocols. From May 26 when the facility opened to July 14 33 patients were admitted. This pandemic threatens the lives of people around the world, and presents even greater risks in countries with weak or fragile health systems. Keeping children healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic: ... Vanderbilt University Medical Center is committed to principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action. In Tegucigalpa, MSF has started medical activities in an adapted center for severe COVID-19 patients with the aim of helping the metropolitan health system keep hospitals from overcrowding.So far MSF has cared for 44 patients. We will combine our transformative learning programs and compelling discoveries to provide distinctive personalized care. Across all our projects, we have worked on preventative measures like IPC, triage, and surveillance, and adapted our models of care to reduce the risk of infection for vulnerable patients while ensuring access to health care. We also manage a phoneline with medical staff and cultural mediators to provide information and orientation services as well access to care for both COVID and non-COVID patients. We see how the rapid spread of the disease has overwhelmed health care systems, disrupted economies, and altered social life in many parts of the world. The Employer Insights Blog offers information and resources to help employers keep their workforce safe and well during this unprecedented time. We run a 15-bed isolation ward for mild and moderate cases and refer serious patients to tertiary structures. We adapted our activities to help contain the spread of the virus. We are also supporting the emergency medical service’s 24/7 call center and response teams in five communes of the city to strengthen the MoH’s response capacity. Roughly 15 percent will develop a severe form of the disease requiring hospitalization. MSF has carried out COVID-19 screening of DRTB and HIV patients in its private independent clinic and in an outpatient department co-managed with India’s national TB program. Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses, most of which are harmless for humans. Learn more here. Our team completed the first assessment of the Republican Center TB dispensary. This new coronavirus seems to target cells in the lungs, and possibly other cells in the respiratory system too. The new website, “Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information for Employees and Patients” was created to serve as a repository for VUMC’s COVID-19-related information. Welcome to the Statistical Reporting Site. In the Far North, patient flow and infection prevention and control measures have been adapted in both the regional hospital of Maroua and in the Mora hospital, where MSF has been present since 2015. Summary of Major Literature Related to COVID-19 (Week of March 30–April 5) Led by Loren Lipworth and Qi Dai, with contribution from XO Shu, D Yu, M Shrubsole, Q Cai, S Sudenga, T Su, W Wen (Division of Epidemiology) and A Ahonkhai (Infectious Diseases), Dept of Medicine MSF supported the rehabilitation of the hospital’s oxygen network and provides medical, nursing, and hygiene control staff as well as logistical and technical support. The hotline will not be operating on Christmas Day and New Year's Day. In Zamfara, ongoing community engagement with IDPs in and around Anka town includes health promotion. We have also started operational research activities relating to the clinical evaluation of diagnostic tests, and provided training, equipment, and support to the teams, particularly in terms of mental health and health promotion. We installed an oxygen generator, which is essential to provide adequate care to patients with severe respiratory disease. We have now closed our projects in the Lodi area and Marche region, where we supported three hospitals and 44 homes for elderly people and provided remote monitoring of non-critical COVID-19 patients at home to ensure that only severe cases where sent to the hospital. In human terms, the toll of the disease is almost unfathomable: COVID-19 has killed more than 1.7 million people since it was first reported by the World Health Organization (WHO). MSF has visited several hospitals in Port-au-Prince that were forced to close their services, totally or partially, due to COVID-19, with the goal of assessing what support we can provide and to reduce the impact of the epidemic on other medical needs. In Sokoto we have supported the MoH in renovating a 32-bed isolation and treatment center, handed over to the MoH in early May. In some of the country’s hospitals and health care centers where MSF is already present we are building isolation circuits and setting up additional beds for the isolation and care of potential COVID-19 patients. We are also supporting the MoH to set up and manage isolation centers in East Darfur, South Kordofan, and Gedaref states. In partnership with local health authorities in Eshowe, we set up 35 medicine pickup points in communities. In Patna, Bihar, MSF works in a facility set up in a converted sports hall to care for mild to moderate COVID-19 patients, to support the Nalanda Medical College Hospital. The team is also developing additional COVID-19 case management capacity for health care facilities in Eshowe and Mbongolwane. By the end of July all COVID-19 related activities will be handed over to the MoH. In Hajjah governorate’s Al Gumhouri hospital we work with the MoH to maintain essential lifesaving activities such as the emergency room, intensive care unit, operating theater, inpatient department, mental health services, and emergency referrals to Sana’a. Following a consultation with the community and authorities we handed over our COVID-19 activities in Hassekeh National Hospital, including the isolation ward, to local health authorities. Many patients picked up by MSF ambulances in Mathare have tested positive for COVID-19, even those who did not initially meet the case definition for the disease. A 24-bed isolation ward has also been established. The WHO notes that coronavirus can be transmitted through small droplets from the nose or mouth which are spread when an infected person coughs or exhales. In Lankien, renovations have been completed to the COVID-19 isolation area tent and construction of a mortuary and a maternity delivery room in the COVID-19 isolation areas is ongoing. Here is where you'll find updates as they happen about the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and VUMC's preparations. Cases of COVID-19 continue to increase, with over 2,100 confirmed patients in the country as of July 10, including in MSF facilities and project areas in Yambio, Agok, Yei, Lankien, and the Bentiu and Malakal protection of civilians (PoC) sites, as well as in Malakal town. In Beira we assisted in the installation of two isolation centers, 24 de Julho (100 beds) and Marazul (33 beds) and provide support for the follow-up of HIV patients with COVID-19 at the emergency isolation unit of the main hospital. In Mosul, we have turned our post-operative care center into a temporary COVID-19 facility, where we works with local health authorities to facilitate the treatment of mild and moderate cases. CDC has launched coronavirus.gov, with information for the public. In Samos and Lesbos, we adapted our facilities and procedures to ensure the safety of patients and our staff. 2020. On June 28, MSF opened a 32-bed COVID-19 treatment center in Herat for the treatment of patients in need of oxygen therapy. The objective is to decrease the risk of transmission of COVID-19 between individuals seeking care and the staff working there. We also set up a triage and isolation circuit for alert cases in nine health centers in the city of Maroua, trained teams on standard hygiene rules and IPC, and donated materials. Public health measures such as isolation, quarantine, and social distancing are generally put in place to limit community transmission, reduce the number of new cases and severely ill patients, protect the most vulnerable people, and manage health resources. We also provide psychological support through phone hotlines to residents of Mariinka and Volnovakha Rayons. MSF continues to provide pediatric care in Anka general hospital (with new criteria to reduce services to essential cases only) and is providing technical support in the hospital to establish isolation zones, IPC protocols, and adapted triage and patient flow systems. MSF teams are raising awareness on the ground via health promoters and through community radio. They learned about the appropriate infection prevention measures and management of suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19. MSF opened a new COVID-19 project at Farcha hospital in N’Djamena to care for patients suffering severe cases of COVID-19. EOE/AA/Women/Minority/Vets/Disabled We also provided extra drugs to HIV and NCD patients. By January 5, COVID-19 had killed more than one million people. In Marawi a mobile information drive has been launched to communicate health promotion messaging to vulnerable populations. See the latest VUMC Shout Out videos and send yours to vumcshoutouts@vumc.org. In South Beirut, in the Bekaa valley, and in Baalbek-Hermel, our teams are training and assisting families on the practice of shielding, a voluntary process that can provide additional protection to people at heightened risk of contracting COVID-19. Teams are also doing health education in communities on a daily basis. Subsequently, the WHO and the MoH rolled out trainings in nine states. Other campaigns aim to train frontline workers (such as bus drivers, internal security forces, and community-based organizations,) on IPC measures and precautions to help them reduce the risks of viral transmission in their day-to-day activities. In Juba, MSF teams are carrying out community assessments and community engagement, as well as installation of handwashing points in several locations. We are supporting the MoH by assisting with infection control and triage at health facilities. Over the last weeks we have adapted triage and infection prevention and control measures in the health structures we are supporting, set up isolation units, and trained staff on prevention and case management. We see how the rapid spread of the disease has overwhelmed health care systems, disrupted economies, and altered social life in many parts of the world. Learn more about the coronavirus and MSF's response >>. Everywhere we work, we see how this pandemic hurts already vulnerable and marginalized communities. 1218 Trotwood Avenue, Bldg C Columbia, TN 38401. In Ebonyi state, MSF supports the MoH and Nigerian CDC in setting up the state’s first COVID-19 testing center. After the initial steady increase of admissions at Drouillard, the number of hospitalized patients stabilized and has now sharply decreased in the last two weeks. So far, we have visited 240 of the planned 370 settlements. We had to suspend mobile clinics, but patients can still reach us through our phone hotline. In both facilities MSF cares for mild and suspected cases and severe patients that need oxygen. In both cities we have started medical activities in two adapted centers for severe COVID-19 patients. Approximately 500 patients have been admitted in the facility since the beginning of the pandemic. We are pushing for the construction of another treatment center outside the Regional Hospital. Note that these blog posts are published in real time to keep you informed as this situation evolves. MSF has added isolation wards to all of our medical facilities in Cox’s Bazar and is preparing two dedicated COVID-19 treatment centers. 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