Support for internally displaced people needs to be ‘urgently stepped up’
UNHCR’s Sumbul Rizvi reflects on why the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement remain so important, especially amid new dangers posed by coronavirus. By Matthew Mpoke Bigg Millions of people are forced to flee their homes each year because of conflict or...
Drawing on Ebola lessons to protect Tanzania camps from coronavirus
Public health officer Miata Tubee Johnson brings her experience tackling the 2013-2016 Ebola outbreak in Liberia to fight COVID-19 in Tanzania. By Abdulkhaliq Khalif in Kibondo, Tanzania When an outbreak of Ebola stalked West Africa five years ago, Miata Tubee...
Refugees offer medical experience to help tackle coronavirus crisis in France
Doctors from Libya and Somalia are among refugee medics joining the battle to fight COVID-19 and save lives. By Celine Schmitt and Rachel Jenkins in Paris The COVID-19 crisis has sparked an outpouring of solidarity from people around the world and that includes...