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...
The Council of Europe and UNHCR support Member States in bringing refugee health workers into the COVID-19 response
As many European countries continue to struggle with the unprecedent COVID-19 crisis, the Council of Europe and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today encourage States to benefit from the support refugee health professionals can provide to national health systems at this...