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02/03/2020Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters

The Coronavirus Poses a Big Threat to Refugees and Displaced People | Dr. Paul B. Spiegel

So far, COVID-19 has mostly impacted countries with decently functioning health care systems. However, experts and the WHO have expressed a great worry. What happens should we see clusters of cases where there is no good health system? This includes poorer countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and populations in the midst of some humanitarian crisis. To help us understand the potential impact of coronavirus on vulnerable populations around the world is Dr. Paul B. Spiegel. He is the director of the Center for Humanitarian Health at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, where he also works as a professor. As it happens, Paul B. Spiegel was in the midst of a project to model scenarios around COVID-19 and the Rohingya refugee population in a region of Bangladesh called Cox's Bazar. We spend a good bit of time discussing that particular humanitarian crisis, while also discussing the broader implications of COVID-19 spreading to places that are already in the midst of a crisis. https://www.undispatch.com/

# Rohingya RefugeesA Muslim minority group from Myanmar who have faced severe persecution and displacement, notably present in refugee camps in Bangladesh.

# COVID-19 # Humanitarian Crisis # Refugees # Sub-Saharan Africa # Dr. Paul B. Spiegel # Public Health Systems

01/12/2017Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters

Episode 173: Dr. Joanne Liu, Head of Doctors Without Borders / MSF

Dr. Joanne Liu is the International President of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), otherwise known as Doctors without Borders. She is a Canadian Pediatrician by training and has been with MSF for almost her entire career. She became the international head of MSF in 2013. We spoke not long after she visited MSF's operations in a stretch of land in Bangladesh called Cox's Bazar. This is where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees have fled from neighboring Myanmar in recent months and it is the site of one of the world's most urgent global humanitarian emergencies. Dr. Liu discusses the conditions there--and the kind of unique medical needs that stem from having such a massive population displacement in such a short period of time. We also discuss MSF's history--including how it gained a reputation as one of the more fearless global humanitarian organizations. And we also discuss some of the current big challenges facing MSF, including a seeming increase in the number of attacks on humanitarian and health facilities around the world. Dr. Liu tells a few very powerful stories, including a recent visit to a detention center for African migrants in Libya a place she calls "the most inhuman incarnation of men's cruelty" We also discuss in detail a tragedy that befell MSF in October 2015 when US fighter jets bombed an MSF hospital in Afghanistan, killing many of her colleagues. This episode shifts between wonky explanations of issues in world affairs, and her own very personal experience with those issues and I just want to thank Dr. Liu and the people at MSF for making this episode so powerful. Become a premium subscriber to unlock bonus episodes, earn other rewards, and support the show

# Rohingya RefugeesMembers of a minority group from Myanmar who have fled persecution and violence, leading to a humanitarian crisis in Bangladesh.

# Humanitarian Crisis # Dr. Joanne Liu # Médecins Sans Frontières # Cox's Bazar # MSF Hospital Bombing # Healthcare in Conflict Zones

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# Rohingya RefugeesA Muslim minority group from Myanmar who have faced severe persecution and displacement, notably present in refugee camps in Bangladesh.

# Rohingya RefugeesMembers of a minority group from Myanmar who have fled persecution and violence, leading to a humanitarian crisis in Bangladesh.