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Influx of wounded patients in Sica hospital in Bangui

Surgery & trauma care

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Médecins Sans Frontières has been providing surgical care for people in precarious contexts for more than 40 years.

Surgery in a humanitarian situation is often associated with armed conflict. Yet our teams conduct operations for a variety of needs. In 2022, one in five of the major surgeries we performed were caesarean sections, which is difficult to access in countries with a failing health system or in humanitarian emergencies. The opening of a surgical programme has a number of prerequisites which need medical and logistics resources, such as sterile conditions, qualified personnel, and post-operative capacity.

Quick facts about surgery and trauma care

Surviving violence
Here, the weekends are always intense.. we deal with even four patients with gunshot wounds at the same time. Francesco Virdis, surgeon

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MSF's Trauma and Orthopaedic Care Centre in Bunia, Ituri Province
Democratic Republic of Congo

Surgical care addresses needs of people amid resurgent violence in Ituri province

Project Update 23 Feb 2024
 
Gaza - Al Aqsa Hospital
Gaza-Israel war

The last medics providing healthcare amidst death and destruction in Gaza

Voices from the Field 2 Feb 2024
 
Kalma Camp, Darfur
Conflict in Sudan

Surgical supply ban in Khartoum must be immediately reversed

Press Release 14 Nov 2023
 
AL-Wahda Hospital
Iraq

MSF halts key medical activities in Mosul due to administrative obstacles

Press Release 5 Jul 2023
 
Influx of wounded in Adre Hospital
Chad

Over 600 war-wounded Sudanese arrive in eastern Chad hospital in just three days

Press Release 16 Jun 2023
 
Emergency Surgical Team at Bashair Hospital Khartoum, Sudan
Conflict in Sudan

Over 1,100 patients in five weeks mark level of suffering in Khartoum

Press Release 15 Jun 2023
 
Physiotherapy in Kyiv
War in Ukraine

Providing physiotherapy for the war-wounded in Ukraine

Project Update 4 Nov 2022
 
MSF Emergency Centre in Turgeau
Haiti

Dozens of people hit by stray bullets as fierce violence flares up again in Port-au-Prince

Press Release 29 Jul 2022
 
Jalousie market, Port-au-Prince
Haiti

New violence triples number of wounded patients in Port-au-Prince

Press Release 12 May 2022
Advanced HIV management in Homa Bay
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