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Helping tackle malnutrition and malaria in Angola
Africa

Angola

After handing over our medical activities to the Angolan Ministry of Health, MSF left Angola in August 2023.

25,300

malaria cases treated

2,750

admissions of children to outpatient feeding programmes 

880

children admitted to inpatient feeding programmes
 
Maternal and neonatal health in Couffo
Africa

Benin

Learn about MSF's activities in Benin.

13,400

outpatient consultations

3,780

patients admitted to hospital

3,420

births assisted, including 1,010 caesarean sections
 
Water suply in Kongoussi
Africa

Burkina Faso

Having first worked there in 1995, MSF closed its projects in Burkina Faso in 2015. We returned in October 2017 to support the Ministry of Health during a dengue epidemic.

109.6M

litres of water distributed

1,020,100

outpatient consultations

374,300

malaria cases treated

42,300

patients admitted to hospital
 
Malaria et Choléra à Cibitoke
Africa

Burundi

MSF provides high-quality care, free of charge, to victims of trauma in Burundi’s capital, Bujumbura.

584,300

outpatient consultations

117,800

malaria cases treated
 
IWD Cameroon: Women tracing their paths through 40 years of intervention
Africa

Cameroon

Since 2011, violent attacks by armed opposition groups and the counterinsurgency operations of the Nigerian army have forced hundreds of thousands of people from northeast Nigeria to seek refuge in Cameroon, Chad and Niger.

96,200

outpatient consultations

21,500

malaria cases treated

1,800

people treated for cholera

510

surgical interventions
 
Africa

Cape Verde

MSF worked in Cape Verde following a dengue fever outbreak in 2009.
 
CAR : A Forgotten Health Emergency
Africa

Central African Republic

Learn about our medical humanitarian work in the Central African Republic, where years of intense violence have resulted in thousands being killed or wounded and millions being displaced, severely restricting access to medical care, food, water and shelter.

725,700

outpatient consultations

10,600

surgical interventions

9,230

people receiving HIV antiretroviral treatment

6,030

people treated for sexual violence
 
Sudanese refugees in Adre, February 2024
Africa

Chad

Since 2015, thousands of people in the Lake Chad region have been forced to flee their homes as a result of violent clashes between armed groups and Chadian military forces.

173.2M

litres of water distributed

1,358,900

vaccinations against measles in response to an outbreak

63,100

admissions of children to outpatient feeding programmes

29,700

patients admitted to hospital
 
Emergency intervention against Cholera Comoros
Africa

Comoros

MSF responded to a cholera outbreak in Comoros in 2024.
 
Armed clashes following presidential election.
Africa

Côte d'Ivoire

The political and military crises of 2002-2010 have taken a severe toll on the Ivorian health system: it is one of the weakest in Africa, with only one medical doctor and five midwives per 10,000 inhabitants.

20,500

outpatient consultations

12,200

malaria cases treated

1,790

individual mental health consultations
 
A year after the opening of the Salama Clinic
Africa

Democratic Republic of Congo

In DRC, MSF runs some of its largest medical relief operations, working in 17 of 26 provinces, responding to diseases outbreaks, conflict and displacement, and tackling health problems such as HIV/AIDs.

2,578,300

outpatient consultations

1,495,400

vaccinations against measles in response to an outbreak

779,800

malaria cases treated

29,000

people treated for sexual violence

14,100

surgical interventions

1,410

people with advanced HIV under direct MSF care
 
Africa

Djibouti

MSF began work in Djibouti in 1978 and closed our projects in 2012. We currently maintain an operational support base for our Yemen projects in Djibouti city.
 
Africa

Eritrea

MSF opened its first mission in Eritrea in April 2000, in response to the growing risk of hunger and renewed conflict between Eritrea and its southern neighbor and former ally, Ethiopia.
 
Mobile TB clinic
Africa

Eswatini

Eswatini has one of the world’s highest rates of HIV, with nearly one in three adults living with the disease. However, around 80 per cent of people with TB in Eswatini are HIV positive.

1,230

outpatient consultations

510

people receiving HIV antiretroviral treatment

400

consultations for contraceptive services
 
MSF addresses immediate needs for clean water and sanitation in conflict affected areas of Tigray
Africa

Ethiopia

In Ethiopia, we fill gaps in healthcare and respond to emergencies such as cholera and measles outbreaks. We also assist refugees, asylum seekers and people internally displaced by violence.

413,100

outpatient consultations

64,300

malaria cases treated

11,300

births assisted

2,990

children admitted to inpatient feeding programmes
 
Vital Response to Diphtheria in Siguiri - Guinea
Africa

Guinea

In Guinea, MSF teams provide support to people living with HIV and the health needs of children at a community level.

10,800

people with advanced HIV under MSF care
 
Africa

Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau is among the poorest and least developed countries in the world. Years of political instability and economic stagnation have had a serious impact on its crumbling health system.
 
Habiba showing her portable cooler box
Africa

Kenya

We offer care to refugees, survivors of sexual violence and people who use drugs in Kenya, and respond to public health challenges, including HIV.

11,500

individual mental health consultations

10,700

admissions of children to outpatient feeding programmes

3,840

births assisted including caesarean sections

3,490

people treated for sexual violence
 
WAD - Fatima Health Post, Lesotho
Africa

Lesotho

MSF briefly returned to Lesotho in 2021 to respond to COVID-19.
 
Covid-19 Response in Liberia
Africa

Liberia

Although health services are being progressively restored in Liberia, important gaps persist, notably in specialised paediatric care and mental health.

2,430

people received care for mental health disorders or epilepsy

1,430

children admitted to hospital
 
Malnutrition emergency: mobile clinic in Ranobe
Africa

Madagascar

Read about MSF medical and humanitarian activities in Madagascar.

306,000

litres of water distributed

56,100

outpatient consultations

14,300

malaria cases treated

5,860

admissions of children to outpatient feeding programmes
 
Palliative care
Africa

Malawi

Learn about our medical projects in Malawi, where an estimated 980,000 people are living with HIV. We are supporting efforts to combat the virus, while also responding to emergencies such as the devastating floods that hit the country in March 2019.

59,700

outpatient consultations

11,400

people treated for cholera

530

surgical interventions
 
palliative care & oncology service in Bamako
Africa

Mali

As violence spirals in Mali, millions are in need of humanitarian assistance.

530,000

outpatient consultations

66,000

patients admitted to hospital

1,870

surgical interventions

1,040

people treated for intentional physical violence
 
Refugees at Mbera camp in Mauritania’s desert
Africa

Mauritania

We provide medical care to Malian refugees and host communities in Mauritania, and in the last three months of 2016 saw the biggest influx of refugees since 2013.