Africa
Niger
Niger is affected by violence and people displacements around its border regions.
1,262,800
outpatient consultations611,497
malaria cases treated139,500
people admitted to hospital, including 113,200 children aged under five36,900
children admitted to outpatient feeding programmes for severe acute malnutrition
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Nigeria
Continued violence and armed conflict in Nigeria’s Borno state has uprooted more than two million people.
945,500
outpatient consultations348,100
malaria cases treated185,400
admissions of children to outpatient feeding programmes116,800
people admitted to hospital36,900
children admitted to inpatient feeding programmes25,000
births assisted23,100
children treated for measles12,200
individual mental health consultations3,800
people treated for cholera
Africa
Republic of Congo
MSF first worked in Congo in 1997 and closed its projects in 2013.
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Rwanda
MSF closed its projects in Rwanda in 2007.
Africa
Senegal
Read about Médecins Sans Frontières activities in Senegal.
Africa
Sierra Leone
In years since the end of the 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic, during which many medical staff died, Sierra Leone is now struggling to rebuild its shattered health system.
137,600
outpatient consultations86,200
malaria cases treated5,190
births assisted74
people started on treatment for TB
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Somalia
Four years after a series of violent attacks on our staff forced us to withdraw from Somalia, we started providing much needed medical care again in May 2017.
2,380
children admitted to inpatient feeding programmes14,300
patients treated for measles19,700
patients treated for cholera9,870
births assisted
Africa
South Africa
South Africa has the largest HIV patient cohort in the world and is helping to lead the way in gaining access to new treatments for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).
440
individual mental health consultations68
mental health consultations provided in group sessions
Africa
South Sudan
In South Sudan, MSF delivers one of its largest assistance programmes worldwide. Our teams provide primary and secondary healthcare and run outreach activities for displaced people and remote communities. This includes response to emergencies and outbreaks and preventive activities such as vaccination campaigns.
891,000
outpatient consultations309,900
malaria cases treated125,000
vaccinations against measles in response to an outbreak62,500
people admitted to hospital12,600
births assisted6,460
surgical interventions4,610
people treated for intentional physical violence3,810
children admitted to inpatient feeding programmes2,540
people treated for sexual violence
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Sudan
Fighting has displaced tens of thousands of people in Sudan, where we respond by providing medical care for malnutrition, diarrhoeal diseases and malaria.
586,800
outpatient consultations4,260
children admitted to inpatient feeding programmes1,950
births assisted230
newborns admitted to hospital
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Tanzania
We provide assistance to Burundian refugees living in Nduta camp in the north-west of Kigoma region in Tanzania.
18,700
outpatient consultations7,790
malaria cases treated5,810
individual mental health consultations4,300
births assisted, including 46 caesarean sections
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Uganda
Hundreds of thousands of refugees have fled to northern Uganda following violence in South Sudan. Uganda is currently the largest refugee hosting country in Africa.
89,800
outpatient consultations11,400
individual mental health consultations1,760
people treated for sexual violence1,590
people on first-line ARV treatment under direct MSF care1,020
people on second-line ARV treatment under direct MSF care
Africa
Zambia
Discover how we deliver emergency assistance in Zambia, where cholera epidemics are a major public health concern.
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