Europe & Central Asia

Afghanistan
Decades of conflict have ruined Afghanistan’s economy and infrastructure and many people rely on humanitarian aid.
172,700
emergency room admissions130,400
Outpatient consultations37,800
Births assisted11,000
Surgical interventions5,470
children admitted to inpatient feeding programmes2,570
People started on treatment for TB790
Patients admitted for COVID-19
Albania
MSF first worked in Albania in 1981 and closed its projects in 2000.

Armenia
In Armenia, MSF first worked in the country in 1988 to respond to medical needs following the Spitak earthquake, before treating people with drug-resistant tuberculosis with new, effective drugs. We closed our last projects in 2019.

Azerbaijan
Read about MSF's projects in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Belarus
We are working with the Ministry of Health in Belarus to improve adherence to treatment for patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).
23
People started on treatment for MDR-TB
Belgium
MSF has worked with refugees and migrants in Belgium since 2017. Our teams offer mental health care and support in the response to COVID-19 for migrants and refugees in Brussels.
330
patients admitted for COVID-19180
outpatient consultations for COVID-19
Bosnia-Herzegovina
After a decade working with people affected by the Balkan wars, we ended our work in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 2001. In 2018, we returned to assist migrants and refugees escaping conflit in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, before ending activities in the country in 2021.
3,140
outpatient consultations450
people treated for intentional physical violence120
individual mental health consultations
Bulgaria
MSF first worked in Bulgaria in 1981 and closed its projects in 2015.

Croatia
MSF closed its projects in Croatia in 2015.

France
In Paris, northern France and at the borders with Italy and Spain, migrants and refugees encounter policies and practices aimed at preventing them from settling or claiming their rights.
1,970
individual mental health consultations