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MSF supports the Ebola Transit Center in Bunia
MSF emergency response activities
Thousands of migrants trapped ahead of Bosnian winter.
Protesters demonstrate outside Supreme Court in Pretoria, South Africa Monday March 5, 2001
Subhan calms his daughter Afia as she receives injection for cutaneous leishmaniasis lesion at the MSF treatment centre in Naseerullah Khan Babar Memorial hospital, Peshawar.
Médecins Sans Frontières

International Activity Report 2019

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The year in review

In 2019, approximately 65,000 staff from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) provided medical and humanitarian assistance to people in more than 70 countries.

The Ebola outbreak in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continued to rage, alongside the worst-ever measles epidemic, while further east, two cyclones and severe flooding devastated parts of Mozambique, Sudan, and South Sudan. Conflict caused extreme suffering across the Sahel and in Yemen, and thousands of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers remained trapped in Libya, Greece and Mexico, exposed to violence and disease.

We dedicate this overview of our activities to our donors, whose generosity enabled our staff to put their skills at the service of patients and communities wherever we were able to work.

 
Refugees from North-Eastern Syria in Iraq
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A year in pictures 2019

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MSF activities around the world

Our teams conducted medical activities in 72 countries in 2019. Click on the map to find out more.

Our Programmes

    Place names and boundaries do not reflect any position by MSF on their legal status.
    Feature articles
    MSF supports the Ebola Transit Center in Bunia
    Medical and hygienist staff don personal protective equipment before going into the high-risk zone of the Ebola Transit Centre in Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo, June 2019. 
    © Pablo Garrigos/MSF
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    The Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of Congo

    In August 2018, the authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared an Ebola outbreak, which turned out to be the largest the country had ever known. The epidemic spread through communities in North Kivu and Ituri provinces that were already severely affected by decades of armed conflict.

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    Refugees from North-Eastern Syria in Iraq

    The year in pictures

    MSF's Pictures of the Year collection looks back on a year of providing medical care in extreme conditions and contexts across the globe.

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    The year in figures

    Browse through key medical, financial and HR facts and figures from 2019.

    The year in figures

    Facts and figures
    Mobile Clinics in Ponta Gea, Beira area.

    10,384,000

    Outpatient consultations
    CAR Boguila Patient Story

    2,638,200

    Cases of malaria treated
    MSF's delivery services at the Birth centre, Rafik Hariri University Hospital Campus,

    329,900

    Births assisted