Nicaragua
MSF’s first mission in 1972 was in Managua, the capital and largest city of Nicaragua, where an earthquake destroyed most of the city and killed between 10,000 and 30,000 people.
We then spent 22 years treating victims of Chagas, a parasitic disease that attacks the heart and the nervous and digestive systems. The project closed in 2005, after the national health ministry had included the disease in a new 10-year plan and the rate of infections had dropped.
In 2018, we returned to Nicaragua to offer psychosocial support to people suffering from conditions such as anxiety, adjustment disorder and post-traumatic stress as a result of having witnessed or experienced violent events associated with civil and political unrest.
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Nicaragua
Lessons Learned: 'Chagas disease, an invisible threat in Nicaragua'
Project Update
7 Sep 2005
Nicaragua
Know more about Chagas Disease
Project Update
7 Sep 2005
Nicaragua
Chagas treatment: Far from ideal
Project Update
7 Sep 2005
Nicaragua
MSF hands over Chagas activities in Nicaragua
Project Update
21 Jun 2005
Nicaragua
MSF starts a project to battle Chagas disease in Nicaragua
Project Update
27 Sep 2002
Nicaragua
Living in the middle of a rubbish dump
Project Update
27 Oct 2000