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Magaria hospital, Niger

Niger

Patients enter one of the MSF wards in the District Hospital of Magaria. Niger, 27 September 2023. 
© MSF/Oliver Barth
Across Niger people are affected by the interconnected crises of violence, displacement, malnutrition, and disease outbreaks.

Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali share a border region in the central Sahel where state and non-state groups operate against a backdrop of high poverty, climate change, and increased competition for dwindling resources. Some 700,000 forcibly displaced people live in Niger, according to UNHCR.

MSF is supporting the Ministry of Health in many of the country’s departments to respond to people’s ongoing, and emerging, needs. 

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Our activities in 2023 in Niger

Data and information from the International Activity Report 2023.

MSF in Niger in 2023 In the aftermath of the political crisis that unfolded in July 2023 in Niger, which compounded pre-existing humanitarian needs in the country, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) continued to provide vital healthcare and support in affected areas.
Niger IAR map 2023
Country map for the IAR 2023.
© MSF

During the year, the security situation remained volatile in areas along the borders with Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Mali. There were numerous violent incidents, including kidnappings, assassinations, and casualties from improvised explosive devices in Tillabéry region, in the Lake Chad basin, and to a lesser extent in Maradi region in the south.

Following the military coup on 26 July, sanctions, such as the closure of land and air borders and the suspension of regional trade and banking relations, exacerbated food insecurity and made it even more difficult for people to access healthcare.

In Assamaka, several international NGOs withdrew, leaving thousands of migrants expelled from Algeria to fend for themselves in the desert of northern Niger, deprived of shelter, healthcare, protection and the basic necessities. In response, MSF distributed water and essential relief items such as hygiene and cooking kits, and provided mental health support, while publicly denouncing the appalling conditions migrants were forced to live in.

Despite restrictions on access imposed on humanitarian NGOs, as well as border closures which severely disrupted the supply chain, particularly for nutrition products, we continued offering comprehensive care in hospitals and integrated health centres that we already support in Tillabéri, Maradi, Zinder, Tahoua and Diffa regions. This included maternity, paediatric and nutrition services. We also continued to build and upgrade facilities in these regions as part of our long-term partnership with the Nigerien health authorities to improve access to healthcare for people living in vulnerable circumstances.

 

In 2023
 
Displacement in Diffa
Niger

Insufficient humanitarian response to crisis in Diffa

Report 21 Dec 2016
 
Responding to malnutrition and malaria peak in southern Niger
Niger

Sharp increase in malaria cases in recent months

Project Update 25 Nov 2016
 
Lake Tchad Crisis: Responding to the humanitarian consequences of violence  (Extreme North Cameroon)
Lake Chad Crisis

Lake Chad: Years of Forgotten Crisis

Medium.com 31 Oct 2016
 
Niger: NFI distributions in Toumour
Niger

MSF assists hundreds of newly displaced people in eastern Diffa

Project Update 9 Sep 2016
 
MSF intervention in Alaback, Niger
Niger

Floods leave hundreds of families homeless with increased risk of disease

Project Update 26 Aug 2016
 
Telemedicine Ethiopia
Medical resource

Telemedicine helps to bridge the gap between remote areas and large hospitals

Project Update 13 Jul 2016
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