Violence in parts of Ituri province, DRC, has forced our teams to withdraw from two locations as local authorities and warring parties remain non-committal in protecting medical staff. Press Release - 21 Mar 2022

MSF car at Alek airstrip

MSF runs a large clinic offering primary healthcare and some secondary healthcare services in Gogrial town,Warrap State, South Sudan. An inpatient department and surgical capacity make this the key reference facility for miles around, and the clinic is extremely busy every day. The project is reorienting in 2013 to put a greater emphasis on maternal health owing to the high maternal mortality in South Sudan.

South Sudan

Access to medical care undermined following robbery of MSF staff in Yei

MSF in Yei, South Sudan, has been forced to suspend our activities on the outskirts of the town following a brazen attack in which MSF staff were robbed and vehicles burnt. Press Release - 1 Mar 2022

Someone shows a bullet that landed on France's property in Damala, a neighbourhood parallel to the road where the fighting happened on 13 January 2021.

France Beldo, 31, was wounded during this clash between rebel groups and the national forces supported by their international allies on the outskirts of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic.

Another bullet is still lodged in her shoulder. France says: "We cannot stay in such violence all the time, with the sounds of guns. Fear is winning people over. We cannot go out, if we do, we are always fearful."

Central African Republic

A visual journey through a year of renewed violence in an old conflict

We take a visual journey through a photo essay detailing the struggles of people in CAR and how our teams support those with myriad needs through medical care. Project Update - 17 Dec 2021

On the road between the general referral hospital in the Nizi area and the health centre in Luchay supported by an MSF nurse.

Democratic Republic of Congo

Insecurity leaves people deprived of basic medical care in Ituri province

People in parts of Ituri province, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, are without access to basic medical care following MSF's withdrawal in the wake of an attack on our staff. Press Release - 26 Nov 2021

Tents of displaced families. /

Tentes de familles déplacées.

Burkina Faso

Healthcare centre burnt down amid surge of violence in Foube

Increasing violence in northern Burkina Faso has led to an MSF-supported health centre being burnt down in Foube, leaving people with no access to healthcare. Project Update - 23 Nov 2021

Angumu is a remote and mountainous area of the Ituri Province of north-eastern DRC. Access to the area is limited and roads are hard to travel.

Democratic Republic of Congo

Activities suspended in Ituri health district following attack on vehicle

MSF teams have suspended our activities in a health district in Ituri province, northeast Democratic Republic of Congo, following an armed attack on an MSF vehichle, wounding two staff. Press Release - 30 Oct 2021

Boost hospital is the only referral hospital in the province and is a lifeline for those living in Helmand. MSF supports the emergency room, surgical unit, inpatient department, maternity department, neonatology unit, laboratory and radiology department, as well as the 82-bed paediatric department. The hospital serves a population of around 1.3 million people and in 2020 provided over 110,000 consultations, assisted over 17,000 births and performed over 4,900 surgical interventions.

Afghanistan

As violence soars across Afghanistan access to healthcare is dangerously limited

MSF insists that all working medical facilities must be respected as fighting surges in Afghanistan and hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes, while many others have been killed or wounded. Project Update - 10 Aug 2021

Cameroon

Access to healthcare in Cameroon severely limited as violence and unrest rule

As the political crisis that divides Cameroon continues and access to healthcare has become ever more evasive, MSF’s ambulance service remains an essential lifeline. Project Update - 29 Jul 2021

France walks out of the MSF’s SICA hospital on 22 January 2021 after completing her inpatient treatment. She will continue to receive outpatient care and come back regularly to the MSF SICA’s Hospital for wound dressing, physiotherapy sessions and more.

France Beldo, 31, was wounded on 13 January 2021 attack in the outskirts of Bangui, Central African Republic.

While at home in Damala neighbourhood, close to the fighting, a stray bullet hit her hand, chest and shoulder, without damaging an important organ.

Central African Republic

Repeated attacks on medical care leave people vulnerable to disease and death

Six months of continual attacks on healthcare facilities and staff in Central African Republic have left people vulnerable as MSF and other organisations are forced to scale back services. Press Release - 19 Jul 2021

Outpatient department of MSF’s Tabarre trauma hospital. Patients that are once discharged from hospitalization still come to the hospital for follow-up appointments, such as for wound care and for physiotherapy sessions. The outpatient department receives approximately 80 patients per day with a majority arriving on Mondays and Fridays since there no appointments taken in on weekends.
“Orthopedic patients have a long rehabilitation process. Unfortunately due to the security situation in the city and the country we have patients who don’t come to their follow-up appointments for up to two months. Some people come from the countryside which makes it challenging for them to reach Tabarre. But if they come late the risk for their wounds to be infected is huge. This is also true for many of our colleagues that need to cross dangerous neighborhoods in order to come to work.”
— Roussena Rouzard, outpatient department head nurse, MSF

Haiti

Four questions on the tumultuous situation in Haiti

Ongoing armed clashes and displacement across Port-au-Prince, have led Haiti to a profound crisis for many months, limiting the population's access to healthcare as staff and patients have no assurance of reaching health facilities safely. Interview - 14 Jul 2021

Four mothers posing in a corridor of the Hospital in Bili. All four of them are staying in the hospital with their child, that's suffering from a severe case of malaria. Since the beginning of the project in 2016, the pediatric ward already treated more than 4.000 cases of complicated/severe form of malaria.

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Violence and sense of impunity force stop to lifesaving care