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MSF OCBA carried out an exploratory mission in Argelia from the 29th of January to the 23rd of February 2007. The main objective was to asses in situ the health situation of the SSI ( Sub-Saharan Immigrants)  in transit on their way to Europe, including the response to this problematic from the national authorities and international actors.The arrival of SSIs is affecting several countries in the north of Africa, including Argelia, as this countries represent the entry door to Europe. This is not a new phenomenon in Argelia, as this country is traditionally a place where SSI transit in their way to Europe since many years ago. However, reports show an increase in the number of people arriving despite all the efforts done to stop their entry in the country. We can estimate that the current population of SSI in transit to Europe in Argelia is between 21,000 and 30,000 people (there are numbers that go up to 300,000)
Middle East & North Africa

Algeria

MSF first worked in Algeria in 1980 and closed its projects in 2016. Country
 
Paulina Cassombu has been in Cuvango Municipal Hospital, in southwestern Angola, with her daughter, Rosa, for three weeks. Rosa was admitted with severe malnutrition and was covered in painful blisters and could not walk for a long period of time. Now, as she got better, and with the help of psychostimulation sessions, has been able to regain her mobility. 
“She came in with a lot of blisters. She is much better now and it makes me happy,” said Paulina.
Both in Cuvango and Chipindo Municipal Hospitals, through psychostimulation sessions, psychologists have worked to re-establish mobility, cognition, confidence, and mother to child bond after a child has been in a critical condition in the hospital for an extended period.
Africa

Angola

We handed over our medical activities to the Ministry of Health and left Angola in August 2023. Country
 
On April 5, MSF Mission in Armenia and partners inaugurated a new service for testing and treatment for Hepatitis C virus (HCV) within our existing project in Arshakunyats Health Center, in the capital Yerevan. The service is part of a project launched in 2023 by MSF in Armenia to provide access for testing and treatment of Hepatitis C following a “one stop shop” approach. The new service thus aims at improving access to Hepatitis C care for key populations (“PWID” People who Inject Drugs, ”MSM” Men who have Sex with Men, “CSW” Commercial Sex Workers), as the existing health services are not always tailored to meet the needs of this group.
Europe & Central Asia

Armenia

MSF first worked in Armenia in 1988 to respond to medical needs following the Spitak earthquake. Country
 
BARDA, AZERBAIJAN, ASIA, 30.01.94.  MSF delivers  medical materials at a local hospital.
Europe & Central Asia

Azerbaijan

Read about MSF's projects in Nagorno-Karabakh. Country
 
Bahrain
Middle East & North Africa

Bahrain

MSF first worked in Bahrain in 2011 and closed its projects in 2012. Country
 
MSF staff walking through the Bangladesh refugee camps.
Asia & Pacific

Bangladesh

Learn about MSF projects in Bangladesh, where a million Rohingya people are living after fleeing targeted violence in Myanmar. Country
 
Natalia Yatskevich 45 years old, MoH TB doctor, is walking down the hall of the Republican Scientific and Practical Centre for Pulmonology and Tuberculosis, Minsk, Belarus.
Europe & Central Asia

Belarus

We are working with the Ministry of Health in Belarus to improve tuberculosis diagnosis. Country
 
Bruxelles le 29 juin 2023, au HUB humanitaire. Zeinep, health promoter, et Jacques, encodeur, enregistrent un patient avant sa vaccination.
Europe & Central Asia

Belgium

MSF has worked with refugees and migrants in Belgium since 2017. Country
 
MSF teams explaining prevention and infection control measures to local health workers in Cochabamba (maybe you can add the specific district health structure). Since the beginning of MSF's intervention in the country, the team has organized more than 800 awareness sessions on COVID-19, so that people are sensitized, oriented and have access to correct information about the disease.
The Americas

Bolivia

MSF worked in Bolivia from 2019 to 2021, providing sexual reproductive healthcare and support in the fight against COVID-19. At the end of 2021 we handed over our activities to the Ministry of Health. Country
 
About 400 people now live in this shelter at the Paulo Freire Municipal School. The place has been receiving people from many neighborhoods of Canoas. It’s the state’s third most populous city, with 350 thousand inhabitants, and 180 thousand of them had to leave their homes. The space previously used by students is now occupied by whole families. And there are many of them, housed in makeshift accommodations after torrential rains flooded whole cities and left hundreds of thousands of people without shelter in May 2024. A team of Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), with doctors, nurses, psychologists and health promoters, offer medical and mental health assistance to the people in the shelter.
The Americas

Brazil

Learn about MSF's activities in northern Brazil, where we are working to improve medical care for Venezuelan migrants and asylum seekers, as well as local communities. Country
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.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Independent medical humanitarian assistance

We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of health professionals, logistic and administrative staff - most of them hired locally. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of independence and impartiality. We are a non-profit, self-governed, member-based organisation.

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