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Patients, most of whom are from the Rohingya community, queue up for triaging at the MSF clinic in Butterworth, Penang.
Asia & Pacific

Malaysia

Our teams provide healthcare support to the Rohingya and other communities through our clinic in Butterworth (Klinik Mewah 6), our mobile clinics in Penang, and our activities in detention centres. Country
 
A sex worker from Zalewa waits to be seen by Christine Muntali, MSF's Sexual and Reproductive Health nurse supervisor, in the team's ambulance. MSF provides family planning methods and medication to prevent sexually transmitted diseases to women beneficiaries of the project.
Africa

Malawi

Learn about our medical projects in Malawi, where an estimated 980,000 people are living with HIV. We are supporting efforts to combat the virus, while also responding to emergencies such as the devastating floods that hit the country in March 2019. Country
 
In 2024, Médecins Sans Frontières launched a multidisciplinary rehabilitative care project for survivors of violence and ill-treatment in Kazakhstan. 
The project, set up in the city of Almaty, in collaboration with local partners, focuses on mental health services, medical referrals and health education for vulnerable groups. This includes the Kandastar community, ethnic Kazakhs who have returned to Kazakhstan after years or even generations of living abroad, primarily in countries such as China, Mongolia and Uzbekistan.  
Many Kandastar returnees face challenges integrating into society in Kazakhstan or suffer from mental health problems that developed during their emigrant life. In response, we started to provide them with individual mental health support and psychoeducation sessions, to help them cope with stress, trauma and adjustment difficulties.   
Our team is working to strengthen their resilience by providing psychosocial support and promoting community-based support and mental health awareness among the Kandastar. We aim to reduce the trauma faced by them, and ensure they receive the care and support necessary to rebuild their lives.
Europe & Central Asia

Kazakhstan

MSF teams returned to Kazakhstan in 2024. Country
 
Given the poor road infrastructure, extreme weather conditions severely limit people’s access to health centers and make it difficult for our teams to reach communities. A situation that often demotivates people to visit health centers before their condition worsens.
Africa

Madagascar

Read about MSF medical and humanitarian activities in Madagascar. Country
 
MSF midwife Esther Karume works with local community
members in Abaiang to test women of child-bearing age for high blood pressure in Abaiang. Non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and hypertension are common.
Asia & Pacific

Kiribati

Learn more about MSF activities in Kiribati. Country
 
Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Rohingya Response: Shofi Mohammad (4 years) is getting treatment for multiple abscesses in axilla and back in the ER of the MSF Kutupalong hospital. While Dr. Hasna Hena Mou and Medical Assistant Rajib Mazumdar are doing an incision and drainage, his father Anas Mohammad (50 years) tries to comfort him. The mother of Shofi and his brother are waiting outside. The family went to another health facility first, but they couldn't perform the procedure, that's why Shofi was referred to the MSF Kutupalong hospital. The family fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar 8 months ago (October 2024).

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International Activity Report 2025

Read about MSF's activities across more than 70 countries in 2025. Annual Report - 17 Jul 2025
 
One month after Cyclone Mocha hit parts of Myanmar, MSF staff are still witnessing damage caused by the storm in many areas of Rakhine state.
Asia & Pacific

Myanmar

We work with the Myanmar Ministry of Health to provide care for HIV and TB patients, primary healthcare, and vaccinations. Country
 
Lucas Matagodi at Lianda IDP camp in Mueda. Lucas Matangodi Shilongo is over 70 years old, but he doesn't know exactly how old. He is in Lyanda IDP camp in Mueda district, far from his home in Nangade district further north. 

"If we were at home we would know how to get food, but not here. 

Many of Lucas' neighbours in the camp are also from Nangade. The war there forced thousands of people to flee. Lucas says that in one of the attacks, insurgents killed his wife, one of his children and another of his grandchildren. He cries when he remembers them, especially his wife. He misses her. He is devastated.

"I dream that I'm running away and falling. I dream that I am being chased," he says. 

Lucas lives with his sister and other relatives in one of the windowed cottages built in this part of the camp. His daughter cooks with her granddaughter inside the hut. In the next room, where the conversation takes place, there is a tin roof and an empty sack of rice from India. Lucas recalls the attack on his village. 
"They came in and burnt the houses, they kidnapped many people, I was sleeping in the forest, because they had already tried to attack twice and we were waiting for them, the people had left their houses pre-emptively and were mostly sleeping in the forest on the day of the attack. They attacked during sunset. They burnt houses.

It was not then that his wife, son and grandson were killed. It was in another attack. Many of the camp residents report fleeing several villages and suffering several attacks along the way. 

"Before that attack, my wife went to another village to visit my son, and on the same day the insurgents attacked, captured the village and killed my wife, son and grandson. The other grandchildren fled and they were the ones who informed us". 
Lucas went to the mobile clinic set up by Médecins Sans Frontières in Lyanda camp today for the first time to seek relief. He needs psychological help. 
"On a daily basis, I think mainly of my wife. I am alone. Sometimes I cry. When I wake up, I'm no longer sleepy and I start to think. I feel bad for my grandchildren, I don't want to talk to them about what happened. I don't have any more worries, because I have the support of my grandchildren. What I think about is that I will never be able to see my wife again. 
"For the moment I don't think about going back. I want to stay because I am safe here, what worries me is only the food, because it is not enough".
Africa

Mozambique

Learn about our medical projects in Mozambique, where we provide specialised care to help curb the country's HIV epidemic while also assisting people in conflict-ridden Cabo Delgado. Country
 
MSF’s health promotion (HP) team conducts a health education session for women in a rural village of Dadu. The focus of the HP session is on the importance of hygiene, the prevention of malaria and other diseases and nutrition. February 2023
Asia & Pacific

Pakistan

Access to healthcare remains a challenge in Pakistan, especially for people in isolated rural communities, urban slums and areas affected by conflict. Country
 
Border between Jimi and North Waghi districts, Jiwaka province, PNG
Asia & Pacific

Papua New Guinea

We are working to improve access to care for survivors of violence in Papua New Guinea’s Highlands region. 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)

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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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