
War and conflict
Armed conflict devastates lives. Targeted, harassed and caught in hardship and poverty, people are forced into flight or live under siege and face indiscriminate attacks. Access to basic needs, like food and medical care, is often disrupted. Comprehensive medical and humanitarian support is vital, but health services are often scarce. In conflict zones, MSF does not take sides. We provide medical care based on needs alone, and work hard to reach those who need help the most.

Conflict and Health
CONFLICT AND HEALTH
How does conflict damage national health?
Armed conflict causes injury, displacement and death but it continues to affect people’s health even after the frontlines have moved or the guns have fallen silent.
It devastates essential health services, disrupts medical supplies, forces medical staff to flee and leaves the national immune system broken. When deadly diseases arrive, they’re even harder to fight.
For people caught up in violence or its aftermath, it is more important than ever to have access to healthcare, shelter, sanitation and food. Just to ensure they survive in the wake of war and can look to the future.

Voices from the field
The conduct of this battle and its impact are extraordinary.Meinie Nicolai, nurse and MSF General Director

Ongoing fears of outbursts of violence in Bambari hamper access to healthcare

Our teams have been supporting #AlSalam hospital in #Khamer, since 2010. Today, the security situation in this go… https://t.co/0d86H9LgRF


MSF Hassakeh hospital seeing an increase in casualties of airstrikes in northeast Syria

MSF provides support to hospitals treating wounded from Hodeidah

Lack of patients forces closure of Ramtha surgical project

In dust and despair, displaced Syrians wait

Crisis update: Borno and Yobe states, June 2018

Guerrero under siege
