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A boat taking MSF staff to the rural area of Portel travels through a river in the Brazilian Northern state of Pará. MSF is supporting local authorities in order to improve healthcare access to the town’s population. Portel has dealt historically with a lack of health professionals and facilities, particularly in hard-to-reach remote areas which are home to vulnerable river dweller communities.

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A boat taking MSF staff to the rural area of Portel travels through a river in the northern state of Pará. Brazil, November 2023.
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In more than 75 countries, Médecins Sans Frontières provides medical humanitarian assistance to save lives and ease the suffering of people in crisis situations. Find out more about our actions in every country below.

In the operating theatre of the Salama clinic in Bunia, a team of surgeons and anaesthetists from the Ministry of Health and MSF work together to treat trauma patients. In their first year of operation, the teams performed 2,050 operations at the Bunia surgery centre, Ituri, 2 June 2024.

Democratic Republic of Congo

In DRC, MSF runs some of its largest medical relief operations, working in 17 of 26 provinces, responding to diseases outbreaks, conflict and displacement, and tackling health problems such as HIV/AIDs.
A doctor wipes the sweat from his brow during a consultation. He has 3 call outs during the night and is exhausted starting his 6 hour day shift.

Djibouti

MSF began work in Djibouti in 1978 and closed our projects in 2012. We currently maintain an operational support base for our Yemen projects in Djibouti city.
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) staff members Cristina Buixeres and Fredy Haro  distribute hygiene and cooking kits for 52 families in the Alto del Portete shelter in Muisne, Ecuador

Ecuador

MSF first worked in Ecuador in 1996; after providing mental health support following two earthquakes in 2016, MSF teams supported the COVID-19 response in 2020.
MSF psychologist/physiotherapist/social worker with a patient in MSF clinic for treatment of victims of violence in Maadi Egypt

Egypt

Egypt is a key transit and destination country for African and Middle Eastern refugees and migrants, many of whom have been subjected to violence or persecution in their countries.

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The place names and boundaries used in this report do not reflect any position by MSF on their legal status.