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Africa

 
Helping tackle malnutrition and malaria in Angola

Angola

After handing over our medical activities to the Angolan Ministry of Health, MSF left Angola in August 2023.
 
Maternal and neonatal health in Couffo

Benin

Learn about MSF's activities in Benin.
 
Water suply in Kongoussi

Burkina Faso

MSF is providing people affected by insecurity with essential services.
 
Malaria et Choléra à Cibitoke

Burundi

MSF is responding to malaria in five districts of Burundi.
 
IWD Cameroon: Women tracing their paths through 40 years of intervention

Cameroon

MSF is working in the Far North and Centre regions of Cameroon.
 

Cape Verde

MSF worked in Cape Verde following a dengue fever outbreak in 2009.
 
CAR : A Forgotten Health Emergency

Central African Republic

Learn about our medical humanitarian work in the Central African Republic, where years of intense violence have resulted in thousands being killed or wounded and millions being displaced, severely restricting access to medical care, food, water and shelter.
 
Sudanese refugees in Adre, February 2024

Chad

Since 2015, thousands of people in the Lake Chad region have been forced to flee their homes as a result of violent clashes between armed groups and Chadian military forces.
 
Emergency intervention against Cholera Comoros

Comoros

MSF responded to a cholera outbreak in Comoros in 2024.
 
Armed clashes following presidential election.

Côte d'Ivoire

MSF is increasing access to specialised care.
 
A year after the opening of the Salama Clinic

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.
 

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.
 

Eritrea

MSF opened its first mission in Eritrea in April 2000, in response to the growing risk of hunger and renewed conflict between Eritrea and its southern neighbor and former ally, Ethiopia.
 
Mobile TB clinic

Eswatini

MSF is working with communities to provide comprehensive sexual and reproductive healthcare.
 
MSF addresses immediate needs for clean water and sanitation in conflict affected areas of Tigray

Ethiopia

In Ethiopia, we fill gaps in healthcare and respond to emergencies such as cholera and measles outbreaks.
 
Vital Response to Diphtheria in Siguiri - Guinea

Guinea

In Guinea, MSF teams provide support to people living with HIV and the health needs of children at a community level.
 

Guinea-Bissau

We left Guinea-Bissau in June 2020.
 
Habiba showing her portable cooler box

Kenya

We offer care to refugees, survivors of sexual violence and people who use drugs in Kenya, and respond to public health challenges, including HIV.
 
WAD - Fatima Health Post, Lesotho

Lesotho

MSF briefly returned to Lesotho in 2021 to respond to COVID-19.
 
MSF supports schools of students living with epilepsy

Liberia

Although health services are being progressively restored in Liberia, important gaps persist, notably in specialised paediatric care and mental health.
 
Malaria and malnutrition in Ikongo

Madagascar

Read about MSF medical and humanitarian activities in Madagascar.
 
Malawi: supporting sex workers to access healthcare

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.
 
Emergency response to IDPs in Gao, Mali

Mali

As violence spirals in Mali, millions are in need of humanitarian assistance.
 
Refugees at Mbera camp in Mauritania’s desert

Mauritania

We provided medical care to refugees and host communities in Mauritania.