Africa
Niger
Niger is affected by violence and people displacements around its border regions.
1,012,700
outpatient consultations410,200
malaria cases treated132,800
people admitted to hospital, including 93,600 children aged under five49,700
children admitted to outpatient feeding programmes
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Nigeria
Continued violence and armed conflict in Nigeria’s Borno state has uprooted more than two million people.
1,203,600
outpatient consultations409,600
malaria cases treated193,900
admissions of children to outpatient feeding programmes154,600
people admitted to hospital52,500
children admitted to inpatient feeding programmes30,200
births assisted16,400
people treated for measles14,400
individual mental health consultations
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Republic of Congo
MSF first worked in Congo in 1997 and closed its projects in 2013.
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Rwanda
MSF closed its projects in Rwanda in 2007.
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Senegal
Read about Médecins Sans Frontières activities in Senegal.
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Sierra Leone
In years since the end of the 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic, during which many medical staff died, Sierra Leone is now struggling to rebuild its shattered health system.
152,000
outpatient consultations27,100
births assisted11,800
malaria cases treated2,150
people started on treatment for TB
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Somalia
Four years after a series of violent attacks on our staff forced us to withdraw from Somalia, we started providing much needed medical care again in May 2017.
65,800
antenatal consultations2,200
patients treated for measles2,130
children admitted to inpatient feeding programmes
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South Africa
South Africa has the largest HIV patient cohort in the world and is helping to lead the way in gaining access to new treatments for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).
65
outpatient consultations
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South Sudan
In South Sudan, MSF delivers one of its largest assistance programmes worldwide. Our teams provide primary and secondary healthcare and run outreach activities for displaced people and remote communities. This includes response to emergencies and outbreaks and preventive activities such as vaccination campaigns.
879,100
outpatient consultations327,100
malaria cases treated74,300
people admitted to hospital65,800
vaccinations against measles in response to an outbreak14,100
births assisted10,300
surgical interventions5,570
children admitted to inpatient feeding programmes5,380
people treated for intentional physical violence2,530
people treated for sexual violence
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Sudan
Fighting has displaced tens of thousands of people in Sudan, where we respond by providing medical care for malnutrition, diarrhoeal diseases and malaria.
697,600
outpatient consultations102,300
emergency room admissions7,300
births assisted5,240
children admitted to inpatient feeding programmes620
newborns admitted to hospital
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Tanzania
We provide assistance to Burundian refugees living in Nduta camp in the north-west of Kigoma region in Tanzania.
33,000
outpatient consultations9,480
emergency room admissions7,730
malaria cases treated1,170
individual mental health consultations
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Uganda
Hundreds of thousands of refugees have fled to northern Uganda following violence in South Sudan. Uganda is currently the largest refugee hosting country in Africa.
61,000
outpatient consultations5,660
people receiving HIV antiretroviral treatment3,250
individual mental health consultations400
people treated for sexual violence
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Zambia
Discover how we deliver emergency assistance in Zambia, where cholera epidemics are a major public health concern.
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