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The Americas

 
COCHABAMBA - C-19 Misinfo and HP 08

Bolivia

MSF worked in Bolivia from 2019 to 2021, providing sexual reproductive healthcare and support in the fight against COVID-19. At the end of 2021 we handed over our activities to the Ministry of Health.
 
MSF works in shelter with vulnerable victims of disastrous floods in the south of Brazil

Brazil

Learn about MSF's activities in northern Brazil, where we are working to improve medical care for Venezuelan migrants and asylum seekers, as well as local communities.
 

Chile

MSF worked in Chile following the earthquake that struck the country in February 2010.
 
Colombia: MSF carries out a decentralized model to take healthcare to communities affected by conflict

Colombia

As a result of the peace process, there has been in a decrease in the number of clashes between armed groups, but civilians continue to be caught up in violence as criminal organisations fight for control of territory.
 
MSF teams assisting migrants in Costa Rica

Costa Rica

MSF closed its project in Costa Rica in 2024.
 

Cuba

MSF began work in Cuba in 1993 and left in 2000.
 
Ecuador Earthquake: MSF Response Teams

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.
 
A look through MSF El Salvador

El Salvador

MSF has worked in El Salvador to provide healthcare to communities affected by growing violence and insecurity and to respond to outbreaks such as COVID-19.
 
Mesoamerican endemic Nephropathy (MeN) a humanitarian crisis in Guatemala

Guatemala

MSF first worked in Guatemala in 1984 and closed our projects in 2012, before returning in 2020 to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
Haiti earthquake - Jérémy

Haiti

Political instability, an earthquake in August 2021, a fuel crisis and chronic violence have pushed the healthcare system in Haiti to its limits as needs are on the rise.
 
Migrants at the Honduras-Nicaragua border

Honduras

Honduras has experienced years of political, economic and social instability, and has one of the highest rates of violence in the world. This has great medical, psychological and social consequences for people.
 
MENTAL HEALTH IN WAR, DISPLACEMENT AND MIGRATION _Mexico

Mexico

Every year, an estimated 400,000 people flee violence and poverty in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala and enter Mexico with the hope of reaching the United States. In Mexico, they are systematically exposed to further episodes of violence.