The security situation in Far North, where our regular project is located, continues to be volatile, with repeated clashes between state and non-state armed groups and outbreaks of intercommunal violence.

MSF teams support local health centres by providing general healthcare and donating medical supplies. In Mora, we built a new surgical unit in the hospital to improve the provision of emergency surgical care. During the rainy season in Kousseri, and the ensuing peak in malaria cases, our teams helped the regional hospital to scale up treatment.

We also supported the national response to a cholera outbreak in Centre region, which affected nine health districts. As well as treating patients, we improved water, sanitation and hygiene facilities, and conducted community awareness-raising activities and epidemiological surveillance.

In 2023, we made the decision to close our liaison office in Bamenda, Northwest region. Since the authorities ordered us to suspend activities in December 2020, we had been unable to provide much-needed support to people affected by violence and displacement. Conflict has been raging in Northwest and Southwest regions since 2016.