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Cameroon

We are working in the Far North and Centre regions of Cameroon. Our teams work through the volatile situation in the Far North to assist the health authorities with treating malaria. In the Centre region we responded to cholera in nine health districts in 2023.

Our activities in 2023 in Cameroon

Data and information from the International Activity Report 2023.

MSF in Cameroon in 2023 In Cameroon, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) supported local authorities with medical and nutritional care, and responses to health emergencies and malaria outbreaks in Far North and Centre regions during 2023.
Cameroon IAR map 2023

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.

 

in 2023
 
Medical and mental healthcare for people displaced by violence in the Lake Chad area.
Lake Chad Crisis

Lake Chad: Populations fleeing Boko Haram violence

Crisis Update 20 Aug 2015
 
Niger: thousands facing precarious conditions after being forced to leave Lake Chad
Photo Story

Around Lake Chad: People living in fear

1 Jul 2015
Photo Story
 
Chad - Medical care for people fleeing Boko Haram attacks
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Lake Chad: Waves of displacement and fear

Project Update 19 Jun 2015
 
Cameroon - Care for malnourished CAR refugees
Photo Story

Gallery: Central African refugees in Cameroon

4 Dec 2014
Photo Story
 
IPD - Airport Bangui CAR
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Central African Refugees in Chad and Cameroon: “Suitcase or Coffin”

Report 16 Jul 2014
 
Cameroon - Buruli Ulcer sensitization week
Cameroon

"We're in the process of writing a page of medical history"

Voices from the Field 14 Jul 2014
 
Journal article

Impact of HIV on the Severity of Buruli Ulcer Disease: Results of a Retrospective Study in Cameroon

26 Apr 2014
Journal article
 
Cameroon

35,000 flee fighting in Central African Republic

Project Update 14 Mar 2014
 
Cameroon - CAR refugees in Garoua-Boulaï
Cameroon

Deplorable living conditions for CAR refugees

Press Release 28 Feb 2014

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