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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.

For over 30 years, our teams have been providing care to communities in and around the Dadaab refugee camp. In our 100-bed hospital in Dagahaley, part of the Dadaab refugee camp, our teams conduct outpatient consultations, and admit patients to the hospital, including children with severe malnutrition.

In Kiambu, our clinic offers care for people who use drugs – who are often excluded from healthcare services. The Methadone Assisted Therapy (MAT) clinic aims to reduce the morbidity and mortality of people addicted to heroin. It caters for all healthcare needs including mental health and psychosocial support. 
 

Our activities in 2023 in Kenya

 Data and information from the International Activity Report 2023.

MSF in Kenya in 2023 In 2023, Médecins Sans Frontières responded to multiple emergencies and public health challenges in Kenya, including the refugee crisis in Dadaab, disease outbreaks, and severe flooding in the northeast.
Kenya IAR Map 2023

Drought and conflict in Somalia continued to drive people to seek refuge in Dadaab, a huge, overcrowded camp complex in Kenya, which currently hosts more than 350,000 registered and unregistered refugees. Our teams delivered healthcare in and around the complex, in particular in Dagahaley camp, while publicly and persistently calling for an improved international response to scale up humanitarian assistance.

We also provided social and medical assistance to marginalised communities in Mombasa and Nairobi, and in Kiambu county.

In Mombasa, we supported numerous facilities to cater to the specific needs of vulnerable adolescents and young people, including people who engage in sex work, people who use drugs intravenously, people from the LGBTQI+ community, and people living on the streets.

In Nairobi's Eastlands suburb, the youth-friendly centre we run in a public facility continued to assist people affected by violence by offering medical services, including sexual and reproductive healthcare, as well as psychosocial support, recreational activities and educational programmes.

In Kiambu county, we worked with the local government to implement effective healthcare solutions for people who use drugs, such as offering medically assisted therapy in smaller, local clinics close to where they live.

Our teams also responded to several emergencies in 2023. In November, the northeast of Kenya experienced significant rainfall, resulting in flooding that displaced thousands of families. We launched a rapid emergency response to deliver medical care and distribute hygiene kits to affected communities.

In Ileret, Marsabit county, we drilled wells to provide access to clean water, and treated malnutrition. In Mandera, we responded to a cholera outbreak with treatment for patients and community outreach activities, while in Turkana, our teams conducted vaccinations and offered treatment for malnutrition, malaria and measles.

Throughout the year, we continued to work on improving HIV care in the country. In Homa Bay, we supported the county referral hospital’s adult medical wards with staff, treatment and follow-up care.

 

in 2023
 
Dadaab, Kenya - Landscape
Kenya

Urgent solutions needed for refugees as camps set to close

Press Release 6 Dec 2021
 
An aerial view of Dagahaley camp
Kenya

In search of dignity: Refugees in Kenya face a reckoning

Report 6 Dec 2021
 
A little girl getting her hair done by her aunt in Dagahaley camp
Kenya

Return is not a solution, say refugees in Dadaab after camp closure announcement

Project Update 18 Jun 2021
 
Young patient with diabetes in Paoua
Non-communicable diseases

No fridge, no problem, to store insulin for people with diabetes

Project Update 5 Feb 2021
 
The journey to reversing the curve
HIV/AIDS

Bending the HIV curve in Kenya's Ndhiwa sub-county

Project Update 30 Nov 2020
 
Mental Health Crisis is Brewing in Dadaab
Kenya

COVID-19 further fuels mental health crisis in Dadaab as durable solutions falter

Project Update 9 Oct 2020

Contact us

Mrima maternity in Likoni, Mombasa
MSF East Africa

3rd Floor, Pitman House
Jakaya Kikwete Road
Nairobi
Kenya