As conflict flared up in Sri Lanka between 1986 and 2007, MSF provided support to people affected by the fighting.
MSF first worked in Sri Lanka in 1986 to assist victims of the conflict between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. We provided medical care through mobile clinics, and supported camps for displaced people and health structures until March 2004. Nine months later, we responded to a devastating tsunami by running mobile clinics, rebuilding structures, and providing material support to displaced people until 2005.
MSF returned in 2007, providing surgery to people caught up in renewed fighting and we continued to treat people affected by the fighting until 2012.
1986
1986
Sri Lanka
MSF hands over last remaining project
Project Update
4 Oct 2012
Sri Lanka
Rehabilitation for people with spinal cord injuries in Sri Lanka
Project Update
23 Aug 2010
Project Update
'Top Ten' humanitarian crises: Aid blocked and diseases neglected
Press Release
21 Dec 2009
Sri Lanka
Health situation in Vavuniya district
Project Update
24 Sep 2009
Sri Lanka
It's amazing what you can be thankful for: surgery in northern Sri Lanka
Project Update
13 Aug 2009
Sri Lanka
The war in Sri Lanka has ended but the suffering continues
Project Update
13 Aug 2009
Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan government has an obligation to release civilians and provide adequate assistance
Voices from the Field
13 Aug 2009
Sri Lanka
After influx of wounded, Sri Lanka's hospitals are overflowing with patients
Project Update
15 Jul 2009
Sri Lanka
Amid restrictions, MSF field hospital in Sri Lanka provides essential, but limited, surgical and medical care
Project Update
8 Jun 2009
Sri Lanka
Treating the wounded and medical emergencies remains a priority
Voices from the Field
3 Jun 2009
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's war-wounded leave MSF staff heavy with surgeries every day
Project Update
26 May 2009
Sri Lanka
A 'full blown storm of medical and humanitarian needs' in Sri Lanka
Project Update
15 May 2009