Africa

The landlocked East African country of Burundi is one of the world’s poorest nations.

Our work in Chad focuses on responding to armed conflict, treating endemic/epidemic disease and providing healthcare for people otherwise excluded.

At least 1.4 million people were displaced in Ethiopia in 2018, as ethnic violence broke out in several parts of the country simultaneously.

MSF responded to multiple emergencies and public health challenges in Kenya in 2018, including disease outbreaks, urban violence and treatment failure affecting people living...

Due to its location in the Indian Ocean, Madagascar is prone to natural disasters.

Mozambique is still suffering the after-effects of the civil war that ended in 1992.

Sierra Leone is beginning to recover from the largest outbreak of the Ebola virus in history.

We provide care for HIV patients and refugees in Uganda. In 2015, we also responded to a major malaria outbreak.

Our work in the country has focused on responding to endemic and epidemic diseases and caring for displaced people.

We first worked in Ivory Coast in 1990, responding to armed conflict.

Despite an abundance of mineral wealth, Guinea's people are among the poorest in West Africa.

Lesotho has one of the highest rates of HIV/AIDS in the world.

Malawi experienced the most severe floods in living memory in 2015.  

Niger is affected by child malnutrition rates of epidemic proportions

In South Africa, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) supports innovations for change in HIV and tuberculosis (TB) treatment, care for victims of sexual violence and access to...

We returned to Tanzania in 2015 to provide assistance for Burundian and Congolese refugees living in overcrowded camps.

Since December 2013, we have doubled our medical assistance in CAR and are running additional projects for Central African refugees in neighbouring countries

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has endured decades of multiple overlapping crises and severe limitations in medical capacity. 2018 was marked by further...

Our work in Guinea-Bissau involves responding to endemic and epidemic diseases.    

Liberian healthcare was brought to its knees by the Ebola outbreak that began in 2014.

Mali has returned to democracy, but the effects of 2012’s instability are still being felt.

Our response to the Biafra conflict and ensuing famine was the first official MSF mission after our founding. 

Through decentralised care and innovative treatments, we are helping people with TB and HIV live longer, healthier lives.

Amid the continuing economic crisis, the Zimbabwean health sector faces many challenges, including shortages of medical supplies and essential medicines and insufficient...