Insecurity in the north of Central African Republic (CAR) has caused thousands of people to flee their homes. “Villages have been violently destroyed and looted, including some health centres,” says Pablo MARCO, head of mission for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in CAR. Since the end of January,...
MSF provided free medical care to people in north-west CAR and lowered the prevalence of sleeping sickness MSF has handed over the management of a hospital in Maitikoulou, northwestern Central African Republic (CAR) to the Ministry of Health. The project opened in 2008 to combat human African...
MSF calls for a national and international response to the crisis The Central African Republic (CAR) is in the grip of a chronic medical emergency. Four mortality studies conducted by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in the past 18 months reveal crude mortality rates* in some regions are at three...
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Following months of planning, a unique cooperation between MSF and German NGO, Christian Blind Mission (CBM) led to a successful Eye Surgery camp at Boguila hospital, in the remote northwest of Central African Republic. The treatment was provided completely free of charge to the patients, and over...
Approximately two million women worldwide suffer from an obstetric fistula, one of the most serious consequences of obstructed labour. A fistula is a hole between the vagina and the bladder or rectum, through which urine or faeces leak continuously. The injury is completely preventable and has...
An upsurge in attacks by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in late April caused thousands of people to leave their homes and head for the small rural town of Zémio, in the southeast of the Central African Republic (CAR). Since May, MSF has been providing medical support for the displaced people as...
Tens of thousands of refugee families on the banks of the Ubangi River in the Republic of Congo and Central African Republic (CAR) are facing extreme shortages of food, shelter and healthcare. The refugees fled violence which erupted in Equateur province in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo...
