The borders of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) remained closed in 2023, preventing Médecins Sans Frontières and other humanitarian organisations from visiting projects and delivering supplies.
In 2019, MSF teams returned to Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), when we launched a general healthcare and tuberculosis treatment programme.
We helped to improve TB diagnosis and treatment at two TB hospitals in North Hamgyong province, in the north of the country, by supplying equipment, and providing training.
Our teams worked to strengthen general healthcare at health facilities at county and community level, with a focus on paediatrics, support for the management of children with malnutrition, sterilisation of medical equipment and infrastructure improvement.