Building better facilities and utilities around the world in MSF

As part of MSF’s medical-humanitarian activities we’re often building or installing a new facility or service, and we’ve been characteristically busy in many locations in recent months.

From responding to the Ebola disease outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo to improving maternal healthcare in Pakistan, and ensuring sanitation services in Somalia, here are some photos of our logistics and water and sanitation teams at work, and examples of the builds and installations they’ve completed since June this year.

MSF staff confer during the construction phase of the MSF Ebola Training Centre in Kenya. The Ebola simulation and training centre was created in Kajiado county, near the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, to support preparedness efforts among MSF staff working in Democratic Republic of Congo, Ministry of Health personnel, local health care workers, and partner organisations. 6 June 2026 © Ismael Ochieng/MSF

MSF Ebola simulation and training centre in Kenya — MSF opened an Ebola simulation and training centre in Kenya in June 2026 to provide training on the safe use of personal protective equipment (PPE), infection prevention and control measures, and emergency response procedures. A total of 355 professionals, including 84 Kenyan health care workers, had been trained at the centre by early October. 16 June 2026 © Ismael Ochieng/MSF

An MSF logistics team prepares to set up additional tents at Bunia’s Centre Hospitalier Elikya to expand the Ebola treatment centre to 100-bed capacity in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo. MSF teams are continuously building new structures to increase the capacity for care for people who may have Ebola or have been confirmed with the disease. 19 June 2026 © Anna SCHÖNHOFER/MSF

MSF watsan team working in rural Aleppo, Syria — The MSF watsan team working in rural Aleppo checks the solar power system installed at Anjara water station as part of MSF’s support to restore and improve water supply infrastructure in areas in Syria affected by years of conflict. Through this collaboration with the Directorate of Water and the Ministry of Energy access to water has been improved for previously displaced and now returning communities, benefiting around 21,000 people. 24 June 2026 © MSF

MSF logistician in his office inside the Ebola isolation centre in Butembo — An MSF logistician is glimpsed in his office inside the Ebola isolation centre in Butembo in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo. The centre received its first patients on 2 July, as the outbreak continued to spread from Ituri Province approximately seven weeks after it was officially declared. MSF’s logistics team renovated a building at the general referral hospital to set up the 35-bed centre. 2 July 2026 © Paul Lorgerie/MSF

MSF has built solar-lit, disability-friendly latrines across eight internally displaced people’s camps in Baidoa, including this pair in the Elbeti 1 camp, as part of its response to the water and sanitation crisis in south-central Somalia. 11 July 2026 © Yahya Mohammed/MSF

An interior view of the newly renovated maternity ward supported by MSF at Dogra Hospital in Bara, District Khyber, Pakistan. Alongside a newborn unit opened in 2025, MSF has also supported the renovation of the hospital’s sanitary facilities, laundry and sterilisation services, and provided critical staffing and other essential support. 16 July 2026 © MSF

medical waste disposal facility at Maiani General Hospital — MSF has supported Maiani General Hospital in Ethiopia’s Tigray region for the past four years, and the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) team has been constructing a medical waste disposal facility to support infection prevention, safer working conditions and the hospital’s overall reliability. The hospital serves an estimated 250,000 people in Sheraro, Tigray. 27 July 2026 © MSF

paediatric intensive care unit at Baalbek Governmental Hospital — MSF supported the construction of a paediatric intensive care unit (or PICU) at Baalbek Governmental Hospital in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, to strengthen access to specialised paediatric care. MSF’s response in eastern Lebanon has evolved alongside the changing needs of people displaced, returning, and having stayed: from emergency support during displacement to longer-term healthcare activities, mobile clinics, hospital support, essential healthcare and referrals for specialised treatment. 31 July 2026 © Sarah Sabra/MSF

An MSF watsan manager inspects the construction of a latrine — MSF watsan (water and sanitation) manager Peter Okullo inspects the construction of a latrine to ensure quality in Wunbut, along the Sobat River in Upper Nile State, South Sudan. The facility is part of MSF’s efforts to improve sanitation in the community and is currently the only latrine system for the community in this area. 13 August 2026 © Teresa Krug/MSF

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