Médecins Sans Frontières has been operating in the area that now constitutes South Sudan for more than 30 years, responding to conflicts, neglected diseases and assisting with healthcare infrastructure.
MSF teams provide basic and specialised healthcare in hospitals and clinics throughout the country. Our teams are constantly on the move to provide displaced people with medical care, and to offer support to healthcare programs and organisations, such as International Medical Corps, South Sudan Red Cross, and Health Link South Sudan.
We also provide much-needed medical and mental health care in Protection of Civilians (PoC) camps, where hundreds of thousands of people remain trapped in hostile and deplorable conditions.
Conflict response
Medical care has come under attack time and again in South Sudan, with patients shot in their beds, wards burned to the ground and medical equipment stolen. Hundreds of thousands of people have been denied lifesaving assistance because of these acts.
Our South Sudanese staff have continued to care for patients while hiding from violence. Since the beginning of the crisis in South Sudan, MSF has called on all parties to respect medical facilities, and to allow aid organisations to access affected communities.
