Medical Issues

We work to help the people in greatest need, wherever they are. Our medical teams carry out more than ten million patient consultations a year and our medical activities run from basic vaccination campaigns to complex surgery.

Our emergency medical work extends to neglected, forgotten diseases and long-term care for chronic conditions. We also advocate for affordable, high-quality medicines for the world's poorest people.

Ebola and haemorrhagic fevers

Ebola and other viral haemorrhagic fevers, including Lassa and Marburg, are rare but deadly, often spreading fear and panic.

Malnutrition in Nigeria

Northern Nigeria is facing an alarming malnutrition crisis. Since 2021, our teams have been seeing an ever-increasing number of malnourished children in our therapeutic feeding…

Malnutrition

Malnutrition is one of the greatest global health challenges, and has significant impacts on millions of people around the world. Undernutrition in particular, one of three types…

Cholera

Cholera is preventable and easily treated, yet it infects millions of people each year and causes up to 143,000 deaths worldwide.

Ensuring medicines are affordable and available

What good is a breakthrough treatment if the people who need it can’t afford it?

Snakebite

An estimated 2.7 million people are bitten by venomous snakes worldwide every year, resulting in death for more than 100,000 people and life-long disfigurement and disability for…

Maternal Health

Many women across the world give birth without medical assistance, massively increasing the risk of complications or death. Ninety nine percent of these deaths are in developing…

MSF psychologist consultation in Ukraine

Mental health

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) teams have offered trauma-related care in over 40 areas around the world, including; the Ukraine, Syria, Sudan, Iraq, Congo…