Access to Health care

Access to healthcare

Not everything strikes without warning; some disasters are slow. They unfold over decades as a disease affects a population, instability undermines the health system or people are actively excluded from receiving healthcare.

After a rapid emergency subsides people can also find it difficult to access healthcare as the area struggles to recover, the government is overwhelmed by the scale of the problems or new health problems are sparked, such as cholera outbreaks when clean water supplies are disrupted. In these cases, MSF works to give people access to health care and to tackle diseases that need long-term treatment, such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and neglected tropical diseases like sleeping sickness.

 
New 40-bed neonatal ward constructed by MSF at Aweil State Hospital, South Sudan
Access to healthcare

MSF and Ministry of Health launch newly constructed neonatal ward at Aweil State Hospital to improve care for sick newborns and premature babies

Article 5 Jun 2025
 
An 11-year-old boy recovering from diphtheria in a treatment unit at Ati Hospital in Chad, lying weak on a hospital bed.
Vaccination

Chad: MSF tackles logistical challenges to vaccinate 500,000 people against diphtheria

Article 27 May 2025
 
South Sudanese refugees crossing the Baro River into Ethiopia’s Gambella Region to escape conflict in South Sudan, May 2025
War and conflict

MSF team relocates to Mattar to care for refugees fleeing violence on the South Sudan-Ethiopia border

Article 22 May 2025
 
Tabarre - Increase in violence
Access to Healthcare

Haiti: MSF trauma hospital in Port-au-Prince nears its limits

Article 7 May 2025
 
Kiambu Medically Assisted Therapy(MAT) clinic
Access to healthcare

The MSF Kiambu Project: Insights on service delivery for people who use drugs(PWUD)

Article 2 May 2025
 
André Keli and Stallone Deke, MSF logistician and driver in Kisangani, ensure the final packaging of the vaccines before they are loaded for shipment to Bondo, Bas-Uélé. MSF base in Kisangani.
Humanitarian challenges

The first 100 days of a growing global health and humanitarian emergency

Article 27 Apr 2025