HIV/AIDS
DRC: Enhancing medical care of vulnerable people in Goma through tailored psychosocial support
MSF team has been providing psychosocial support in seven health facilities in Goma to complement patients’ medical care and provide them with holistic support. Article - 16 Jun 2022
Access to Healthcare
North Kivu: Tens of thousands of people displaced by new wave of violence
People are living in very precarious conditions, with no proper shelter, limited access to clean water and lack of food Project Update - 3 Jun 2022
Cholera
HELPING EACH OTHER: stories of solidarity after Nyiragongo eruption
Mount Nyiragongo, a volcano in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), erupted on 22 May, leaving hundreds of thousands of people displaced, amid threats of new disasters. The tremors and aftershocks that terrorised the city of Goma, collapsing buildings, triggered a mass evacuation. Families who sought shelter in distant towns, such as Sake, Rutshuru and Minova, struggle to access the aid they so desperately need. At the same time, they find support among the people of the cities they fled to. Photo Story - 14 Jun 2021
Access to Healthcare
People struggling to find food, shelter, water after east DRC volcano eruption
Nearly two weeks after the eruption of volcano Mount Nyiragongo, in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), many people are struggling to survive in the areas to where they fled. Despite ongoing seismic activity and official warnings, many displaced people are returning to Goma searching for food, water, and medical care. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is scaling up our support, but more humanitarian aid is still urgently needed. Crisis Update - 4 Jun 2021
Distribution of essentials
Further assistance urgently needed for people following DRC volcano eruption
Hundreds of thousands of people have been left displaced, and over half a million in the city of Goma have been left without access to clean drinking water, following the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). While teams from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are responding, other humanitarian organisations should urgently step in to help meet people’s basic needs. Update - 31 May 2021
Access to Healthcare
DRC's South Kivu: The sun that saves lives
In remote areas in places like the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where patients often have to walk for hours through the bush to get to a hospital, many health centres struggle with a very basic issue: a lack of access to electricity. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have been coping with this logistical challenge for decades, usually by using diesel generators. But in the DRC´s South Kivu province, MSF teams have taken advantage of technological advances to find a cheaper, more effective and more sustainable solution . Article - 19 Feb 2020![New Ebola Vaccine [Photo: Gabriella Bianchi/MSF]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf293004_medium.jpg?itok=SGVS3Aka "New Ebola Vaccine [Photo: Gabriella Bianchi/MSF]")
Access to medicines
Ebola in DRC: “We hope this vaccine will give us more options for future outbreaks”
Over the past few weeks preparations for the introduction of a new Ebola vaccine have been underway in two health districts in Goma. Today, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ministry of Health announced that vaccination will begin on 14 November. Article - 13 Nov 2019
Ebola
Ebola, one year into the outbreak urgent action is required
The Ebola outbreak in DRC is entering its second year and it is clear that the response has so far failed to control this epidemic Crisis Update - 1 Aug 2019
Epidemics