Since Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), in collaboration with District Health Authorities, launched activities in Niafounké in June 2021, teams have provided more than 1,100 children aged 0 to 15 with in-patient healthcare at the local referral health centre. In addition, more than 2,200 outpatient medical consultations have been carried out by community health teams for […]
Country and Region: Mali
Mali: Raising awareness of breast cancer screenings in Bamako
The fight against cancer has become a major health issue in Mali. During Pink October, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is contributing to an information and action campaign aimed at encouraging as many women as possible to get screened in the capital’s health facilities. In late 2018, MSF teams began providing palliative care and […]
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Mali: A patient dies after an MSF ambulance is violently detained
MSF condemns a serious and violent obstruction of medical aid, and calls for respect of humanitarian and medical action and the civilian population.
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Measles in Mali: Prevention is better than cure in Timbuktu
Despite the official end of the war in 2015, Timbuktu region in northern Mali remains tense, and security incidents and criminality have had a significant impact on people’s ability to access healthcare. This in turn has led to low rates of vaccination coverage, especially among children.
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