MSF health promoters, Joseph Ibeabuchi (male) and April Ozibo Chinezon (female) educating the public about lassa fever in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. They are creating awareness about the disease to stop the spread and reduce the stigma towards patients of the disease.

Issues in focus

Impact summary

50,200

people treated for cholera

1,740,000,000

litres of water distributed

161,300

consultations for diabetes

12,592,800

outpatient consultations

35,200

Women and girls who requested and received safe abortion care

317,300

births assisted, including Cesarean sections

34,800

people treated for sexual violence

383,300

individual mental health consultations

15,400

people started on first-line tuberculosis treatment

1,840

people started on multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment

3,100,000

routine vaccinations

1,628,600

vaccinations against measles in response to an outbreak

82,000

severely malnourished children admitted to inpatient feeding programs

1,264,500

emergency room admissions

30,200

people on first-line HIV antiretroviral treatment under direct MSF care

7,330

people on second-line HIV antiretroviral treatment under direct MSF care

2,681,500

malaria cases treated

111,800

surgical interventions involving the incision, excision, manipulation or suturing of tissue, requiring anethesia

1,660

Survivors of torture who received treatment