Nigeria carries the world’s highest burden of obstetric fistula. Two recent reports from Nigeria Health Watch and Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières describe a growing network of surgical care, financial protection, and community outreach that is beginning to make a difference.
In Port-au-Prince, Haiti, teams from Médecins Sans Frontières are seeing an increasing number of people in need of care for violence-related injuries. Many civilians, including injured people, are trapped by gunfire and drone strikes in their neighbourhoods, making it difficult to reach medical care.
MSF opened a specialized fistula repair unit in Baidoa, Somalia, providing surgery and comprehensive care for women suffering obstetric fistula. The service addresses a critical gap, offering hope and dignity to women previously forced to travel to Mogadishu.
Medical teams race to contain the deadly virus in hard-to-reach Kasaï province as healthcare workers fall victim to disease that has claimed 16 lives among more than 20 confirmed cases.
In a shift towards sustainable healthcare in Unity State, South Sudan, Médecins Sans Frontières moves medical services to a state-owned hospital after 10 years of care.