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

756,200,000

litres of water distributed

462,200

families received distribution of relief items

16,459,000

outpatient consultations

337,000

births assisted, including Cesarean sections

62,200

people treated for sexual violence

493,900

individual mental health consultations

25,400

people started on first-line treatment for TB (22,700 for first-line TB)

2,700

people started on multidrug-resistant TB treatment

148,000

people treated for measles

3,295,700

vaccinations against measles in response to an outbreak

54,600

women and girls who requested and received safe abortion care

31,000

women and girls who received treatment for abortion-related concerns and complications

234,800

consultations for diabetes

161,000

severely malnourished children admitted to inpatient feeding programs

1,946,300

emergency room admissions

44,500

people receiving HIV antiretroviral treatment

23,000

people with advanced HIV under MSF care

3,724,500

malaria cases treated

125,900

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

4,650

people rescued at sea