Medical
Assistance
Médecins Sans Frontières is an
international, independent,
medical-humanitarian organisation that
delivers emergency assistance to people
affected by conflict, epidemics,
malnutrition, health care exclusion and
natural or man-made disasters in around 60
countries worldwide.
Work in Somalia
For many years Somalis have endured
violence, displacement, malnutrition and a
severe lack of access to adequate health
care. Sadly it is no different today.
In fact a range of factors including ongoing
and indiscriminate violence; the collapse of
the local economy and the ability to
transport and deliver food aid have
exacerbated people’s already appalling
living conditions.
Médecins Sans Frontières remains the main
provider of free medical services in all of
central and southern Somalia with 1,452
Somali staff, supported by 104 international
staff based in Nairobi, providing primary
health care, malnutrition treatment, support
to displaced people, surgery, water and
relief supply distributions in nine regions
of the country.
In 2009 all funds for Médecins Sans
Frontières’ work come from private donors.
You can help continue their work in Somalia
and elsewhere by making a donation today