A boatman crossing the Niger river in Timbuktu region, Mali.
Access to medical care remains very limited in the north and center of Mali due to a lack of medical staff and supplies and spiraling violence between armed groups.

MSF works across Mali to assist the most vulnerable people. We are responding to the growing crisis in the central region, providing healthcare to nomadic communities in the north and caring for cancer patients in Bamako, the capital.

We also support nutrition and paediatric services in the southern Koutiala district. 

MSF, Doctors without borders, Mali
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Understanding the humanitarian crisis

Mali: Understanding the humanitarian crisis

Headlines about Mali often focus on conflict and security concerns. But these stories obscure the reality for people living through a six-year-long crisis.

With 130,000 refugees already in neighbouring countries, more than one million people inside Mali are now in urgent need of health assistance.

This short video animation explains why.

Our Activities in Mali in 2022

Data and information from the International Activity Report 2022.

MSF IN MALI IN 2022 The humanitarian situation deteriorated in Mali in 2022, as clashes between armed groups and military forces intensified, causing new waves of displacement.
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Doctors Without Borders/MSF ran a wide range of services in Mali, responding to the needs of people injured or displaced by violence and working to improve the availability of healthcare in Ansongo, Douentza, Ténenkou, Koutiala, Koro, Kidal, Timbuktu, Niafounké and Niono. Activities included general, paediatric and women’s healthcare, nutrition support and emergency surgery.

As well as supporting health centres and hospitals, we aim to make healthcare more accessible by expanding community-based activities. In 2022, we built two community-based health centres in Niono and scaled up our support in Nampala, where we focus on the provision of medical and malnutrition care and mental health support for victims of violence, pregnant women and children under 15 years old.

In the Ténenkou district, as insecurity issues prevented our teams from running mobile clinics, we relied on 33 community-based health workers to maintain basic healthcare. When malaria transmission was at its peak in the rainy season, 82 MSF-trained community health workers provided testing and treatment for the disease.

In Gourma, Timbuktu region, we also launched community-based activities, including treatment for malaria and malnutrition for people who otherwise would have no access to healthcare, mainly due to the distance they would have to travel to reach health facilities and the current security situation.

In Koutiala district, we continued to run our large paediatric and nutrition programme. In 2022, we also implemented a new mobile application called Antibiogo to help facilitate the diagnosis of antibiotic resistance and enable doctors to prescribe the most adequate antibiotics accordingly. In the capital, Bamako, we continued to support the Ministry of Health to tackle breast and cervical cancers by facilitating access to screening, diagnosis and treatment.

 
Malaria

Violence in the centre of the country has reached worsened and is affecting the civilian population

Latest News 24 Jun 2019
 
Mali

Over 8,000 people displaced by armed group on Mali border

Press Release 11 Mar 2019
 
Measles

Vaccinating 10,000 children over 60,000km of desert roads

Press Release 12 Apr 2018
 
Women are waiting for outpatient prenatal consultations provided by MSF at Tenenkou’s hospital.
Activity Report

Perilous terrain: Humanitarian action at risk in Mali

Report 29 Mar 2017
 
Mali

Fieldworker: Dodo Kibasomba "The best part was their acceptance"

Fieldworkers Stories 29 Dec 2015
 
Mali

North of Mali: MSF assists five children injured in suicide attack near Ansongo

Press Release 17 Apr 2015