Les équipes MSF offrent des consultations en santé mentale et des premiers soins psychologiques aux personnes fuyant le Haut-Karabakh. Goris, province de Syunik, sud de l'Arménie

Armenia

In 2024, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) worked to increase access to healthcare in Armenia for groups that are often excluded from public services, including people in prisons, people engaged in sex work, and displaced communities

Read full article in the 2024 International Activity Report 

Our activities in 2024 —

individual mental health consultations

people started on treatment for hepatitis C

After more than 100,000 people fled into Armenia following the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh – a territory internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan, but until recently home to ethnic Armenians – in September 2023, MSF launched mental health care projects in Kotayk, Ararat, and Syunik regions. As well as providing psychological consultations, our teams assessed people’s medical and social needs, and connected them to additional resources and care. Our aim was to ensure their wellbeing and offer practical assistance to support their integration into Armenian society. In March, we ended these activities.

Armenia IAR map 2024 ©MSF

Meanwhile, in the capital, Yerevan, MSF continues to run a project to address the high prevalence of hepatitis C, a disease affecting four per cent of the population, one of the highest rates in the region.

In close collaboration with the Ministry of Health and local municipalities, we support testing and treatment at Arshakunyats polyclinic. The project aims to reduce the incidence of hepatitis C and improve health outcomes for patients diagnosed with the disease, including people in prisons, who are particularly vulnerable to infection. In April, the clinic inaugurated a unit designed to meet the specific and sometimes neglected needs of key communities. In this unit, MSF focuses on offering hepatitis C care to men who have sex with men, people who engage in sex work, and people who use drugs. We implement a ‘one-stop-shop’ model, which integrates screening, diagnosis, treatment, and support services in a single, stigma-free location to streamline care and encourage treatment adherence.

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