Kenya

A baby is delivered at the temporary MSF facility in Likoni, Mombasa county. © Yann Libessart/MSF

A baby is delivered at the temporary MSF facility in Likoni, Mombasa county, in Kenya. © Yann Libessart/MSF

In 2017, MSF continued to provide much-needed medical care in Kenya’s refugee camps and slums, while also responding to public health challenges and outbreaks of disease across the country.

Many public health facilities were closed and thousands of people were left without access to essential healthcare for a large part of...

Read full article in the International Activity Report 2017

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