Nigeria
In Nigeria, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) scaled up activities to address the neglected malnutrition crisis and assist people displaced by violence. We also ran programmes to improve maternal and child health.
Our activities in 2023
million outpatient consultations
malaria cases treated
admissions of children to outpatient feeding programmes
people admitted to hospitals
children admitted to inpatient feeding programmes
births assisted
children treated for measles
individual mental health consultations
In recent years, conflict, extreme weather events and deteriorating economic conditions have plunged Nigeria’s North West, North East and North Central zones into a deepening humanitarian crisis. Millions of people are living in increasingly vulnerable circumstances as they face catastrophic levels of malnutrition and outbreaks of preventable diseases.
Widespread violence and unrest have driven over 3.3 million people from their homes (1). They, and many others in these areas of Nigeria, have extremely limited access to medical services, due to the lack of functioning healthcare facilities, and the financial and security challenges involved in travelling to those that are still working.
(1) IDMC, https://www.internal-displacement.org/countries/nigeria/
