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As an independent organisation that relies solely on our donors for funding, your support is absolutely crucial to our ability to provide medical assistance to millions of people throughout the world. Whether they be casualties of war, those in danger from deadly epidemics or in great need after a flood or earthquake, a victim of sexual violence or someone excluded from health care; the funding we receive from our donors helps us stay flexible, responsive and ready to act swiftly in times of crisis.
In 2007, MSF carried out 8,447,106 outpatient consultations and dealt with 340,689 inpatient admissions in 62 countries worldwide. Our interventions spanned four continents with the majority of projects taking place in Africa, and smaller numbers in Asia, the Americas and Europe and the Middle East. Armed conflict was the most common cause of humanitarian and medical crises followed by epidemic or endemic disease outbreaks.
Assist in the delivery of 111,292 babies
Treat 1,201,358 cases of malaria
Provide antiretroviral treatment for 112,337 HIV patients
Treat 33,441 patients wounded in conflict or violence
Treat 43,202 cholera sufferers
Perform 53,626 surgical interventions
Treat 12,791 victims of sexual violence
Carry out 126,454 individual mental health consultations
Vaccinate 2,498,241 people for meningitis in response to meningitis outbreaks
Provide 11,463 HIV-positive pregnant women prevention treatment for mother-to-child transmission of HIV
“I was mutilated by the explosion. I lost my legs and one arm. My brother took me to the hospital in a friend's car. I was shuffled from one hospital to the next. After three months in hospital they told me they couldn't do anything more for me. Then I found out about MSF. They changed my bandages every day and I started physical therapy so my muscles wouldn't weaken. I see a psychologist regularly because I get flash backs all the time and I can't sleep at night anymore”
Nael, 14, was playing soccer in the street in Gaza in 2007 when fragments from a nearby explosion immediately killed two of his friends. Nael survived.
“When I arrived in the IDP camp in Darfur, there was limited care available to women during pregnancy or childbirth. Women were dying from preventable post natal hemorrhage and infection and diseases like malaria. Through the generosity of donors we were able to provide basic medications, improve antenatal care and provide a safe and clean environment for labour and delivery. The basic care any woman, anywhere should be afforded.”
Margaret Bell, MSF Nurse and Midwife