Gwoza – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has commenced emergency medical activities at Gwoza General Hospital in Borno State, Northeast Nigeria. The project, launched in August 2025 to support the Ministry of Health, aims to provide life-saving care for people deeply affected by years of extreme violence and limited access to healthcare. Operating in a newly … Read more
Abuja, Nigeria- 24 November 2025: Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), in collaboration with several state Ministries of Health (MOH), has been scaling up its emergency response for the last few months due to a growing increase in suspected diphtheria cases in Borno, Kano, and Bauchi. These suspected cases have been identified and reported by … Read more
Every year, millions of children around the world suffer from malnutrition—a crisis that is all too visible in their frail bodies and tired eyes. But what is often less visible, yet just as devastating, are the psychological wounds that malnutrition inflicts on both children and their caregivers. Over the years, the upward surge in children … Read more
Abuja 25th July 2025– Northern Nigeria is currently facing an alarming malnutrition crisis. In Katsina State for instance, where Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been present since 2021, the teams are seeing an ever-increasing number of malnourished children in its therapeutic feeding centers, with increasingly severe conditions and higher mortality rates. In … Read more
For several weeks, MSF teams in Northwest Nigeria battled a meningitis outbreak, providing vital care for hundreds of patients and supporting a mass vaccination campaign. It was a mobilization that significantly contributed to saving lives and reducing the number of cases. Northwest Nigeria, Nigeria– In the first days of February 2025, many men, women, and … Read more
Sokoto, Nigeria– The international humanitarian organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières also known as Doctors Without Borders (MSF), in partnership with the Sokoto state Ministry of Health, is encouraging community members in Sokoto to participate in a vaccination campaign that will help reduce the number of children suffering from potentially fatal diseases including measles and diphtheria. These … Read more
Major flooding in Maiduguri has seen close to 400,000 people registered in 30 makeshift displacement sites. While MSF teams have begun providing essential services at some sites, concerns are growing over disease outbreaks and an increase in malnutrition. Additional support, especially water and sanitation services and medical care, are needed to protect people affected by the flooding. … Read more
MSF is urging immediate action after screening results reveal a catastrophic malnutrition crisis across Northwest Nigeria Abuja, 9 September 2024: One out of every four children under the age of five is malnourished in the Shinkafi and Zurmi areas of Nigeria’s Zamfara state, according to a mass screening conducted in June by Médecins Sans Frontières … Read more
Abuja, 9 September 2024: One out of every four children under the age of five is malnourished in the Shinkafi and Zurmi areas of Nigeria’s Zamfara state, according to a mass screening conducted in June by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the Ministry of Health. Of the 97,149 children screened in 21 different urban and … Read more
In Bauchi state, like other states in northern Nigeria, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are witnessing an unprecedent surge in malnutrition cases and are rapidly scaling up our medical response. As well as increasing bed capacity at the inpatient therapeutic feeding centre (ITFC) in Ganjuwa LGA, we are launching a community-integrated program to identify and … Read more