*Data from MSF International Activity Report 2023
Tanzania 2021 © MSF/Alawiya Mohammed
Tanzania
Providing health care to Burundian refugees and responding to disease outbreaks.
Update
Saving lives in Tanzania with enhanced maternal and prenatal care
September 6, 2024 — In northwest Tanzania, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is providing stronger pathways to care, and reducing the risk of dying during childbirth for women and their babies. This will benefit the lives of refugees and the host community alike.
At Nduta camp in the district of Kibondo, which hosts thousands of refugees from Burundi, MSF staff have witnessed the significant impact on the health of pregnant women and newborns through the ever-growing trust in maternal and newborn care services that MSF and our partners provide.
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Our work in Tanzania
In Tanzania, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) provided health care to Burundian refugees and responded to outbreaks of measles, malaria, and Marburg fever in 2023.
What's happening in Tanzania?
When violence broke out in Burundi in 2015, thousands of people fled over the border into Tanzania and sought refuge in Nduta camp. Although the authorities were planning to close the camp, MSF continued to deliver vital medical services to both the refugees and the local community in 2023. This included responding to a malaria epidemic that broke out in the camp during the summer.
How we're helping in Tanzania
In March, in response to a Marburg outbreak in Bukoba district, our teams provided training in patient care and infection prevention and worked with the Ministry of Health to set up isolation facilities.
In the same month, there was an outbreak of measles in Kilwa district. In collaboration with the Ministry of Health, we initiated a comprehensive vaccination campaign targeting 45,000 children across Kilwa and neighboring Liwale district to contain the spread of the disease.
These joint efforts consolidated our partnership with the Tanzanian health authorities and strengthened capacity for epidemic response.
During the year, we also continued to run our project aimed at enhancing access to basic and specialized health care services, particularly for mothers and children, through seven government facilities in Liwale.
How we're helping
33,000
Outpatient consultations
9.480
Emergency room admissions
7,730
Malaria cases treated
1,170
Individual mental health consultations
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