Skip to main content
palliative care & oncology service in Bamako
War in Gaza:: find out how we're responding
Learn more
Access to medical care remains very limited in the north and centre of Mali due to a lack of medical staff and supplies and spiralling violence between armed groups.

MSF works across Mali to assist the most vulnerable people. We are responding to the growing crisis in the central region, providing healthcare to nomadic communities in the north and caring for cancer patients in Bamako, the capital.

We also support nutrition and paediatric services in the southern Koutiala district. 

Mali Explainer Animation ENG
video

Understanding the crisis in Mali

Mali: Understanding the humanitarian crisis

Headlines about Mali often focus on conflict and security concerns. But these stories obscure the reality for people living through a six-year long crisis.

With 130,000 refugees already in neighbouring countries, more than one million people inside Mali are now in urgent need of health assistance.

This short video animation explains why.

Our activities in 2022 in Mali

Data and information from the International Activity Report 2022.

MSF in Mali in 2022 The humanitarian situation deteriorated in Mali in 2022, as clashes between armed groups and military forces intensified, causing new waves of displacement.
Mali IAR map 2022

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ran a wide range of services in Mali, responding to the needs of people injured or displaced by violence, and working to improve the availability of healthcare in Ansongo, Douentza, Ténenkou, Koutiala, Koro, Kidal, Timbuktu, Niafounké and Niono. Activities included general, paediatric and women’s healthcare, nutrition support and emergency surgery.

As well as supporting health centres and hospitals, we aim to make healthcare more accessible by expanding community-based activities. In 2022, we built two community-based health centres in Niono and scaled up our support in Nampala, where we focus on the provision of medical and malnutrition care, and mental health support for victims of violence, pregnant women and children under 15 years old.

In Ténenkou district, as insecurity issues prevented our teams from running mobile clinics, we relied on 33 community-based health workers to maintain basic healthcare in the district. When malaria transmission was at its peak in the rainy season, 82 MSF-trained community health workers provided testing and treatment for the disease.  

In Gourma, Timbuktu region, we also launched community-based activities, including treatment for malaria and malnutrition for people who otherwise would have no access to healthcare, mainly due to the distance they would have to travel to reach health facilities and the current security situation.

In Koutiala district, we continued to run our large paediatric and nutrition programme. In 2022, we also implemented a new mobile application called Antibiogo, to help facilitate the diagnosis of antibiotic resistance and enable doctors to prescribe the most adequate antibiotics accordingly. In the capital, Bamako, we continued to support the Ministry of Health to tackle breast and cervical cancers by facilitating access to screening, diagnosis and treatment.

 

In 2022
 
To be in the most difficult places is perhaps a fortunate misfortune
Mali

People at serious risk as violence escalates in Mali

Project Update 11 Dec 2023
 
Pink October campaign in Bamako
Mali

Three questions on the challenges of treating cancer in Mali

Interview 11 Nov 2021
 
MSF Clinic: inpatient department and surgical capacity, Gogrial, Warrap State. South Sudan
Mali

Patient dies after an MSF ambulance is violently detained in Mali

Press Release 7 Jan 2021
 
Neglected crisis in central Mali
Mali

Central Mali: no choice but to flee

Project Update 22 Dec 2020
 
Measles Vaccination Campaign in Timbuktu
Mali

Prevention is better than cure – vaccinating against measles in Timbuktu

Project Update 27 Oct 2020
 
Palliative care to cancer patients in Bamako, Mali
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

MSF working with Mali health authorities in treating COVID-19 patients in Bamako

Press Release 16 Apr 2020

find us online

Up Next
19 November 2020