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MSF Frontline Reports podcast, Ep. 84 - Conditions Worsen in Ivory Coast

1,603 views · Published 31 March 2011 · 10:39 · Indexed 29 September 2026

Channel: Doctors Without Borders / MSF-USA · 2011 · Nonprofits & Activism

MSF has been in the west African country since December, responding to the violence that followed contested elections there. Over the past three months, as the dispute has deepened and pushed the nation to the brink of civil war, conditions for the population have gotten progressively worse. Insecurity due to the fighting in Abidjan, a city in the east with about 5 million residents, and around several towns in the west, combined with international sanctions on Ivory Coast have driven hundreds of thousands of people from their homes and severely hindered access to essential services—including health care.

In the West, MSF is providing primary healthcare in the towns of Man, Guiglo, Duékoué, Danané, Bin-Houyé and Bangolo, and supporting hospitals in that area. MSF teams in Abidjan are providing emergency medical services close to the fighting in a ministry of health hospital in the neighborhood of Abobo Sud. And in Liberia, teams are aiding refugees and residents with primary healthcare.

Welcome to the MSF Frontline Report podcast. Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, is an independent medical humanitarian aid organization.

For more information on this story and to learn more about MSF or Doctors Without Borders, please visit msf.org to find the MSF web site in your home country. Please send any comments and questions for the podcast to [email protected]. MSF is an independent medical humanitarian aid organization that delivers emergency assistance to people affected by wars, epidemics, and natural or man-made disasters in more than 60 countries around the world.

MSF Frontline Reports podcast, Ep. 84 - Conditions Worsen in Ivory Coast

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