In northern Zambia, MSF has been providing support in two camps hosting around 12,000 Congolese refugees who have fled violence in southeast Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In response to the needs of the refugees and the local population, MSF started supporting the Zambian Ministry of Health in two camps, Kenani and Mantapala, with medical services in March this year. MSF operated nutritional feeding centres and supported a referral system to the local Sant Paul hospital.
Between March and mid-May, more than 6,500 medical consultations were provided, at least 92 people received emergency care and 164 children under the age of five were treated for severe malnutrition. Over 5,600 children were vaccinated against measles and several hundred against tetanus, diphtheria, whooping cough and pneumococcal diseases. MSF handed projects in Luapula over to the Zambian Ministry of Health in mid-May, after making a series of donations of medical supplies.