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MSF Mobile Clinics in Juba

In the weeks following the recent violence in Juba, teams from the international medical humanitarian organisation Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) have treated more than 21,300 patients in four clinics across the city. Initially, the teams were providing care for gunshot wounds, and injuries sustained as people fled the fighting. Amongst those injured included children as young as two who had been shot when armed men broke into their homes. In addition, MSF provided surgeries for people more seriously injured in the violence and the surgical team has now operated on more than 201 people – including 54 major surgeries,

MSF has also trucked more than 1.5 million litres of clean water into Juba and vaccinated over 7000 people against Cholera . The teams focused on sites where large numbers of people initially fled and areas affected by Cholera.

MSF medical teams are now mostly seeing people who need treatment for everyday health concerns, albeit ones that reflect the underlying fragility of people’s health. The majority of consultations are for malaria, skin infections, stomach problems, respiratory tract infections, malnutrition and diarrhoea.

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