Médecins Sans Frontières - ENG_Social Media Video_MSF Exits Bombali and Tonkolili Districts

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB248815

Date taken / Date Recorded 25/09/2025 12:00 AM

Expiration date 03/10/2030

Country Sierra Leone

Commissioning section MSF-NETHERLANDS

Copyright MSF

Usage Rights (MSF) Social Media

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Editor's rating ★★★ (F)

Video format h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661)

Duration 1m39s

Maximum Size 1080px × 1920px 62.32 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist 00:00:00:00 - 00:00:00:10
As Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) stops its support in Bombali and Tonkolili district, we look back at our collaborative efforts to promote access to free and timely healthcare services to communities in need.

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MSF began working in the northern provinces in 2014 during the Ebola outbreak, setting up Case Management Centres, including a 100-bed facility in Magburaka,

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training health workers and supporting Ebola survivors with medical and psychosocial care.

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The epidemic deeply disrupted Sierra Leone’s health system,

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leaving mothers and children especially vulnerable.

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From 2016, MSF supported the paediatric, maternity, neonatal and malnutrition wards at the Magburaka government hospital,

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strengthened primary healthcare, and trained community health workers to improve access to malaria treatment and emergency referrals.

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With this objective, we supported primary healthcare in Mile 91 town and its surrounding communities.

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In 2019, MSF expanded to Bombali district to strengthen access, diagnosis and prevention of tuberculosis (TB).

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We supported both drug-resistance TB and drug-sensitive TB, introduced home-based care, psychosocial counselling and rolled out the shorter regimen (BPaLM).

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As we close our projects in Bombali and Tonkolili, MSF will continue to support maternal and child health in Kenema district.

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Together, with our partners, we have supported the delivery of 34, 317 babies, treated 373, 066 people from malaria and treated 8, 589 people for TB.

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We want to extend our thanks to all partners and communities for the collaborative work over the years for bringing care to those most in need.
Thank you!