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Story | Sep 09, 2025

Vaccination via motorcycle and canoe in Central African Republic

The suspension of USAID funding in 2025, coupled with several international donors scaling back their commitments to CAR, has directly impacted the health system’s capacity to meet people’s basic needs.

Story | Aug 07, 2024

Filling the gaps in health care access in Bambari, Central African Republic

MSF is helping people access health care in remote communities in Central African Republic, which has just six doctors for every 100,000 people.

News | Apr 15, 2024

Gavi must do more to get vaccines to people excluded from vaccination

More people worldwide are falling ill with vaccine-preventable diseases because those in fragile and emergency settings don’t have access to routine vaccinations.

News | Jul 25, 2023

Thousands vaccinated upon arrival in CAR after fleeing Sudan

The vaccinations boost health protection for the local community and Sudanese refugees in the Central African Republic.

News | Apr 25, 2023

Gavi must ensure routine vaccinations for all children under five

A growing number of unvaccinated children in crisis-hit countries remain unprotected against deadly diseases.

Story | Dec 20, 2022

Forgotten Emergencies 2022: MSF responds

Story | Dec 08, 2022

2022: A year of bearing witness

We bear witness and speak out. Read stories from MSF staff about what this work means to them.

Story | Aug 25, 2022

Access (or not) to vaccines for mpox in Africa: a sense of déjà vu?

Mpox is endemic to Africa, and the widespread transmission to so many non-endemic countries in such a short period of time has been unprecedented.

News | Aug 19, 2022

Mpox should serve as a global health wake-up call about when we act and why

Mpox had just received little attention outside the endemic countries of West and Central Africa until recently, when wealthy nations were affected.

News | Jan 08, 2021

MSF: Partial doses of yellow fever vaccine can help save more lives during outbreaks