Maternal and child health, a forgotten emergency of the Central African crisis

Ines Bandoua, delivery assistant, nourishes a patient through an intravenous method in the labour ward. [MSF]

Decades of instability and armed violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) have contributed to essential medical care being out of reach for many pregnant women and newborn babies.

Overshadowed by the security situation in the country, tackling this everyday emergency is a priority for Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) teams.