International Activity Report 2003
Rwanda

International staff: 8 National staff: 94 MSF has worked in Rwanda since 1991

In order to fight regular cholera outbreaks, MSF runs a preventive water and sanitation program in the province of Cyangugu, in western Rwanda. In the capital Kigali, MSF supports HIV/AIDS programs at several local health centers. A countrywide mental health care program provides group counseling sessions for traumatized survivors of the 1994 genocide. Most of the people in this program are women, many of whom were raped during the genocide. In Ruhengeri province, an access to health care and reproductive health program in three health centers and in the maternity ward of the regional reference hospital aims to reduce high child and maternal mortality rates in this area. MSF will also provide support for women who are victims of sexual violence. MSF responds regularly to emergencies, such as a meningitis outbreak in September 2002.