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Bolivia 2021 © Cecilia Rivero

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Bolivia

Despite increased investment in public health facilities in recent years, availability and quality of care remain poor.

Our work in Bolivia

In 2020, we continued to focus on improving maternal health care through a project in El Alto, the second-largest city.

What's happening in Bolivia?

Bolivia has the highest maternal death rate in South America and some of the worst health indicators in the whole Latin American and Caribbean region. Despite investments in public health in recent years, the national health system is still not equipped to cope with the needs of the population. In 2020, the situation deteriorated with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in El Alto. 

How we're helping in Bolivia

Since 2019, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been providing maternal care in two general health care centers in El Alto. This fast-growing city is home to almost a million people, most of whom have migrated from the countryside over recent years. In 2020, we assisted births and, despite COVID-19, managed to maintain essential services such as family planning and pre- and postnatal care.

As increasing restrictions were imposed due to the pandemic, and people were unable to access the centers, we decided to send teams into the community to offer care. Between October and December, we carried out 493 family planning consultations at the community level.

We also conducted individual mental health consultations, group psychoeducation sessions, and health promotion activities, including talks on sexual and reproductive health that reached almost 8,200 participants. In addition, our teams offered medical and psychological assistance to victims of sexual and gender-based violence.

To support the national COVID-19 response, MSF trained health care workers in infection prevention and control measures, and detection and treatment. We also supplied medicines and personal protective equipment in the departments of La Paz, and Beni, in the northeast.

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2,370

Prenatal consultations

1,140

Consultations for contraceptive services

930

Births assisted

90

People treated for sexual violence

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