Comoros

Following the declaration of the cholera outbreak, MSF provided support for the Ministry of Health’s response on Anjouan and Mohéli islands by supporting the Ministry of Health’s cholera response. We focused on improving care, infection prevention and control measures, and facility patient flow, through staff training and facility upgrades.

MSF also expanded the treatment capacity in several facilities—for example, by increasing the number of beds in Hombo cholera treatment center from 23 to 47, and from eight to 27 beds in Domoni treatment center. In addition, we collaborated with UNICEF and the Comoros Red Crescent, in coordination with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, to improve patient stabilization and referral systems and decentralize care by establishing one mobile and six fixed oral rehydration points on Anjouan island.

As well as helping to strengthen patient care and improve the organization of health facilities, we supported the Ministry of Health by conducting vaccination campaigns with the oral cholera vaccine on both islands.

By mid-July, as cholera cases declined, the rehydration points were reintegrated into health centers. We concluded our activities that month after making a final donation of medical supplies and training staff to maintain cholera response capacity.