Ongoing Projects

Support for Four Rural Healh Centers (Cameroon)

Support for Four Rural Health Centers (Cameroon)In April 2025, the Association belge des infirmiers camerounais approached Hospital Without Frontiers with an ambitious project: to equip four health centres in Cameroon with basic medical equipment. Three of these facilities are small dispensaries in remote villages, where access to healthcare remains...

Support for a health centre in the heart of a war zone (Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Support to Health Center in the Heart of a WarzoneOn 9 January 2026, our dedicated team loaded nearly 6.5 tonnes of medical equipment bound for the Emmanuel Cimpunda Medical Centre in Bukavu, in the province of South Kivu. For several decades, the Kivu region has been marked by deep social and political instability. The situation deteriorated considerably...

Baho Polyclinic becomes a hospital, thanks to its team and to HSF’s support (Bujumbura, Burundi)

Baho Polyclinic Becomes a Hospital (Bujumbura, Burundi)Baho Hospital in Bujumbura is a long-standing partner of our organisation. Following three completed projects, Baho Medical Polyclinic has officially become a hospital. The facility now comprises: - an operating theatre- a gynaecology, obstetrics and neonatology department- an outpatient consultation...

Opening of a level 2 hospital at AIC Shanzu (Kenya)

Opening of a Level 2 Hospital at AIC Shanzu (Kenya)On 8 December 2025, the HWF team loaded three humanitarian containers bound for African Inland Church Shanzu, in the municipality of Mombasa, Kenya. The aim of this project is to equip a level 2 hospital — that is, a centre providing all basic healthcare and follow-up services. It forms part of a wider...

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The Volunteers of HWF

Testimonial from Dr. Charles Van Risseghem

The Volunteers of Hospital Without FrontiersI've been a specialist in clinical biology since 1984. I ran a medical analysis laboratory that had actually been founded between 1950 and 1955, the Laboratoires Van Risseghem-Flasse, which I renamed Laboratoires de Biologie Médicale VR in 1984. I spent my entire career in that laboratory, which grew across the...

Testimonial from Alain Genette, member of the Medical Council

The Volunteers of Hospital Without FrontiersHWF is fortunate to count among its volunteers a wide variety of backgrounds — some from the world of healthcare, others from entirely different fields. The volunteer we're introducing here belongs to that second group: after a career as an architect and cartographer, Alain joined HWF. He brings a valuable...

ARTICLES

Humanitarian Crisis in North Kivu: Conflicts, Mass Displacement, and Interventions of Hospital Without Borders

The North Kivu province, located in eastern Congo, is the most populous region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, covering an area of 59,483 square kilometers and home to approximately 10.5 million people. Unfortunately, since 2022, it has been plagued by violent conflicts between various armed groups, primarily the M23, and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC). The consequences …

Healing through Self-Empowerment : Empowering Communities !

In 2024, developing countries continue to face numerous challenges such as climate change, epidemics, poverty, and economic inequalities that hinder their progress. To support them, the international community has launched various initiatives, including the creation of the G77 and the Global South, as well as the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Inequality in Access to Healthcare Worldwilde

The right to health has been recognized by the United Nations since 1948. Unfortunately, a large portion of the global population still does not enjoy this right. In response to this reality, Hospital Without Borders (HWB) is determined to fight to make healthcare accessible to disadvantaged populations.

Are Women the Biggest Losers in the Inequality of Healthcare Access?

In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8, we will focus on healthcare access for this segment of the population, which is still sometimes marginalized. Women have a longer life expectancy than men, living on average 2 to 4 years longer. However, they are more exposed to the risk of early death. How can this be explained?

THEY TESTIFY

Yves Bodson; Project Holder & EU Representative of AHLS

Yves Bodson is an agronomist by training. Since 2012, he has been collaborating with AHLS Humanitaires (Association Humanitaire de Lutte contre la Souffrance), an NGO based in Dakar, Senegal, where he serves as the European representative.

Benjamin and Violette Tatete; HWB Project Holders and Founders of Tatete Vein Center.

Dr. Benjamin Tatete, a vascular surgeon, and his wife, Mrs. Violette Tatete, a specialized wound care nurse, founded the Tatete Vein Center Foundation, a Congolese nonprofit organization, in 2018.

Testimonial of Etienne Rosman – JSF Project Niamey

A volunteer doctor of Hospital Without Borders (HWB), while visiting his family living in Niamey, the capital of Niger, he encountered healthcare professionals who expressed feeling helpless due to the lack of medical equipment in the region.