*Data from MSF International Activity Report 2023
Indonesia 2021 © MSF
Indonesia
Providing mental health care and emergency assistance throughout Indonesia.
Our work in Indonesia
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) activities in Indonesia focus on building emergency response capacity through training and direct support when necessary.
What's happening in Indonesia?
During the last two months of 2023, we saw a significant increase in the number of Rohingya refugees arriving by boat in Indonesia, with more than 1,700 disembarking in Aceh and North Sumatra. Authorities, local communities and organizations provided accommodation and vital services. We monitored the situation closely in case it was needed for our teams to intervene.
How we're helping in Indonesia
Throughout 2023, our E-Hub project, set up in 2022 to strengthen emergency response capacity, developed and delivered a first series of training courses on mental health awareness and psychosocial support; medical waste management in health care facilities; organization of health care services; management of cases of methanol poisoning; and the use of geographical information systems in emergencies.
We ran these courses for health care workers and community emergency responders in Jakarta and Banten provinces. This first year of project implementation concluded with a workshop with the Ministry of Health, provincial and district health authorities and other collaborating partners to review the program achievements and challenges. We plan to extend these activities to other provinces in the coming years.
How we're helping
$850,000
in expenditure
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