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A peaceful period continued in Congo- Brazzaville in 2008, completing a fifth year of post-conflict stability. This peace, and the resumption of economic activities, has enabled the country to take over healthcare services in the Pool region where MSF had been working for the last five years.

MSF’s hospital services included outpatient, maternity and emergency surgical care, treatment of infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, and psychosocial counselling. Teams also provided healthcare through mobile clinics to communities near the towns of Mindouli and Kindamba. MSF provided 12,825 consultations in 2008. MSF handed over its programmes at Mindouli and Kindamba hospitals in 2008. Those in Kindamba were handed over to the Ministry of Health and local partners, such as Psy Sans Frontières and Global Outreach Mission. Although those activities were closed in June, MSF returned to Congo for a three-month period later in the year to provide treatment for patients with human African trypanosomiasis (also known as sleeping sickness).

MSF worked in Congo-Brazzaville from 1997 to 2008.

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