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World Health Organization (WHO) - Madagascar
Source: World Health Organization (WHO) - Madagascar |

Madagascar: Mobile clinics fill health care gap

Since June 2022, 20 mobile clinics have been making daily rounds in hard-to-reach areas, enabling one million people to access curative health services in places where health facilities are no longer functional

Attending a health centre was an “unattainable luxury” after the Batsirai and Emnati cyclones hit Madagascar’s south-eastern Vatovavy region in February 2022, cutting off any access to care for Toky Rabemaharo and his community. The consequences were devastating: “I lost my wife, who was pregnant. Several other people in our…

World Health Organization (WHO) - Madagascar
Source: World Health Organization (WHO) - Madagascar |

In Madagascar, mobile clinics bolster health surveillance during cyclones

The Batsirai and Emnati cyclones caused more than 300 deaths, destroyed or damaged more than 150 health structures, depriving 800,000 people of access to health care

After the Batsirai and Emnati cyclones hit Madagascar’s south-eastern Vatovavy region in February 2022, Toky Rabemaharo suddenly found himself and his community cut off from basic health services. “Being able to attend a health centre was an unattainable luxury for us,” he recalls. The consequences were devastating: “I lost my…