The organization Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has announced the start of a project in Ciudad Juárez aimed at providing assistance to migrants and those displaced by violence. This project focuses on providing mental health care, sexual and reproductive health services, as well as health promotion to migrant individuals and Mexican or foreign citizens displaced due to armed conflicts.
The multidisciplinary team of MSF in Ciudad Juárez, composed of doctors, nurses, social workers, and mental health specialists, provides free and quality medical care. Since the beginning of its activities in late March, 196 medical consultations have been conducted, of which 39 were mental health interventions. This initiative arises in response to the medical-humanitarian needs of the displaced population in a context of migration restrictions and reduced aid funding.
"In light of the reduction of humanitarian aid funds and the increasing invisibility and stigmatization of people on the move, it is essential to provide easy access to available services," mentions Michail Fotiadis, MSF coordinator in Ciudad Juárez. The organization has also provided care for victims of sexual violence and has conducted over 20,000 individual mental health consultations along the migration route in Mexico and Central America between January 2024 and February 2025.
Activities carried out include awareness-raising, health promotion, community engagement, and psychoeducation groups. Cases of survivors of extreme violence have been identified, and an expansion of medical operations to other areas is anticipated in the coming months, while continuously monitoring the situation at the northern border. MSF reaffirms its commitment to providing medical care to the most vulnerable populations in the region and continues to assess the needs in this area.
