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How we work

See what triggers an intervention and how supply and logistics allow our teams to respond quickly.

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How we're run

Discover our governance and what it means to be an association. Find a quick visual guide to our offices around the world.

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Reports and financials

Read through our annual financial and activity reports, and find out about where our funds come from and how they are spent.

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Accountability

Read the policies, reports, and plans on how we address issues like racism and reduce our carbon footprint, ensuring our actions align with the highest ethical standards.

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What we do

Médecins Sans Frontières brings medical humanitarian assistance to victims of conflict, natural disasters, epidemics or healthcare exclusion.

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Where we work

In more than 70 countries, Médecins Sans Frontières provides medical humanitarian assistance to save lives and ease the suffering of people in crisis situations.

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MSF Websites

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Our offices around the world
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MSF Access

MSF Access pushes for access to, and the development of, life-saving and life-prolonging medicines, diagnostic tests and vaccines for people in our programmes and beyond.

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CRASH

Based in Paris, CRASH conducts and directs studies and analysis of MSF actions. They participate in internal training sessions and assessment missions in the field.

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UREPH

Based in Geneva, UREPH (or Research Unit) aims to improve the way MSF projects are implemented in the field and to participate in critical thinking on humanitarian and medical action.

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ARHP

Based in Barcelona, ARHP documents and reflects on the operational challenges and dilemmas faced by the MSF field teams.

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MSF Analysis

Based in Brussels, MSF Analysis intends to stimulate reflection and debate on humanitarian topics organised around the themes of migration, refugees, aid access, health policy and the environment in which aid operates.

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MSF Supply

This logistical and supply centre in Brussels provides storage of and delivers medical equipment, logistics and drugs for international purchases for MSF missions.

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MSF Logistique

This supply and logistics centre in Bordeaux, France, provides warehousing and delivery of medical equipment, logistics and drugs for international purchases for MSF missions.

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Amsterdam Procurement Unit

This logistical centre in Amsterdam purchases, tests, and stores equipment including vehicles, communications material, power supplies, water-processing facilities and nutritional supplements.

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Brazilian Medical Unit

BRAMU specialises in neglected tropical diseases, such as dengue and Chagas, and other infectious diseases. This medical unit is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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MSF Medical Guidelines

Our medical guidelines are based on scientific data collected from MSF’s experiences, the World Health Organization (WHO), other renowned international medical institutions, and medical and scientific journals.

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Epicentre

Providing epidemiological expertise to underpin our operations, conducting research and training to support our goal of providing medical aid in areas where people are affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or excluded from health care.

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Evaluation Units

Evaluation Units have been established in Vienna, Stockholm, and Paris, assessing the potential and limitations of medical humanitarian action, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of our medical humanitarian work.

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LGBTQI+ Inclusion in Health Settings

MSF works with LGBTQI+ populations in many settings over the last 25-30 years. LGBTQI+ people face healthcare disparities with limited access to care and higher disease rates than the general population.

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LUXOR

The Luxembourg Operational Research (LuxOR) unit coordinates field research projects and operational research training, and provides support for documentation activities and routine data collection.

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MSF Academy for Healthcare

To upskill and provide training to locally-hired MSF staff in several countries, MSF has created the MSF Academy for Healthcare.

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Humanitarian Law

This Guide explains the terms, concepts, and rules of humanitarian law in accessible and reader-friendly alphabetical entries.

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MSF Paediatric Days

The MSF Paediatric Days is an event for paediatric field staff, policy makers and academia to exchange ideas, align efforts, inspire and share frontline research to advance urgent paediatric issues of direct concern for the humanitarian field.

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MSF Foundation

The MSF Foundation aims to create a fertile arena for logistics and medical knowledge-sharing to meet the needs of MSF and the humanitarian sector as a whole.

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DNDi

A collaborative, patients’ needs-driven, non-profit drug research and development organisation that is developing new treatments for neglected diseases, founded in 2003 by seven organisations from around the world.

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MSF Science Portal

Our digital portal dedicated to sharing the latest medical evidence from our humanitarian activities around the globe.

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Noma

Noma is a preventable and treatable neglected disease, but 90 per cent of people will die within the first two weeks of infection if they do not receive treatment.

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TIC

The TIC is aiming to change how MSF works to better meet the evolving needs of our patients.

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Telemedicine

MSF's telemedicine hub aims to overcome geographic barriers for equitable, accessible, and quality patient care.

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Sweden Innovation Unit

Launched in 2012, the MSF Sweden Innovation Unit deploys a human-centered approach for promoting a culture of innovation within MSF.

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Geo MSF

The GeoMSF platform is a dynamic one-stop-shop website for all of MSF's GIS related services and products. Access maps and applications through the catalogue, request geographical support, or produce a map on GeoMSF.

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Asia & Pacific

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One month after Cyclone Mocha hit parts of Myanmar, MSF staff are still witnessing damage caused by the storm in many areas of Rakhine state.

Myanmar

We work with the Myanmar Ministry of Health to provide care for HIV and TB patients, primary healthcare, and vaccinations.
View of the settlements and hospital on the island.

Nauru

MSF first worked on Nauru in 2017, and was forced to leave in October 2018.
Medical consultation in Korbalesi.

Nepal

MSF first worked in Nepal in 2002 and closed our last project in 2020.
MSF’s health promotion (HP) team conducts a health education session for women in a rural village of Dadu. The focus of the HP session is on the importance of hygiene, the prevention of malaria and other diseases and nutrition. February 2023

Pakistan

Access to healthcare remains a challenge in Pakistan, especially for people in isolated rural communities, urban slums and areas affected by conflict.
Border between Jimi and North Waghi districts, Jiwaka province, PNG

Papua New Guinea

We are working to improve access to care for survivors of violence in Papua New Guinea’s Highlands region.
The MSF patient support team navigates overcrowded and narrow alleys of Barangay 105 Aroma neighbourhood, Barangay 105, of Tondo, Manila, the Philippines, March 2, 2023.

Philippines

An assessment we conducted in the Philippines in 2015 confirmed the need for sexual and reproductive health services in the densely populated and impoverished Tondo area of the capital, Manila.
In early April 2014, floods in Honiara swept away riverside communities, brought down bridges and destroyed roads. Twenty-three people died, according to official sources.

Solomon Islands

MSF provided medical care in the Solomon Islands following devastating floods in 2014.
MSF mobile mental health staff conducts a counseling session in Mullaitivu district. Numerous communities in areas affected by the fighting witnessed deeply traumatic events that took place during the last phase of the civil war. While the physical scars may have healed for many, significant mental health care needs remain. Many lost everything during the war and face new difficulties in the resettlement process. Drawing on extensive experience of working in conflict and post-conflict settings, MSF launched mental health activities in 2009, first in Menik Farm ? a camp for thousands of people displaced by the war ? and later in eight different sites in Mullaitivu district. As patients were unable to travel to health facilities due to a lack of public transport and money, mobile teams had to travel to very remote areas to conduct sessions. In August 2012, MSF handed over the mental health programme - its last remaining activity in the country.

Sri Lanka

MSF first worked in Sri Lanka in 1986 and closed its projects in 2012.
Mental Health Care focused on women and children. Our teams focus on mental health care and provide other medical care as needed. Psychological support includes individual and group therapy, psychosocial education, and stress management.

Thailand

We work to provide mental health support to vulnerable communities in southern Thailand.
East Timor. Displaced family returns to their village West of Dili, with articles found in Dili's ruins.

Timor-Leste

MSF began working in what is now Timor-Leste in 1999 and closed its projects in 2002.
Family of SARS patients in the Bach Mai hospital are putting on protective clothing before entering the isolation wards.

Vietnam

MSF worked in Vietnam following the SARS epidemic in 2003.