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

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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 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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MSF team in Yongofongo, located 19 kilometers from Bangassou, Mbomou prefecture, March 2023.

Central African Republic

The MSF team in Yongofongo, located 19 kilometres from Bangassou, Mbomou prefecture. Central African Republic, March 2023.
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Thousands of people have been killed or wounded and millions displaced during years of bloody – but largely neglected – conflict in the Central African Republic.

Since the civil war of 2013, CAR has been marked by cycles of intensive violence. Fighting between the government and non-state armed groups, spurred by an election process, escalated in early 2021.

MSF sees the direct consequences of violence on the health of individuals and entire communities. There is a severe lack of access to healthcare; trained health workers are scarce, health services are poorly resourced and often targeted by the conflict; and patients need to travel hundreds of kilometres on dangerous roads to reach medical structures.

In CAR, we focus on treating victims and survivors of sexual violence; provide sexual and reproductive healthcare, including maternal healthcare; and provide treatment to people living with HIV.

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Our activities in 2025 in Central African Republic

Data and information from the International Activity Report 2025.

2,332
2,332
Staff in 2025 (full-time equivalent)
€67.9 M
67.9M
Expenditure in 2025
1997
1997
Year MSF first worked in the country
MSF in Central African Republic in 2025 MSF works to address the critical shortage of health services in Central African Republic (CAR), in particular for women and children in hard-to-reach areas of the country.
Country map for the IAR 2025.
Country map for the IAR 2025.
© MSF

The health system in CAR is structurally fragile and underfunded, with one of the lowest doctor-to-person ratios in the world, and only half of its facilities functional. Epidemics also pose a major challenge, compounded by low vaccination coverage. Access to healthcare in rural, remote areas is further hampered by chronic insecurity, impassable roads, and the high cost of transport to the nearest facility, which is often many kilometres away.

MSF plays a crucial role in delivering essential care in the country, in the capital, Bangui, and in remote regions of Bambari, Bangassou, Batangafo, Bossangoa, Bria, and Carnot.

Improving access to healthcare  
We continue to run a broad range of medical services, supporting health facilities with emergency surgery, intensive care, paediatrics, neonatology, intensive nutrition, treatment for HIV, tuberculosis and chronic diseases, and sexual and reproductive healthcare. In 2025, our teams completed the construction of a 74-bed paediatric ward at Carnot hospital, which we run in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health.

Maternal, infant, and neonatal death rates in CAR remain among the highest globally, due to inadequate care during pregnancy and childbirth. We are responding by delivering free, high-quality services for mothers and children, such as antenatal consultations, caesarean sections, and incubation for newborns, in all our projects in the capital and in Bangassou, Batangafo, Bossangoa, Carnot, and Bria.  

Malaria is a leading cause of sickness and death in CAR, particularly among children under five years old, and accounts for a large proportion of consultations in health facilities. MSF is working to improve access to diagnosis and treatment by operating ‘malaria points’ in communities, where trained community health workers are able to diagnose and treat the disease early.  

Strengthening vaccination coverage
Low vaccination coverage in CAR triggers frequent disease outbreaks that directly threaten the lives of young children. In 2025, MSF scaled up support for routine vaccination programmes in all the health facilities where we worked, not only increasing the number of vaccinations administered, but also providing a constant supply of medical equipment and training Ministry of Health staff on vaccination. EURECA,* our mobile emergency response team, which conducts epidemiological surveillance across the country, assisted local health authorities with two measles vaccination campaigns in 2025.   


*EURECA stands for ‘Équipe d'Urgence en République centrafricaine’

 

in 2025
577,600
577,6
outpatient consultations
301,400
301,4
malaria cases treated
78,300
78,3
patients admitted to hospital
22,900
22,9
births assisted

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