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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.

GeoMSF
MSF's project in Alto Baudó, Chocó, has an important component of community engagement with Afro-descendant and indigenous communities. –––– El proyecto de MSF en Alto Baudó, Chocó, tiene un pilar fundamental de involucramiento comunitario con comunidades afrodescendientes e indígenas.

Colombia

MSF's project in Alto Baudó, Chocó, has an important component of community engagement with afro-descendant and indigenous communities. Colombia, March 2024.
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Our teams are providing care to communities that are hard-to-reach, and are still being affected by conflict, despite Colombia’s 2016 peace agreement. As well, we are working near the border with Venezuela to ensure Colombians and Venezuelans settling in the area have access to medical care.

Our activities in 2025 in Colombia

Data and information from the International Activity Report 2025.

63

63

STAFF IN 2025 (full-time equivalent)

€2.5 M

2.5M

Expenditure in 2025

1985

1985

Year MSF first worked in the country
MSF in Colombia in 2025 In 2025, an upsurge in violence in Colombia cut off entire communities from medical services. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) worked to bring care back to two of the worst-affected regions.
Country map for the IAR 2025.
Country map for the IAR 2025.
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In 2025, Colombia experienced its highest level of violence since the peace agreement was signed between the state and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in 2016. MSF teams launched responses in two eastern regions suffering the impacts of conflict: Norte de Santander and Arauca, where people struggle to obtain healthcare and public services are weak.  

According to the Office of the Ombudsman, the current conflict involves at least 10 armed groups, ranging from historical organisations to more recent criminal groups.* Mass displacement and confinement of communities, kidnappings, armed strikes, bomb attacks on police infrastructure, and violence against civilians were reported in several regions, including Norte de Santander, Arauca, Cauca, Chocó, and Guaviare.  

The Catatumbo subregion of Norte de Santander was severely affected, with 101,000 people displaced,** and around 25,000 experiencing restrictions on their movements.*** MSF initiated an emergency response to bring care to confined and isolated communities with extremely limited access to health facilities, due to closures, restrictions imposed by armed groups, or the risk of landmines and stray bullets. As well as delivering general healthcare, mental health support, and sexual and reproductive health services, our teams distributed water filters and mosquito nets.  

From March to December, MSF ran a project in Arauca for communities who face barriers to accessing healthcare. In the city of Arauca, our teams assisted Venezuelan migrants, Indigenous people, and Colombian returnees living in precarious conditions in informal settlements. In rural areas of Tame, Arauquita, and Puerto Rondón, we provided medical and mental health care to people affected by armed conflict. In addition to healthcare programmes, MSF conducted activities to improve water supply, such as rehabilitating wells and distributing water filters.


*Colombia Office of the Ombudsman: https://www.defensoria.gov.co/-/defensoria-del-pueblo-reporta-once-focos-de-emergencia-humanitaria-en-colombia (in Spanish)
**Colombia Office of the Ombudsman: https://www.defensoria.gov.co/documents/20123/3620015/Informe_Catatubo+low.pdf/c12dd6c6-52a6-c44b-e698-241ec30c13b2?t=1768424744417 (in Spanish)
***UNDP: https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2026-01/undp_co_pub_paz_informe_catatumbo_ene14_2026.pdf (in Spanish)

 

in 2025

10,700

10,7

outpatient consultations

4,660

4,66

mental health consultations provided in group sessions

960

96

individual mental health consultations

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