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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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Access Campaign

We set up the MSF Access Campaign in 1999 to push 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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Looted and damaged homes in Central Darfur state, Sudan.

Conflict in Sudan

After over a year of war in Sudan, the brutal fighting and bombings have left people´s homes destroyed and looted. Central Darfur state, Sudan, April 2024.
© Juan Carlos Tomasi/MSF

Last updated on 21 February 2025.

On 15 April 2023, intense fighting broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces in Khartoum and across most of Sudan. Since then, the conflict has killed and injured thousands of people.

The war in Sudan is a war on people. Across large parts of Sudan, and especially in Darfur, people have experienced ongoing violence, including intense urban warfare, gunfire, shelling, and airstrikes. Our teams are treating patients with injuries caused by explosions, bullets, and stabbings. Healthcare workers and facilities have been attacked and looted.

An estimated 12 million people have been displaced, including over 3 million who have sought safety in Chad, Egypt and South Sudan (UNHCR). Displaced people’s camps lack adequate healthcare and humanitarian aid. There are catastrophic levels of malnutrition.

The World Health Organization estimates that 70 to 80 per cent of health facilities are non-operational. With very few international aid organisations on the ground, the humanitarian response is far from adequate. Restrictions imposed on humanitarian organisations by the Sudanese authorities further isolate people in need of assistance. 

MSF’s response in Sudan

In Sudan, MSF is present in 10 out of the 18 states in the country. Our 1,500 Sudanese staff and 200 international staff currently work in and/or support 22 hospitals and 42 basic healthcare facilities, clinics, and mobile clinic sites.

In Sudan, MSF teams:

  • Provide emergency medical treatment, including surgeries, for war wounded and non-war related injuries.
  • Respond to disease outbreaks.
  • Provide maternal and paediatric healthcare
  • Offer water and sanitation services.
  • Donate medicines and medical supplies to healthcare facilities, and provide incentives, training, and logistical support to Ministry of Health staff.
  • Treat children and pregnant women with malnutrition both at-home and in-hospital. 
  • Conduct vaccination campaigns.

 

MSF Activity Map in Sudan Dec 2024 update
Hareth Mohammed/MSF

MSF emergency response in Sudan (January-December 2024)

889,700

889,7

Outpatient consultations

194,000

194,

Emergency room consultations

59,880

59,88

Cases of malnutrition treated

24,310

24,31

births assisted

MSF’s response in bordering countries

Chad

Over 734,000 refugees and returnees have crossed the border from Sudan to Chad. People are living in camps in Chad and are facing difficulties securing even their most basic needs. With a lack of water, food, proper shelter, and healthcare people are suffering from diarrhoea, malnutrition, and malaria.  

MSF teams are responding in three border regions, Sila, Wadi Fira, and Ouaddaï.

In Chad, we provide basic healthcare, malnutrition screening and treatment, vaccinations, and sexual and reproductive healthcare through existing local health facilities, and mobile clinics. Our teams have also begun digging boreholes to supply camps and local communities with water. In some places, we provide refugee communities with plastic sheeting, mosquito nets and bars of soap, which are crucial to prevent the spread of malaria and diarrhoea.

South Sudan 

Since the eruption of conflict in Sudan, over 1 million people have crossed into South Sudan to seek refuge. This influx has overwhelmed the already dire humanitarian situation in the country. Our teams are running emergency activities in Renk, Abyei special administrative area and Juba to provide the refugees and returnees with healthcare services, including care for war-related injuries. After a cholera outbreak was declared in Renk, MSF teams vaccinated people in Renk, Malkal, Rubkona, and Juba, as well as in Gorom refugee camp.

 
Malnutrition in Zamzam camp, North Darfur
Sudan

Last hospital in El Fasher risks closure during intensive bombardment on the city

Press Release 14 Aug 2024
 
Bullet hole caused by shooting in the operating room of the Zalingei teaching hospital, Central Darfur state, Sudan.
Sudan

Attacks on hospitals and aid blockade in El Fasher jeopardises lives

Press Release 1 Aug 2024
 
Attacks on Health facilities
Conflict in Sudan

A war on people: the human cost of conflict and violence in Sudan

Report 22 Jul 2024
 
El Geneina Teaching Hospital in West Darfur
Conflict in Sudan

MSF report reveals catastrophic toll of ‘a war on people’ in Sudan

Press Release 22 Jul 2024
 
Mobile clinic in Southern Madagascar
Conflict in Sudan

MSF suspends delivery of care in Khartoum’s Turkish hospital

Press Release 10 Jul 2024
 
Refugee crisis deepens in Chad as conflict in Sudan rages
Conflict in Sudan

Voices of El Geneina; surviving the conflict one year on

Exposure MSF. 4 Jul 2024
 
Intense fighting in El Fasher - Darfur
Conflict in Sudan

People trapped, aid blocked, as UN resolution fails to stop fighting in El Fasher

Press Release 22 Jun 2024
 
Where the transition has no end
South Sudan

War in Sudan exacerbates humanitarian needs in neighbouring South Sudan

Press Release 18 Jun 2024
 
Doctors Without Borders alarms insufficient response to the rising migrant influx in Darien jungle
Activity Report

Year in Review 2023

Opinion 18 Jun 2024
 
One by One, Hospitals Are Damaged and Closed in Al Fasher as Fighting Rages On
Conflict in Sudan

One by one, hospitals are damaged and closed in El Fasher as fighting rages

Press Release 14 Jun 2024
 
El Fasher - July 2023
Sudan

Nowhere safe from violent fighting in El Fasher as hospitals are repeatedly hit

Press Release 28 May 2024
 
Bullet hole caused by shooting in the operating room of the Zalingei teaching hospital, Central Darfur state, Sudan.
Sudan

People abandoned amidst horrific violence and humanitarian void in Central Darfur

Project Update 17 May 2024