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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.

In Focus Rohingya refugee crisis Mediterranean migration DRC Ebola outbreaks Discover our projects by country

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 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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Alix Bommelear is an MSF doctor working in a mobile clinic in the north of Paris. She spends her days providing medical care to homeless people, most of whom are migrants or refugees who cannot access medical care elsewhere.
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

El efecto dominó de la COVID-19

La doctora Alix Bommelear trabaja en una clínica móvil de MSF en el norte de París.  
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Ebola disease in DRC: find out how we're responding
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Desde América Latina a África y desde Asia a Europa, la pandemia de la COVID-19 ha costado millones de vidas. Al mismo tiempo, ha dificultado que muchas personas pudieran acceder a los servicios esenciales de salud. En muchos lugares, el devastador efecto dominó ha dejado a la gente sin cuidados vitales. Los equipos de Médicos Sin Fronteras (MSF), que trabajan en más de 70 países, han luchado denodadamente para responder a las consecuencias directas de la COVID-19 al tiempo que atendían otras urgencias, mientras se enfrentaban a las restricciones de movimiento y a los problemas de suministro de medicamentos esenciales.

When COVID-19 hit Venezuela, the country was already immersed in a long-lasting economic and humanitarian crisis, which has been exacerbated by the pandemic. With a collapsing health service struggling to response to people’s basic medical needs, the indirect effects of the pandemic have seen many Venezuelans unable to get medical care.
Un autobús en hora punta, en el barrio de Petare, en Caracas (Venezuela), durante la pandemia de COVID-19.  
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El efecto dominó de la COVID-19

Venezuela

Un sistema de salud en apuros

En un país con un sistema de salud ya de por sí al borde del colapso, la COVID-19 ha privado de atención médica a más personas incluso, fueran enfermos crónicos o niños necesitados de atención urgente.

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En París (Francia), las clínicas móviles de MSF atienden a muchas personas sin hogar, entre ellas migrantes y solicitantes de asilo, que han tenido que lidiar con las alteraciones o cierres sufridos por sus centros de atención habituales.
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El efecto dominó de la COVID-19

Francia

El virus golpea a Europa

Europa no se ha salvado de la COVID-19, ni de las restricciones que ha traído, y de hecho este continente llegó a ser epicentro de la pandemia.

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To enter Bambari's hospital, in the Central African Republic, people pass by the triage where Zara works, on December 7th, 2020.
Este es el área de triaje del hospital de Bambari, en República Centroafricana; cualquier paciente tiene que entrar ahora por esta zona.
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El efecto dominó de la COVID-19

República Centroafricana

Pocas muertes pero mucho impacto

República Centroafricana (RCA) es uno de los muchos países de África donde la pandemia no llegó a ser la catástrofe que se esperaba. Si bien es un gran alivio, el efecto dominó que la COVID-19 ha tenido en el frágil sistema de salud ha sido importante.

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