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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 provides clean water to Aby Aday IDP camp in Sheraro, Tigray. MSF re-started activities in Tigray in November 2022. Water and sanitation activities are a key priority to prevent the spreading of water borne diseases. In Sheraro, MSF team are trucking up to 1.4 million litres of water to serve six IDP camps every day.

Ethiopia

MSF provides clean water to Aby Aday camp in Sheraro, Tigray. The MSF team trucks up to 1.4 million litres of water to serve six camps every day. Ethiopia, May 2023.
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We work in 10 regions of Ethiopia to deliver healthcare to people through administrative barriers and ongoing insecurity.

Our activities in 2025 in Ethiopia

Data and information from the International Activity Report 2025.

1,122
1,122
staff in 2025 (full-time equivalent)
€25.2 M
25.2M
expenditure in 2025
1984
1984
Year MSF first worked in the country
MSF in Ethiopia in 2025 MSF worked in seven regions of Ethiopia in 2025, delivering vital assistance to people affected by violence, disease outbreaks, and displacement.
Country map for the IAR 2025.
Country map for the IAR 2025.
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Across our projects, MSF teams offered essential care, such as vaccinations, paediatric care, outpatient consultations, sexual and reproductive care, emergency room services, and nutritional support. We also improved people’s access to water, sanitation, and hygiene services by constructing and rehabilitating infrastructure.

Through the year, people crossed into Gambella region from South Sudan, fleeing several spikes of violence. They arrived either at established camps, settling alongside families who have been displaced for years, or at sites which emerged to accommodate new arrivals. As the number of displaced people grew, cuts to international humanitarian funding by key donors, such as USAID, strained basic services like food distribution, healthcare, and water and sanitation support.

MSF teams continued to run a health centre in Kule refugee camp. In addition to our regular activities at the health centre, which include malaria and sexual and gender-based violence care, we treated newly arrived refugees for violence-related injuries and cholera across Gambella region, and distributed relief items, such as soap and jerrycans. In November, for the first time in Ethiopia, and in a refugee camp globally, we completed the rollout of the malaria R21 vaccine for children under five in Kule.  

In Ethiopia’s Somali region, where repeated failed rainy seasons have turned drought into a daily struggle for survival. MSF teams are screening children for malnutrition, and supporting nutrition and water and sanitation activities with local authorities in the Barey district, Afder Zone, while also conducting vaccination campaigns to help overstretched health facilities cope with deepening funding cuts. Meanwhile in Tigray, people still live in overcrowded camps, with little access to essentials, three years after the cessation of hostilities in the region. In Shire and Sheraro, our activities included sexual and reproductive healthcare, care for sexual and gender-based violence and mental health conditions, and treatment for neglected tropical diseases. To tackle an outbreak of cholera in hard-to-reach areas, we set up treatment units and improved infection prevention and control measures.

In Korem town, whose region has faced health emergencies such as measles, cholera, and malnutrition while being affected by instability, limited access to health services, and damage to health infrastructure, we provided emergency and referral services, medical supplies, and staff training for maternal and child health services at the Korem general hospital. We also donated supplies to four other facilities in the area.  

From malaria outbreaks in southeast Ethiopia to childhood malnutrition in Afar, and kala azar, snakebites, and epidemic threats in Amhara, our teams strengthened lifesaving care across Mizan Teferi, Semera, Gondar, and Abdurafi, by responding to urgent medical needs and maintaining support for communities facing recurring health crises.

MSF continues to call for accountability for the deaths of our colleagues  
On 24 June 2021, our colleagues María Hernández Matas, Tedros Gebremariam Gebremichael, and Yohannes Halefom Reda were killed on duty in Tigray. Since the Ethiopian authorities have not responded to our repeated requests for a formal and transparent investigation, we released our internal findings in 2025, which confirmed the attack as an intentional killing of clearly identified aid workers. We demand that those responsible for attacking humanitarians are held accountable. 

 

in 2025
273,000
273,
outpatient consultations
81,800
81,8
malaria cases treated
1,480
1,48
people treated for cholera
200
2
people treated for kala azar

Brutal killing of our colleagues in Tigray, in June 2021

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On 24 June 2021, our colleagues María Hernández Matas, Yohannes Halefom Reda and Tedros Gebremariam Gebremichael were killed while providing life-saving assistance to people in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. No one has claimed responsibility for their killing.

MSF engaged with the Ethiopian authorities for four years, requesting a formal and transparent investigation into their killing. In the absence of such an investigation, we have released our own internal review on what happened to our colleagues that day. This review found that their killing was a targeted, and intentional, attack on clearly identified aid workers. We will continue to honour the memory of María, Yohannes and Tedros, and pursue accountability for their killings.

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Left to right: Yohannes Halefom Reda, a coordination assistant, was 31 years old, from Ethiopia; María Hernández Matas, 35, from Spain, began working with MSF in 2015; Tedros Gebremariam Gebremichael, 31, also from Ethiopia, had been a driver for MSF since May 2021.
Left to right: Yohannes Halefom Reda, a coordination assistant, was 31 years old, from Ethiopia; María Hernández Matas, 35, from Spain, began working with MSF in 2015; Tedros Gebremariam Gebremichael, 31, also from Ethiopia, had been a driver for MSF since May 2021.

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