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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.

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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 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 nurse, Anastasia Prudnikova, monitors a war-wounded patient inside the inpatient department of the medical team during a journey from Pokrovsk, in eastern Ukraine, to Lviv in western Ukraine. The journey takes approximately 20 hours. Since 31 March, we have transported more than 600 patients.
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Rapport international d'activités 2022

Anastasia Prudnikova, infirmière chez MSF, surveille un blessé de guerre à bord d’un train médicalisé durant le trajet entre Pokrovsk, à l’est, et Lviv, à l’ouest. Ukraine, mai 2022.
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Responding to war in Ukraine
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Avant-propos

Alors que le monde émergeait lentement du chaos causé par la pandémie de Covid-19, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) s’est mobilisée pour répondre à de nouvelles urgences en 2022, tout en continuant de soutenir les communautés frappées par des crises de longue durée.

Après une attaque massive contre l’Ukraine en février, la tragédie de combats sanglants est devenue le nouveau quotidien de millions de personnes. Dans ce conflit dangereux et mouvant, nous nous sommes efforcés d’aller là où nous pouvions être les plus utiles pour soutenir les communautés en situation précaire et 
offrir les soins nécessaires.

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Bilan de l’année

Guerres, violence, catastrophes naturelles, épidémies, inflation galopante et envolée des prix… Tous ces facteurs ont induit une augmentation générale des besoins d’aide humanitaire. En 2022, près de 68 000 membres du personnel de Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ont travaillé dans 75 pays pour tenter d’y répondre.

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Repenser notre responsabilité vis-à-vis des personnes que nous photographions

En 2022, en partenariat avec une grande agence photographique, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) a publié des images d’une jeune fille de 16 ans survivante de viol en République démocratique du Congo. En réaction aux critiques qui ont fusé tant à l’interne qu’à l’externe de MSF, nous avons retiré ces images de toutes nos plates-formes.

Cette controverse a suscité de plus vastes débats sur la protection et la représentation visuelle des personnes soignées par MSF, ainsi que sur la diffusion de telles images à des fins éditoriales, commerciales ou de levée de fonds.

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Articles thématiques
The medical team on board the MSF medical train discuss the condition of an eldelry war-wounded patient during the journey from Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine, to Lviv in western Ukraine. The journey takes approximately 20 hours. Since 31 March, we have transported more than 600 patients.
Les membres du personnel médical et infirmier à bord du train médicalisé de MSF discutent de l’état d’un patient âgé, pendant le trajet entre Pokrovsk, à l’est, et Lviv, à l’ouest. Ukraine, mai 2022.
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Ukraine : une année de destructions

Christopher Stokes, chef de programme MSF en Ukraine, revient sur une année de nos activités dans le pays après le déclenchement d'une guerre à grande échelle en février 2022.

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2022 en chiffres

2022 en chiffres

Nos activités en chiffres
Dr Mohsin telling an elderly patient not to worry about his diagnosis, as the MSF mobile clinic will provide him with treatment and medication, Alladad village, Dadu district, Sindh

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consultations ambulatoires
District Hospital Magaria, Niger. A member of the hospitals medical staff explains to mothers of patients how to use the MUAC so they can keep an eye on their children's weight and prevent them from developing malnutrition again.

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vaccinations contre la rougeole en réponse à une épidémie
Gul, 40, washes his hands with the help of his son in the male inpatient department at the MSF-supported Boost hospital in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province.

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patients hospitalisés