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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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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 medical staff are examining Mekuanent, a kala azar patient during the morning rounds at MSF’s Abdurafi health center specializing in treatment of Kala-azar and snakebite. Among the young male population the prevalence of HIV infection is relatively high. That creates a unique situation with between 20 and 40% of kala azar patients HIV co-infected. This combination of two diseases, both severely immune suppressive, is almost impossible to cure.

Kala azar

MSF medical staff examine Mekuanent, a kala azar patient, during the morning rounds at MSF’s Abdurafi health centre specialising in the treatment of kala azar and snakebite. Ethiopia, June 2023.
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Kala azar, or visceral leishmaniasis, is the second deadliest parasitic disease in the world – only malaria kills more people.

A neglected tropical disease, kala azar is caused by a parasite, spread to humans through the bite of infected female sand flies. It attacks the immune system and is almost always fatal if not treated.

Also known as visceral leishmaniasis, kala azar is the most serious form of leishmaniasis and is endemic in 76 countries, with hundreds of millions at risk of infection. There are between 50,000 and 90,000 new cases a year, about 90 per cent of which occur in Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan. Between 1989 and 2020, MSF teams treated nearly 150,000 people for kala azar; over a third in South Sudan.

Diagnosis and treatment of the disease, especially of the variety found in eastern Africa, can be complex and painful.

MSF F2F World Challenge 2026

Welcome to the dedicated F2F World Challenge Page

From 29 June to 5 July 2026, F2F fundraising teams across the MSF movement will go head-to-head in a friendly, high-energy global challenge. 

What’s the mission? 🎯 Our goal is to recruit 7'500 new monthly donors in just one week. Equivalent to 1.3 million euros of annual income. Imagine the impact that could have for our patients around the world! With your passion, teamwork, and creativity, we believe this can be an unforgettable moment for fundraising at MSF.
Rabiu, a 20-year-old noma survivor, from Raba, Sokoto state, plays darts in the courtyard of the Sokoto Noma Hospital. ‘This is the first time I am coming to this hospital. At the beginning I refused, but my elder sister pushed me and brought me here’. He came with his brother Bello, who remembers: ‘He started getting herbal medication at home. His face had a boil, and a hot metal was used to break the boil. The sore was removed and it healed. Two others came out and the same thing was done.’ May 4, 2023.
Rabiu (right), a Noma survivor, plays darts in the courtyard of the Sokoto Noma hospital. Rabiu received reconstructive surgery from an MSF medical team. Sokoto, Nigeria, May 2023. 
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We want this excitement to spread beyond our F2F community — to light up the whole office with energy and pride!

7,500

7,5

New monthly donors in just one week

8,458

8,458

New donors acquired to date!

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Goal: €1,315,278 of annual income

How can your section get involved?

  • 💥 Shadow a canvasser in the field – get a glimpse of the action (and maybe even sign up a donor!)
  • 💥 Cheer on your fundraising team – your encouragement makes a difference.
  • 💥 Rally your office – every new donor brings us closer to our goal!
  • 🏆 The winning office will earn not only eternal glory — but also a celebration moment for the entire team!
  • 💥Record a testimonial while working alongside the F2F team and win your team an extra point towards the competition!

Who’s Competing?

  • MSF Argentina
  • MSF Australia
  • MSF Austria~
  • MSF Belgium
  • MSF Chile
  • MSF Colombia
  • MSF Finland
  • MSF France
  • MSF Germany
  • MSF Hong Kong
  • MSF Japan
  • MSF Netherlands
  • MSF New Zealand
  • MSF Norway
  • MSF Poland
  • MSF Portugal
  • MSF South Korea
  • MSF Spain
  • MSF Switzerland
  • MSF Taiwan
  • MSF UK
  • MSF Uruguay
  • MSF USA
Group photo ICCM team: (front) Christophe, Awa, Rigini, (Back) Chol, Kat, Charles, Martine

The MSF integrated community case management team in Abyei. From left to right: Front – Christopher, Awa, Regina. Back – Chol, Hamada, Kat, Charles, Marteen. South Sudan, August 2023.

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Mazim (on the right), 12, plays football against his two little brothers, with the ball they made with a sock filled with plastic bags. Mazim is the eldest of 6 siblings. He’s from El-Geneina, the capital of West Darfur. As hundreds of thousands of other children, he has fled Sudan to Chad with his family, following the outbreak of the war in April 2023. For over a year now, he’s living in Adré transit camp. 18-07-2024 | Adré transit camp | Eastern Chad
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GEORGE ONDIJO IS A LAB TECHNICIAN AT NDIWAH HOSPITAL IN HOMA BAY COUNTY. HE IS IN CHARGE OF SPUTUM COLLECTION FOR TUBERCULOSIS DIAGNOSIS. THE USE OF MASK IS MANDATORY TO AVOID CONTAGION.
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MSF Field Research

We produce important research based on our field experience. So far, we have published articles in over 100 peer-reviewed journals. These articles have often changed clinical practice and have been used for humanitarian advocacy. All of these articles can be found on our dedicated Field Research website.

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