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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 outreach activities in Boma, GPAA
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Daniel Kuju, health promotion supervisor, and Beatrice Johnson, community health educator, visit semi-nomadic communities in Labarab, Greater Pibor administrative area to conduct health awareness sessions. South Sudan, February 2024.
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8April2026_Beirut
Lebanon

Lebanon: Testimony from a night of mass casualties in Beirut

Voices from the Field 9 Apr 2026
 
Aweil Project, South Sudan
Conflict in Sudan

Strike on Al‑Jabalain hospital results in 10 fatalities, including seven medical staff

Voices from the Field 2 Apr 2026
 
"Maram", Patients in Nasser in urgent need of medical evacuation MP3-"Maram", Patients in Nasser in urgent need of medical evacuation
Gaza-Israel war

“The needs in Gaza remain enormous”

Voices from the Field 13 Mar 2026
 
Challenges in Maternal Care in Baidoa,
Somalia

Walking for her life: the triple healthcare delay for women in Somalia

Voices from the Field 6 Mar 2026
 
War on Psyche, West Bank, Palestine
Palestine

Palestinians are preparing themselves for loss in the West Bank

Voices from the Field 10 Dec 2025
 
MSF treats malnutrition at Al Damazin Hospital
Conflict in Sudan

How many more atrocities must people in Sudan endure?

Voices from the Field 18 Nov 2025
 
Life under Daily Violence and repeated Demolitions in Masafer Yatta
Palestine

Majority of homes in Masafer Yatta community have been reduced to rubble

Voices from the Field 10 Oct 2025
 
Malnutrition in Kebbi
Nigeria

Malnutrition crisis in Nigeria: “This is an emergency”

Voices from the Field 11 Sep 2025
 
Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza is overcrowded with patients
Gaza-Israel war

“Medicine is being strangled”: An MSF doctor on collapse of Gaza's healthcare system

Voices from the Field 14 Aug 2025
 
Premature newborns in north Gaza
Gaza-Israel war

Premature babies fight for their lives in north Gaza

Voices from the Field 23 Jul 2025
 
Medical examination
Sierra Leone

Treating mpox in Sierra Leone’s outbreak hotspot

Voices from the Field 8 Jul 2025
 
MSF responds to Syrian Refugees Medical Needs in Tripoli and Akkar north Lebanon
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Living as a humanitarian and refugee in Lebanon

Voices from the Field 20 Jun 2025
 
NFI distribution in Mandalay
Myanmar

Response to devastating earthquake in Myanmar driven by solidarity and dedication

Voices from the Field 9 May 2025
 
moble clinic set up inside a monastery
Myanmar

One month since devastating earthquake in Myanmar

Voices from the Field 2 May 2025
 
MSF staff setting up a CTC tent
South Sudan

The first 72 hours of a cholera outbreak

Voices from the Field 23 Apr 2025
 
Nuba Mountains Testimonies Illustrations
Conflict in Sudan

Stories of violence and forced displacement from South Kordofan, Sudan.

Voices from the Field 8 Apr 2025
 
Gaza North Feb 2025
Gaza-Israel war

“People in Gaza still need an immediate and massive scale-up of humanitarian supplies”

Voices from the Field 7 Mar 2025
 
Kyeshero Hospital in Goma
Democratic Republic of Congo

A chaotic situation and many war-wounded in Goma

Voices from the Field 31 Jan 2025
 
Bekaa Valley - Sept. 25, 2024
Lebanon

Seeking refuge from Israeli bombardment in Baalbek, Lebanon

Voices from the Field 4 Nov 2024
 
Chad: medical care in a conflict
Conflict in Sudan

Echoes from Darfur

Voices from the Field 28 Oct 2024
 
Access challenges in Cross River
Nigeria

Four challenges to reaching remote communities in Nigeria

Voices from the Field 18 Oct 2024
 
MSF psychologist and ICM Athens DCC
Mental health

A mental health crisis among refugees and migrants in Greece

Voices from the Field 10 Oct 2024
 
Airstrikes in South Beirut
Lebanon

“We are in a safe place, for now.”

Voices from the Field 29 Sep 2024
 
Mpox Cases Amidst Displacement Sites Near Goma
Democratic Republic of Congo

Mpox in eastern DRC is just another challenge amid torrent of problems

Voices from the Field 4 Sep 2024
MSF Logistique - Bordeaux
How we work

How we deliver medical humanitarian assistance

Everywhere we work, the circumstances are unique. Nonetheless, our programmes generally follow a common set of practices designed to make sure our resources and expertise are used to maximum effect.

 

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