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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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Our offices around the world
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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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Scenes from within South Hospital, El Fasher, North Darfur, where multiple people have been wounded in the fighting
Sudan

Hospital patients and staff facing difficult conditions amid Sudan conflict

Voices from the Field 21 Apr 2023
 
MSF-supported Al-Jamhouri Hospital | Antenatal Consultation
Yemen

Eight years of war create perfect storm for humanitarian crisis 

Voices from the Field 31 Mar 2023
 
Mobile clinic under tree in Huila province
Angola

Waiting 21 years for a doctor in Angola

Voices from the Field 22 Mar 2023
 
General - Tales of Women at Sea
International Women's Day

Tales of women at sea

Voices from the Field 7 Mar 2023
 
Kreinik: Access to healthcare for conflict affected communities
Sudan

Bringing healthcare back to conflict-stricken communities in Sudan

Voices from the Field 24 Feb 2023
 
Earthquake Northwestern Syria, 7 February 2023
Natural hazards

Hospitals overwhelmed after earthquakes: “The rooms were covered in blood”

Voices from the Field 17 Feb 2023
 
20230206 Earthquake, Idlib, Northwestern Syria
Natural hazards

People in northwest Syria need urgent support after earthquakes

Voices from the Field 13 Feb 2023
 
Boost Hospital - Female IDP | Lashkar Gah
Afghanistan

Female Afghan healthcare workers hold fears for future following NGO ban

Voices from the Field 19 Jan 2023
 
Emergency response in Kwamouth 05
Democratic Republic of Congo

A humanitarian desert: Lacklustre response amid horrific violence in DRC

Voices from the Field 1 Nov 2022
 
Gaza | Occupational Therapy
Palestine

Rebuilding lives through occupational therapy in Gaza

Voices from the Field 28 Oct 2022
 
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Safe abortion care

The evolution of safe abortion care in MSF

Voices from the Field 21 Oct 2022
 
Arop Magut’s foot
Snakebite

Why rapid treatment is essential after a snakebite

Medium. 16 Sep 2022
 
Yevhenia Koval, IDP from Kherson regoin
War in Ukraine

The enormous mental health needs for displaced people in Ukraine

Voices from the Field 13 Sep 2022
 
Camplife/shelters of Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
Rohingya refugee crisis

One million Rohingya remain in precarious conditions five years after horrific violence in Myanmar

Voices from the Field 25 Aug 2022
 
Mozambique: Inside MSF’s relief items kits distributions to newly displaced people in Cabo Delgado
Mozambique

Tens of thousands of people displaced by conflict in need of essential items in Cabo Delgado

Voices from the Field 11 Aug 2022
 
Non Food Item distribution
South Sudan

Thousands at severe risk due to malnutrition and deadly diseases in Twic County

Voices from the Field 29 Jun 2022
 
Bombing in Gaza
Palestine

Gaza: Some wounds never heal

Voices from the Field 20 May 2022
 
Lajas Blancas Immigration Reception Station
Central American migration

“The Darién Gap is as dangerous as ever”

Voices from the Field 6 May 2022
 
MSF Mobile Clinics in Kharkiv Metro
War in Ukraine

Witnessing despair and resilience among people sheltering in Kharkiv’s metro

Voices from the Field 15 Apr 2022
 
Ukraine - First train referral
War in Ukraine

“You have a medical train? I have patients for you.”

Voices from the Field 3 Apr 2022
 
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Central American migration

Pushed back, beaten and exposed: Stories from the US-Mexico border

Voices from the Field 29 Mar 2022
 
Mariupol, Ukraine AP 13 March
War in Ukraine

Bombs over Mariupol: Each day is like losing your whole life

Voices from the Field 24 Mar 2022
 
Irpin
War in Ukraine

War in Ukraine has displaced me twice and I’m on the road again

Voices from the Field 16 Mar 2022
 
Lviv Train Station, Ukraine
War in Ukraine

“There’s an urgent humanitarian race against time in Ukraine”

Voices from the Field 11 Mar 2022
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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