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How we work

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How we're run

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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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Idlib- Beyond Trauma Injuries - Illustration 01
سوريا

خلف الإصابات البالغة: إحدى الاحتياجات الصحية المهملة في سوريا

أصوات من الميدان 17 Sep 2019
 
Idlib- Beyond Trauma Injuries - Illustration 01
Syria

Beyond trauma injuries: One of Syria’s neglected health needs

Voices from the Field 17 Sep 2019
 
Life inside the Protection of Civilians sites in South Sudan
South Sudan

The beauty of movement: Helping young minds in South Sudan

msf.org 9 Sep 2019
 
Medical activities in Hodeidah, Al Salakhana hospital
اليمن

سكان يعيشون على خط النار، وهجمات عشوائية على المدنيين.

أصوات من الميدان 28 Aug 2019
 
Ocean Viking First Rescue - August 9
Mediterranean migration

We are humbled by their courage: Treating psychological trauma at sea

msf.org 27 Aug 2019
 
Medical activities in Hodeidah, Al Salakhana hospital
Yemen

A population on the frontline, indiscriminate attacks on civilians, and still no sign of change

Voices from the Field 27 Aug 2019
 
MSF medical activities on board
Mediterranean migration

“He just kept running, despite the wound and the bleeding”

Voices from the Field 22 Aug 2019
 
Ah Nauk Ye camp, Central Rakhine
Rohingya refugee crisis

Being Rohingya in Myanmar: “We hold our frustration inside because we cannot speak out”

Voices from the Field 20 Aug 2019
 
Kutupalong megacamp
Rohingya refugee crisis

Being Rohingya in Bangladesh: “The population has been completely suspended in time”

Voices from the Field 20 Aug 2019
 
Kutupalong megacamp
Rohingya refugee crisis

“The collective fate of the Rohingya is in our hands”

Voices from the Field 20 Aug 2019
 
"It's difficult to plan a future for our children"
Rohingya refugee crisis

People are suspended in time: Two years on from the Rohingya refugee crisis

msf.org 19 Aug 2019
 
Ocean Viking First Rescue - August 9
Mediterranean migration

On board the Ocean Viking: “We feel humbled by their courage”

Voices from the Field 19 Aug 2019
 
Fori therapeutic feeding centre, Maiduguri
Nigeria

Children in displacement camps need immediate protection

Voices from the Field 13 Aug 2019
 
MSF supports the Ebola Transit Center in Bunia
تفشي الإيبولا في الكونغو الديمقراطيّة

تفشي وباء الإيبولا العاشر ما يزال يعصف في جمهورية الكونغو الديمقراطية منذ عام

أصوات من الميدان 9 Aug 2019
 
MSF supports the Ebola Transit Center in Bunia
DRC Ebola outbreaks

Tenth Ebola outbreak in DRC still rages, one year on

Voices from the Field 1 Aug 2019
 
Trapped in Moria
الهجرة عبر البحر الأبيض المتوسط

حال الناجين من تحطم السفينة قبالة الخمس مروع

أصوات من الميدان 27 Jul 2019
 
Trapped in Moria
Mediterranean migration

Libya shipwreck: “There are no words to describe their suffering”

Voices from the Field 26 Jul 2019
 
Airstrike Detention Center - Tajoura
ليبيا

"مقبرة تاجوراء بعد الغارة الجوية كانت مشهداً ملطّخاً بالدماء"

أصوات من الميدان 26 Jul 2019
 
Airstrike Detention Center - Tajoura
Libya

“A night in which our worst fears would come to pass”

Voices from the Field 23 Jul 2019
 
WOMEN FROM GUERRERO
المكسيك

نساء غيريرو لا تهزهنّ الريح

أصوات من الميدان 2 Jul 2019
 
WOMEN FROM GUERRERO
Mexico

Life amidst the violence: the strong women of Guerrero

Voices from the Field 27 Jun 2019
 
Dreams and hopes clash with daily realities in a refugee camp
اللاجئون والنازحون

قصص اللاجئين حول العالم بين الصمود والبقاء على قيد الحياة

أصوات من الميدان 20 Jun 2019
 
Dreams and hopes clash with daily realities in a refugee camp
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Refugees around the world: Stories of survival

Voices from the Field 19 Jun 2019
 
MSF PRESENCE IN RED ZONES OF SAN SALVADOR ALLOWS HEALTH OFFICIALS TO RESTART ACTIVITIES
El Salvador

Behind the wheel – driving ambulances in El Salvador’s red zones

Voices from the Field 7 Jun 2019
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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