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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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Families shelter under trees in Nyatim
South Sudan

As people die in Nyatim, humanitarian access must be opened

Press Release 30 Mar 2026
 
IDPs emergency response in Chuil, Upper Nile and Jonglei State
South Sudan

Displaced people in central and northeastern South Sudan need urgent support

Project Update 19 Mar 2026
 
MSF vehicle on the way to outreach
South Sudan

Looming government offensive forces people and MSF teams to evacuate South Sudan town

Press Release 9 Mar 2026
 
Kajo Keji Project, South Sudan
South Sudan

MSF concerned for unaccounted staff in Lankien and Pieri, South Sudan

Press Release 2 Mar 2026
 
Aweil Project, South Sudan
South Sudan

South Sudan: Government forces bombarded MSF hospital in Lankien, Jonglei state

Press Release 4 Feb 2026
 
Noon Makor Arop: Health Promotion and Community Engagement Supervisor
Snakebite

From a snakebite survivor to an active health promoter in South Sudan

doctorswithoutborders.ca 30 Jan 2026
 
An MSF medicine dispenser is packing medicines
South Sudan

South Sudan government blocks opposition-held areas from humanitarian access

Press Release 30 Jan 2026
 
Thousands Flee Sudan's Violence to Renk County
United States of America

One year later: How US policies are reshaping global health and humanitarian aid

Press Release 21 Jan 2026
 
Aweil Project, South Sudan
South Sudan

Movement restrictions prevent people from accessing lifesaving medical care in Jonglei state

Press Release 16 Jan 2026
 
Aweil Project, South Sudan
South Sudan

MSF evacuates staff from Lankien healthcare facility following airstrikes

Statement 31 Dec 2025
 
Mother and daughter at IDP camp
South Sudan

Gaps in healthcare threaten lives as violence escalates in South Sudan

Press Release 9 Dec 2025
 
Emergency project in Renk supporting Sudanese refugees
South Sudan

Left behind in crisis: Escalating violence and healthcare collapse in South Sudan

Report 9 Dec 2025
 
Kajo Keji Project, South Sudan
South Sudan

MSF healthcare facility hit during an airstrike in South Sudan

Press Release 4 Dec 2025
 
Cholera Outbreak Response in Abyei
South Sudan

South Sudan's cholera crisis is a symptom of deeper failures

Op-Ed 28 Oct 2025
 
South Sudan's Hidden Crisis: No services, Deep Stigma Around Mental Health
South Sudan

Comprehensive treatment for serious mental health conditions is possible in South Sudan

Project Update 20 Oct 2025
 
MSF responds to the growing needs of South Sudanese refugees in ituri
Democratic Republic of Congo

Fleeing conflict, facing crisis: South Sudanese refugees gather in Ituri, DRC

Project Update 6 Aug 2025
 
MSF cars
South Sudan

MSF suspends activities in two South Sudan counties after second abduction

Press Release 5 Aug 2025
 
Kajo Keji Project, South Sudan
South Sudan

MSF condemns abduction of Health Ministry staff in southern South Sudan

Press Release 27 Jul 2025
 
MSF outreach team traveling by boat to a remote village
South Sudan

Escalating insecurity forces MSF to close Ulang hospital in South Sudan

Project Update 17 Jun 2025
 
MSF Fangak hospital in South Sudan burning after being bombarded
South Sudan

South Sudan: MSF strongly condemns the deliberate bombing of our hospital in Old Fangak, Jonglei state

Press Release 4 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
 
South Sudan - MSF hospital in Agok
South Sudan

MSF hospital forcibly closed in Ulang, Upper Nile state, following armed looting

Press Release 14 Apr 2025
 
Violence, Cholera, and Displacement: A Region Trapped in Crisis
Cholera

People affected by violence and cholera in South Sudan arrive exhausted in Ethiopia

Press Release 31 Mar 2025
 
Old Fangak Hospital inpatient ward
South Sudan

Three vaccinations that are critical to women’s health

Project Update 7 Mar 2025
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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