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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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Discover all our latest news, stories and publications. Use the filter to get to the content you're looking for.

 
Mental health group session
South Sudan

Meeting mental health needs in the aftermath of violence

Project Update 24 Aug 2022
 
Hepatitis E vaccine
South Sudan

South Sudan implements world-first outbreak response vaccination campaign for hepatitis E

Press Release 21 Jul 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
 
Non Food Item distribution
South Sudan

Displaced people in Twic County need more assistance amid “terrible conditions”

Press Release 26 Apr 2022
 
Burnt home in Leer County, South Sudan
South Sudan

Dozens of people killed and injured as violence surges in Leer County

Press Release 19 Apr 2022
 
MSF responds to massive displacement in Twic County
South Sudan

Humanitarian aid urgently needed for thousands of displaced people from Agok

Project Update 9 Mar 2022
 
MSF Clinic: inpatient department and surgical capacity, Gogrial, Warrap State. South Sudan
South Sudan

Access to medical care undermined following robbery of MSF staff in Yei

Press Release 1 Mar 2022
 
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South Sudan

MSF mourns colleague murdered in Agok

Press Release 14 Feb 2022
 
Flooding in Unity State
South Sudan

Hundreds of thousands of people in dire conditions months after floods

Project Update 7 Jan 2022
 
Floodings in South Sudan - aerial images
South Sudan

Lacklustre humanitarian response leaves people dangerously exposed in Bentiu floods

Press Release 23 Nov 2021
 
Floodings in South Sudan - aerial images
South Sudan

Third year of severe floods leaves nearly 800,000 people struggling

Crisis Update 17 Nov 2021
 
Hepatitis E, AWD and WASH in Bentiu IDP camp, South Sudan
South Sudan

Hepatitis E on the rise among poor sanitary conditions in Bentiu camp

Press Release 25 Aug 2021
 
16:9 Chacha describing Mallodin village
South Sudan

South Sudan: The long walk for new life

Voices from the Field 2 Aug 2021
 
Malakal Camp, South Sudan
South Sudan

South Sudan at 10: an MSF record of the consequences of violence

Report 16 Jul 2021
 
Dec 2013 - 2015: Relentless violence in Unity State, South Sudan
South Sudan

South Sudan: 10 years of independence, violence, disease and dire needs

Project Update 16 Jul 2021
 
Riang, Jonglei state - Emergency Intervention
South Sudan

Falling international funding exposes communities in Jonglei to a lack of healthcare

Project Update 19 Jan 2021
 
Life inside South Sudan’s Largest Displacement Camp
South Sudan

Fear of violence, poor living conditions in South Sudan’s largest displacement camp

Project Update 3 Dec 2020
 
Measles outbreak in Pibor
South Sudan

Urgent vaccination campaign needed to stop spread of measles in Pibor

Press Release 3 Nov 2020
 
Lankien Hopsital, Jonglei State in northeastern South Sudan
About MSF

Do you leave or do you stay: COVID-19 in South Sudan

msf.org 1 Nov 2020
 
Floods in Pibor
South Sudan

Worsening flooding increases health risks

Project Update 22 Oct 2020
 
COVID-19 Intervention: National Public Health Laboratory, Juba
South Sudan

Young biotechnologists at the forefront of the COVID-19 response

Project Update 1 Oct 2020
 
Heavy floods threaten the lives of thousands of people in Greater Pibor
South Sudan

Heavy floods threaten the lives of thousands of people in Greater Pibor

Project Update 23 Sep 2020
 
Old Fangak Stories
About MSF

Challenging times in Old Fangak

msf.org 17 Sep 2020
 
In Pibor, since August 11, MSF has done over 1,500 out-patient consultations and provided 292 pregnant women with antenatal care.
South Sudan

A forgotten crisis continues

Project Update 20 Aug 2020
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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