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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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Malnutrition emergency: mobile clinic in Ranobe
Burkina Faso

MSF marks one year since the killing of two colleagues in Tougan

Project Update 9 Feb 2024
 
Rafah Indonesian Hospital
Gaza-Israel war

Evacuation orders and bombing around Gaza hospitals leaves people with few healthcare options

Press Release 12 Jan 2024
 
3 March 2023 - Elevated number of bullet wounded patients in Turgeau Emergency Center
Haiti

Attack on ambulance forces suspension of activities in Port-au-Prince emergency centre

Press Release 15 Dec 2023
 
Gaza - Stop Now! - Protest Poster - 7
Gaza-Israel war

Gaza: “It must all stop now.” Letter to UN Security Council

Open Letter 4 Dec 2023
 
MSF convoy attacked in Gaza
Gaza-Israel war

MSF convoy attacked in Gaza: all elements point to Israeli army responsibility

Press Release 1 Dec 2023
 
MSF ambulance damaged after attack in Selydove
Ukraine

Repeated attacks on hospitals in Ukraine take a tragic toll on lives and infrastructure

Press Release 24 Nov 2023
 
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Gaza-Israel war

MSF doctors killed in strike on Al-Awda hospital in northern Gaza

Press Release 21 Nov 2023
 
Damage in Gaza
Palestine

Gaza: MSF condemns deadly attack on convoy transporting staff and family members

Press Release 18 Nov 2023
 
Malnutrition emergency: mobile clinic in Ranobe
Haiti

Cité Soleil clashes severely affect people’s access to medical care

Press Release 17 Nov 2023
 
MSF Staff At al Shifa Hospital
Gaza-Israel war

Patients and medical staff in Gaza trapped in hospitals under fire - attacks must stop now

Press Release 11 Nov 2023
 
MSF reaction after bombing on Jenin refugee camp
Gaza-Israel war

Israeli forces must stop attacks on medical care in Jenin

Statement 9 Nov 2023
 
Conflict in Gaza
Palestine

Hospitals are overwhelmed in ‘catastrophic situation’ in Gaza

Voices from the Field 10 Oct 2023
 
Shelled out hospital building in Kherson
War in Ukraine

Hospital in Kherson shelled twice in 72 hours

Press Release 4 Aug 2023
 
Conflict in Sudan
Conflict in Sudan

MSF facilities looted, medical activities impeded by violence in Sudan

Press Release 23 May 2023
 
Emergency Surgical Team at Bashair Hospital Khartoum, Sudan
Conflict in Sudan

Five things to know about the violence in El Geneina, Sudan

Project Update 18 May 2023
 
Aerial view landing in capital El Geneina.
Sudan

MSF-supported hospital looted in West Darfur amidst conflict

Statement 28 Apr 2023
 
MSF Response to bullet wounded patients - Tabarre
Haiti

MSF activities in Haiti under threat after series of security incidents

Press Release 25 Feb 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
 
South Sudan - MSF hospital in Agok
Burkina Faso

MSF condemns the brutal and deliberate killing of two staff in Burkina Faso

Press Release 9 Feb 2023
 
MSF Response to bullet wounded patients - Tabarre
Haiti

MSF forced to suspend activities in Haiti hospital after armed men kill patient

Press Release 27 Jan 2023
 
Mamfe District Hospital
Cameroon

MSF condemns attack on Mamfe hospital in Southwest region

Press Release 9 Jun 2022
 
Conflict in West Darfur
Sudan

Violent attacks leave tens of thousands without access to healthcare in West Darfur

Project Update 29 Apr 2022
 
Cholera vaccination campaign in Enyenge, Southwest Cameroon
Attacks on medical care

Four months on, an ongoing nightmare for MSF colleagues detained in South-West Cameroon

Project Update 28 Apr 2022
 
Eastern Ukraine Mobile Clinics - Vodiane Village
War in Ukraine

Area around hospitals, houses, bombed in Mykolaiv

Press Release 5 Apr 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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