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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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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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Lita's general hospital
Democratic Republic of Congo

Violence and sense of impunity force stop to lifesaving care

Press Release 21 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
 
The journey of a wounded woman at MSF'SICA hospital in Bangui
Central African Republic

A visual journey through a year of renewed violence in an old conflict

Project Update 17 Dec 2021
 
Barsalogho IDP camp
Burkina Faso

Healthcare centre burnt down amid surge of violence in Foube

Project Update 23 Nov 2021
 
Angumu, DR Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo

Activities suspended in Ituri health district following attack on vehicle

Press Release 30 Oct 2021
 
Operating Theatre | Boost Hospital - Lashkar Gah
Afghanistan

As violence soars across Afghanistan access to healthcare is dangerously limited

Project Update 10 Aug 2021
 
Rounds in Mamfe Distric Hospital
Cameroon

Access to healthcare in Cameroon severely limited as violence and unrest rule

Project Update 29 Jul 2021
 
The journey of a wounded woman at MSF'SICA hospital in Bangui
Central African Republic

Repeated attacks on medical care leave people vulnerable to disease and death

Press Release 19 Jul 2021
 
Surviving violence
Haiti

Four questions on the tumultuous situation in Haiti

Interview 14 Jul 2021
 
Ethiopia: People in rural Tigray hit by impact of crisis and humanitarian neglect
Ethiopia

MSF calls for Tigray murders investigation and safety for humanitarian workers

Press Release 7 Jul 2021
 
Bukavu Team
In Memoriam

María, Yohannes and Tedros, remembered by their colleagues

Voices from the Field 7 Jul 2021
 
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About MSF

MSF mourns three colleagues brutally murdered in Ethiopia

Statement 25 Jun 2021
 
Health at risk in Haiti as crisis and violence worsen
Haiti

Haiti: Violence puts patients, medical activities, and staff at risk

Press Release 12 Jun 2021
 
Boost Hospital | Neo Natal Intensive Care Unit
Afghanistan

The Continued Struggle to Access Medical Care in Afghanistan

Report 8 Jun 2021
 
HIV Co-Infection Clinic - Yangon
Myanmar

All parties must ensure unimpeded access to healthcare in Myanmar

Press Release 28 May 2021
 
Revolting attack on pregnant women and babies
Afghanistan

Analysing the unthinkable – one year after the Dasht-e-Barchi attack

Interview 10 May 2021
 
TIGRAY | Selekleka Hospital
Ethiopia Tigray crisis

People left with few healthcare options in Tigray as facilities looted, destroyed

Press Release 15 Mar 2021
 
Al Hol Camp - Eastern Al Hasakah Governorate
Syria

MSF denounces unsafe environment in Al-Hol camp in wake of staff killing

Press Release 2 Mar 2021
 
Transfer of burns patients
Haiti

Staff forced to transfer burns hospital patients following Port-au-Prince violence

Project Update 25 Feb 2021
 
Ouaka - General View
Central African Republic

People, medical facilities hit during violence in southern CAR

Project Update 22 Feb 2021
 
South Sudan - MSF hospital in Agok
Cameroon

Ambulance fired on in South-West Cameroon

Statement 4 Feb 2021
 
MSF Clinic: inpatient department and surgical capacity, Gogrial, Warrap State. South Sudan
Mali

Patient dies after an MSF ambulance is violently detained in Mali

Press Release 7 Jan 2021
 
Giving birth in Dasht-e-Barchi
Afghanistan

Patients face persistent insecurity amid “peace process”

Project Update 16 Dec 2020
 
Emergency Malaria Outbreak South Kivu DRC
Democratic Republic of Congo

DRC: Violent attacks against staff force MSF to end projects in Fizi territory, South Kivu

Press Release 1 Dec 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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