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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.

 
Anti-migrant attack on health facilities outside Moria camp, Lesbos, Greece
Greece

MSF statement on violent 20 August protest in Moria

Statement 21 Aug 2020
 
MSF Clinic: inpatient department and surgical capacity, Gogrial, Warrap State. South Sudan
Nigeria

MSF condemns the killing of five aid workers in northeast Nigeria

Statement 23 Jul 2020
 
Giving birth in DeB
Afghanistan

MSF withdraws from Dasht-e-Barchi following attack on patients and staff

Press Release 15 Jun 2020
 
Giving birth in DeB
Afghanistan

“As midwives in Afghanistan, we are the silent leaders of our country.”

Voices from the Field 10 Jun 2020
 
Revolting attack on pregnant women and babies
Afghanistan

Fifteen mothers confirmed killed in Kabul maternity wing attack

Project Update 3 Jun 2020
 
Pibor-Thousands flee into the bush as conflict intensifies
Sudan

MSF urges respect for medical action after violent incursion in Central Darfur

Statement 15 May 2020
 
Revolting attack on pregnant women and babies
Afghanistan

“They came to kill the mothers” in Kabul maternity hospital attack

Voices from the Field 14 May 2020
 
Yemen: Attacks on medical mission in Taiz City
Yemen

Constant attacks on hospitals and staff jeopardise healthcare in Taiz

Press Release 20 Mar 2020
 
Syria: Situation in Idlib deteriorates dramatically
Syria

Advancing frontlines, mass exodus and reduced access to hospitals in Idlib

Project Update 31 Jan 2020
 
MSF hospital damaged in an attack in Mokha
Yemen

MSF hospital partially destroyed in Mocha attack

Project Update 7 Nov 2019
 
Yemen.Shiara hospital bleeding after attack.
Yemen

No true accountability three years after bombing of MSF-supported hospital

Press Release 30 Oct 2019
 
One-shot intervention in Menka, North-West Region of Cameroon
Cameroon

Five things to know about the violence in North-West and South-West Cameroon

Project Update 23 May 2019
 
MSF Aden trauma hospital
Yemen

Medical admissions in Aden suspended after patient kidnapped and killed

Press Release 4 Apr 2019
 
Butembo and its surroundings, the new epicentre of the outbreak
Democratic Republic of Congo

Medical activities suspended after Ebola treatment centre attack

Statement 28 Feb 2019
 
Attack on Cholera treatment centre in Abs
Yemen

Unacceptable investigation findings into Abs health centre bombing

Press Release 6 Feb 2019
 
North Yemen: living under daily coalition airstrikes
Yemen

Health structures threatened by fighting in Hodeidah

Press Release 21 Nov 2018
 
Yemen: Ad Dhale Closure
Yemen

Projects in Ad Dhale close due to insecurity and threats

Press Release 7 Nov 2018
 
MSF in Al Dhale and Taiz, Yemen. July 2015
Yemen

MSF suspends activities after attack in Ad Dhale

Statement 2 Oct 2018
 
MSF hospital in Doro refugee camp
South Sudan

MSF suspends the majority of medical activities in Maban area after a violent attack

Statement 24 Jul 2018
 
Destroyed Ambulances in East Ghouta, Syria
Syria

Extraordinary mass-casualty influxes in East Ghouta as hospitals run short of life-saving medicines

Press Release 21 Feb 2018
 
Christelle Story - Batangafo
Central African Republic

Attacks on medical facilities leave people without options

Project Update 30 Jan 2018
 
Syria

MSF-supported hospital in Idlib closed after damage from airstrikes

Statement 29 Jan 2018
 
Al Gamhouri hospital in Hajjah city, damaged by airstrike
Yemen

Intense fighting and blockade further reduce access to healthcare

Press Release 6 Dec 2017
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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