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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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Access Campaign

We set up the MSF Access Campaign in 1999 to push 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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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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Libya: Crisis Within a Crisis
Photo Story

Conflict and COVID-19 adds up to a crisis within a crisis in Libya

2 Jun 2020
Photo Story
 
South-Sudan: thousands at risk of cholera and malnutrition in Pieri
South Sudan

Renewed violence in Pieri kills and wounds dozens, including MSF staff

Press Release 19 May 2020
 
Revolting attack on pregnant women and babies
Afghanistan

Revolting attack on maternity ward kills pregnant women and babies in Afghanistan

Press Release 13 May 2020
 
Responding to COVID-19 in Ukraine
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Responding to COVID-19 in conflict-affected eastern Ukraine

Project Update 8 May 2020
 
Consultation rooms in advanced health post
Burkina Faso

COVID-19 will worsen access to healthcare in Burkina Faso

Project Update 21 Apr 2020
 
Pibor-Thousands flee into the bush as conflict intensifies
South Sudan

As conflict intensifies near Pibor, thousands flee into the bush

Project Update 14 Apr 2020
 
Borno State – Gwoza
Nigeria

Other diseases will not relent in Borno state during COVID-19 pandemic

Project Update 3 Apr 2020
 
COVID-19 Prevention in Northwest Syria
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Northwest Syria: “COVID-19 adds another layer of complexity to an already catastrophic situation”

Voices from the Field 2 Apr 2020
 
Distribution in Deir Hassan
Syria

MSF provides relief items and adapts response for COVID-19 in Idlib

Project Update 27 Mar 2020
 
MSF activities in Titao - February 2020
Burkina Faso

Four questions on the unprecedented humanitarian emergency in Burkina Faso

Interview 20 Mar 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
 
Medical Evacuation to Bentiu PoC
South Sudan

Huge numbers of wounded and displaced as violence continues in Jonglei and Greater Pibor area

Press Release 17 Mar 2020
 
Pibor-Thousands flee into the bush as conflict intensifies
South Sudan

Thousands flee into the bush as conflict intensifies in east South Sudan

Statement 2 Mar 2020
 
Deir Hassan Camp
Syria

People in northwestern Syria forced to move as frontlines move

Voices from the Field 2 Mar 2020
 
Deir Hassan Camp
Syria

MSF to scale up response in Idlib, Syria as tensions reach a new peak

Statement 28 Feb 2020
 
Qadimoon camp (Northwest Syria)
Syria

Horrific day of indiscriminate attacks on civilians in Idlib, Syria

Press Release 26 Feb 2020
 
A curious family in Barsalogho IDP camp
Burkina Faso

Security and living conditions have deteriorated at ‘blistering speed’ for over 750,000 people

Project Update 24 Feb 2020
 
Humanitarian distribution
Syria

People in Idlib race to flee airstrikes as safe area shrinks

Project Update 19 Feb 2020
 
On the road to Metuge
Mozambique

Invisible conflict has very real consequences for people in northern Mozambique

Voices from the Field 13 Feb 2020
 
Syria: Situation in Idlib deteriorates dramatically
Syria

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

Project Update 31 Jan 2020
 
Gaza: the human cost of a “pinpoint” conflict
Palestine

Deaths and broken lives, the aftermath of airstrikes in Gaza

Project Update 17 Jan 2020
 
January 2020 displacement in northwest Syria
Syria

Afraid of the bombs: why people discuss the weather in northwestern Syria

Project Update 9 Jan 2020
 
Syria: Situation in Idlib deteriorates dramatically
Syria

“There are no safe places for people in Idlib”

Interview 27 Dec 2019
 
Mora - Far North Region of Cameroon
Cameroon

Conflict in Far North region strips people of hope

Project Update 3 Dec 2019
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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