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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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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.

 
Samos island, Greece
Greece

Will they kill us here in Europe?

Voices from the Field 13 Apr 2016
 
Idomeni
Greece

MSF treats hundreds after Greek-FYROM border violence

Project Update 10 Apr 2016
 
PCV Vaccination Campaign in Yida Camp
Access to medicines

MSF launches challenge to Pfizer’s patent on the pneumonia vaccine in India to increase access to more affordable versions

Crisis Update 11 Mar 2016
 
Jeanine and her daughters.
Democratic Republic of Congo

Suffering has been a part of my life. But I fight. I'm still standing!

Voices from the Field 10 Mar 2016
 
New shelters in Grande Synthe
France

New quarters for the Grande-Synthe camp

Project Update 7 Mar 2016
 
Carnot, CAR
Central African Republic

Despite the return to calm some displaced people in Carnot have yet to return home

Opinion 7 Mar 2016
 
South Sudan - Pibor violence and looting
South Sudan

Looming medical crisis in Pibor following devastating violence and looting of MSF medical compound

Press Release 4 Mar 2016
 
South Sudan - Pibor violence and looting
South Sudan

Fear, worry but also relief; a week of extraordinary violence and courage in Pibor

Project Update 4 Mar 2016
 
"RETURN TO ABUSER" - Family and Sexual Violence Papua New Guinea
Photo Story

Cycles of abuse and gender based violence revealed in Papua New Guinea

1 Mar 2016
Photo Story
 
"RETURN TO ABUSER" - Family and Sexual Violence Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea

Return to Abuser

Report 1 Mar 2016
 
Malnutrition and malaria in Manono health zone
Democratic Republic of Congo

Children who survived measles are now suffering from malnutrition and malaria

Project Update 24 Feb 2016
 
Assistance for refugees in Serbia
Mediterranean migration

EU Migration Crisis Update - February 2016

Project Update 24 Feb 2016
 
CAR - Slideshow: Multi-antigenes Vaccination campaign - 04
Vaccination

High vaccine prices hamper immunisation efforts in Africa, but are missing from agenda of key vaccination conference

Press Release 24 Feb 2016
 
MSF NFI kit distribution in Tawilla
Sudan

Major humanitarian needs as thousands flee fighting in Jebel Marra, North Darfur

Press Release 16 Feb 2016
 
Journal article

MSF's study in Niger shows no significant benefit from routine use of antibiotics in malnourished children

4 Feb 2016
Journal article
 
Situation in Borno state, November 2016
Nigeria

After two years of crisis, what does the future hold for the displaced in Borno?

Voices from the Field 3 Feb 2016
 
Grande-Synthe refugee camp Dunkirk - Jan 2016
France

Measles vaccination campaign launched in Calais and Grande-Synthe camps

Press Release 29 Jan 2016
 
Grande-Synthe refugee camp Dunkirk - Jan 2016
France

Frequently Asked Questions about MSF's work in Grande Synthe camp

Project Update 29 Jan 2016
 
MSF Activities in Central African Republic
Central African Republic

No hope of returning home anytime soon

Voices from the Field 27 Jan 2016
 
MSF treats malaria cases in Dan Issa, southern Niger
Photo Story

MSF treats malaria cases in Dan Issa, southern Niger

27 Jan 2016
Photo Story
 
Besieged Taiz - Yemen
Yemen

At least 10 children killed and three wounded while walking back home from school in Taiz

Voices from the Field 21 Jan 2016
 
Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF forced to close major humanitarian project in Mweso following abduction of staff

Press Release 20 Jan 2016
 
Haemorrhagic fevers

End of Ebola outbreak in West Africa: World must learn lesson for future outbreaks

Project Update 14 Jan 2016
 
Central African Republic

MSF launches vaccination campaign of unprecedented scale

Press Release 13 Jan 2016
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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