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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.

 
Health clinic for children in the PK 5 neighborhood of Bangui
Photo Story

Gallery: A Saturday morning with fever and worry

19 Nov 2014
Photo Story
 
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Madaoua
Malaria

MSF provides preventive treatment to 735,000 children in Niger, Mali and Chad

Project Update 14 Nov 2014
 
South Sudan: the faces of the crisis
Photo Story

Faces of the Crisis

7 Nov 2014
Photo Story
 
Lack of antimalaria treatment in South Sudan
Malaria

the quandary of malaria patients in rural South Sudan

Voices from the Field 6 Nov 2014
 
Sidama mother and child project, Ethiopia
Photo Story

Gallery: Mother and child healthcare project in Sidama

27 Oct 2014
Photo Story
 
Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone: Paediatric & maternal services paused

Press Release 15 Oct 2014
 
Degehbur Hospital
Ethiopia

Mother grateful for MSF intervention

Voices from the Field 3 Oct 2014
 
Corine, whose two daughters are being treated for malaria
Central African Republic

“It is painful to see my children suffer like this”

Project Update 25 Sep 2014
 
preventive strategy against malaria (Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention)
Chad

Reducing child mortality with SMC meds in Chad

Press Release 10 Sep 2014
 
Niger. "Mamans lumières" programme
Niger

The mothers of light

Project Update 30 Jul 2014
 
Dr Raid Umran, Al Zahaara hospital, Irak
Iraq

“We have managed to reduce the mortality rates, even though admissions have risen”

Voices from the Field 22 Jul 2014
 
Saving Gatluok, malnutrition in Leer, South Sudan
South Sudan

Child malnutrition rates skyrocket in South Sudan

Press Release 14 Jul 2014
 
Cambodia Active Case Finding Pilot Program
Cambodia

Cambodia wasn’t initially on Helen Tindall’s radar ...

Voices from the Field 4 Jul 2014
 
Journal article

Spatial epidemiology and climatic predictors of paediatric dengue infections captured via sentinel site surveillance, Phnom Penh Cambodia 2011-2012

28 Jun 2014
Journal article
 
Madaoua district hospital
Niger

‘By humanising comprehensive care, we improve nutritional programmes’

Voices from the Field 23 Jun 2014
 
MDR-TB Project Yerevan
Armenia

MSF: 25 years in Armenia

Project Update 5 Jun 2014
 
Journal article

Paediatric Pharmacovigilance: Use of Pharmacovigilance Data Mining Algorithms for Signal Detection in a Safety Dataset of a Paediatric Clinical Study Conducted in Seven African Countries

1 May 2014
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Journal article

Association of Blood Lead Level with Neurological Features in 972 Children Affected by an Acute Severe Lead Poisoning Outbreak in Zamfara State, Northern Nigeria

16 Apr 2014
Journal article
 
Malnutrition in Bihar, India
India

A step closer to effective treatment of severe acute malnutrition in Bihar

Press Release 3 Mar 2014
 
Pakistan Behind The Headlines
Pakistan

Crossing mountains to reach a hospital

Project Update 11 Feb 2014
 
inflatable hospital in Tacloban
Philippines

Specialised mental health treatment to target survivors of Haiyan

Voices from the Field 7 Feb 2014
 
Mali

New MSF bacteriology laboratory will save lives of children

Voices from the Field 28 Jan 2014
 
Philippines

Voices from MSF's mobile boat clinic

Project Update 27 Jan 2014
 
Bouza, Niger
Niger

“We are already getting ready for the next peak”

Voices from the Field 22 Jan 2014
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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