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See what triggers an intervention and how supply and logistics allow our teams to respond quickly.

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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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Diplomatic Stand Off Mediterranean Sea
الهجرة عبر البحر الأبيض المتوسط

سياسات الهجرة الأوروبية تواصل إزهاق الأرواح في البحر المتوسط

بيان صحفي 12 Jun 2019
 
Diplomatic Stand Off Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean migration

European policies continue to claim lives on the Mediterranean Sea

Press Release 12 Jun 2019
 
Measles campaign in DRC
Democratic Republic of Congo

Massive mobilisation urgently needed to curb fast-spreading measles outbreak

Press Release 11 Jun 2019
 
MSF PRESENCE IN RED ZONES OF SAN SALVADOR ALLOWS HEALTH OFFICIALS TO RESTART ACTIVITIES
El Salvador

Behind the wheel – driving ambulances in El Salvador’s red zones

Voices from the Field 7 Jun 2019
 
Mother and Child Health in Balochistan
باكستان

الرعاية الصحية المقدمة للأمهات والأطفال في وضع سيء

تحديث حول مشروع 7 Jun 2019
 
Cholera response in Khamer, Amran hospital
اليمن

الكوليرا لا يزال يفاقم من معاناة اليمنيين

تحديث حول مشروع 7 Jun 2019
 
Mother and Child Health in Balochistan
Pakistan

Witnessing poor mother and child healthcare in Balochistan

Project Update 6 Jun 2019
 
After the floods in Iran, providing health care to the vulnerable populations in Lorestan
Iran

Providing health care to vulnerable people in Lorestan after floods in Iran

Project Update 6 Jun 2019
 
Surviving conflict in northeast Nigeria
Photo Story

Fighting to survive: Conflict in northeast Nigeria

5 Jun 2019
Photo Story
 
Cholera response in Khamer, Amran hospital
Yemen

Endemic in Yemen, cholera still hits Yemenis hard

Project Update 5 Jun 2019

All Case Studies

"We are not sure that words can always save lives, but we know that silence can certainly kill." Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech 1999.

MSF raises awareness and bears witness on the fate of the populations it helps and brings abuses and intolerable situations to public attention. These series of case studies explores the actions and decision - making processes that led the organisation to speak out during humanitarian emergencies.

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MSF Speaking Out

Famine and Forced Relocations in Ethiopia 1984-1986

Speaking Out Case Studies 1 Jan 2005
 
MSF Speaking Out

Salvadoran Refugee Camps In Honduras 1988

Speaking Out Case Studies 1 Apr 2013
 
MSF Speaking Out

Somalia 1991-1993: Civil War, Famine Alert and a UN “Military-Humanitarian” Intervention

Speaking Out Case Studies 1 Sep 2013
 
MSF Speaking Out

MSF and the War in the Former Yugoslavia 1991-2003

Speaking Out Case Studies 1 Dec 2015
 
Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1995 1996
MSF Speaking Out

MSF and Srebrenica 1993-2003

Speaking Out Case Studies 1 Jun 2015
 
MSF Speaking Out

Violence against Kosovar Albanians, NATO's intervention 1998-1999

Speaking Out Case Studies 16 Jun 2019
 
MSF Speaking Out

Genocide of Rwandan Tutsis 1994

Speaking Out Case Studies 1 Apr 2014
 
MSF Speaking Out

Rwandan Refugee Camps in Zaire and Tanzania 1994-1995

Speaking Out Case Studies 1 Apr 2014
 
MSF Speaking Out

The Violence of the New Rwandan Regime 1994-1995

Speaking Out Case Studies 31 Mar 2014
 
MSF Speaking Out

The Hunting and Killing of Rwandan Refugees in Zaire-Congo: 1996-1997

Speaking Out Case Studies 1 Apr 2014
 
MSF Speaking Out

War crimes and politics of terror in Chechnya 1994-2004

Speaking Out Case Studies 1 Sep 2014
 
MSF Speaking Out

MSF and North Korea 1995-1998

Speaking Out Case Studies 1 Oct 2014
 
Humaniatarian emergency in Rakhine state, Myanmar
MSF Speaking Out

MSF and the Rohingya 1992 - 2014

Speaking Out Case Studies 19 Nov 2020
 
MSF Speaking Out

MSF and Darfur 2003-2009

18 Jun 2024
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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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