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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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Deir al Balah
Gaza-Israel war

Gaza: Israeli entry restrictions cause critical shortage of medical supplies

Project Update 3 Apr 2026
 
Aweil Project, South Sudan
Conflict in Sudan

Strike on Al‑Jabalain hospital results in 10 fatalities, including 7 medical staff

Statement 2 Apr 2026
 
Response in Tine after two months of attacks
Chad

Tine, two months after repeated attacks at the border

Press Release 2 Apr 2026
 
TAWILA, surviving sexual violence in Darfur
Conflict in Sudan

MSF report finds there are no safe places for women and girls in Darfur

Press Release 31 Mar 2026
 
Conflict in Sudan

Report: Surviving the sexual violence crisis in Darfur

Report 31 Mar 2026
 
Agok hospital
Gaza-Israel war

MSF reaffirms decision to challenge Israel’s ban on 37 NGOs from operating in Palestine

Statement 30 Mar 2026
 
Families shelter under trees in Nyatim
South Sudan

As people die in Nyatim, humanitarian access must be opened

Press Release 30 Mar 2026
 
Life under Daily Violence and repeated Demolitions in Masafer Yatta
Palestine

West Bank: Palestinian daily life consumed by new wave of violence as world looks elsewhere

Project Update 27 Mar 2026
 
Fuel Crisis in Somalia
Somalia

Somalis struggle to reach healthcare amid overwhelming fuel prices

Press Release 27 Mar 2026
 
Stories and activities in Azarieh shelter
War and conflict

MSF’s response to war in the Middle East

Project Update 26 Mar 2026
 
Stories and activities in Azarieh shelter
Lebanon

People in Lebanon are being cut off from care as Israeli attacks intensify

Press Release 24 Mar 2026
 
MSF X-ray technician
TACTiC – Test, Avoid, Cure Tuberculosis in Children

MSF demands sustained investment to end neglect of children with tuberculosis

Press Release 24 Mar 2026
 
Tony Tony Chopper in MSF gear walking near an MSF landcruiser
About MSF

ONE PIECE’s Tony Tony Chopper appointed as an official MSF supporter

Press Release 20 Mar 2026
 
IDPs emergency response in Chuil, Upper Nile and Jonglei State
South Sudan

Displaced people in central and northeastern South Sudan need urgent support

Project Update 19 Mar 2026
 
Medical intervention in Bialowezia forest
Poland

Polish legislators must drop harmful ‘age as a verdict’ measures for children and migrants

Press Release 17 Mar 2026
 
12March2026_Saida_MMU
Lebanon

Lebanon: Families face uncertainty under bombardment and new evacuation orders

Project Update 13 Mar 2026
 
"Maram", Patients in Nasser in urgent need of medical evacuation MP3-"Maram", Patients in Nasser in urgent need of medical evacuation
Gaza-Israel war

“The needs in Gaza remain enormous”

Voices from the Field 13 Mar 2026
 
MSF water and sanitation team lead, and MSF technical logistics manager, walk towards the well near the temporary safety centre in Aagarathenna
Access to Healthcare

MSF concludes emergency response to cyclone Ditwah

Project Update 12 Mar 2026
 
Access challenges in Cross River
Nigeria

MSF hands over Cross River project after three years of lifesaving care

Project Update 12 Mar 2026
 
MSF vehicle on the way to outreach
South Sudan

Looming government offensive forces people and MSF teams to evacuate South Sudan town

Press Release 9 Mar 2026
 
March 6 Barja MMU
Lebanon

MSF scales up response in Lebanon as displacement rises

Press Release 7 Mar 2026
 
Challenges in Maternal Care in Baidoa,
Somalia

Walking for her life: the triple healthcare delay for women in Somalia

Voices from the Field 6 Mar 2026
 
Am Timan Hospital
War and conflict

MSF adapts and scales up activities amid escalating Middle East conflict

Press Release 5 Mar 2026
 
Gaza North Feb 2025
Gaza-Israel war

Two years of attacks on hospitals in Gaza

Documentary 5 Mar 2026
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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