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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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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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Discover all our latest news, stories and publications. Use the filter to get to the content you're looking for.

 

EGIPTO

18 May 2018
 
MSF HIV Testing Clinic's in Conakry

GUINEA

18 May 2018
 
Yellow Fever Vaccination Campaign in Kinshasa

REPÚBLICA DEMOCRÁTICA DEL CONGO

18 May 2018
 
Chad : Internally displaced people - October 2016

Chad

18 May 2018
 

ETIOPÍA

18 May 2018
 

COLOMBIA

18 May 2018
 
Cambodia Phnom Penh Hepatitis C

CAMBOYA

18 May 2018
 
Katiola program: Saving mothers and children’s life in Cote d’Ivoire

COSTA DE MARFIL

18 May 2018
 
MSF's trauma centre in Bujumbura,Burundi

Burundi

18 May 2018
 
Aiding Survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Memoria Internacional 2017

BANGLADESH

18 May 2018
 
CAR - Slideshow: Multi-antigenes Vaccination campaign - 09

REPÚBLICA CENTROAFRICANA

18 May 2018
 
MSF Chagas project in Aiquile, Bolivia

BOLIVIA

18 May 2018
 
MSF treats DR-TB cases

Armenia

18 May 2018
 

ANGOLA

18 May 2018
 
Boost Hospital, Lashkar Gah, Helmand, Afghanistan
International Activity Report 2016

Afganistán

18 May 2018
 
Lake Tchad Crisis: Responding to the humanitarian consequences of violence (Extreme North Cameroon)

CAMERÚN

18 May 2018
 
TB facility in Minsk

BIELORRUSIA

18 May 2018
 
Malaria and malnutrition in South Sudan, Bentiu PoC, Sept 2015 Brendan Bannon.
Memoria Internacional 2017

ARGELIA

18 May 2018
 
Ebola Treatment Centre (ETC) in Bikoro
DRC Ebola outbreaks

Ninth Ebola outbreak in 40 years hits urban area

Project Update 17 May 2018

Resource centre

At MSF, we publish evaluations, critical reviews and guidelines detailing our activities and research.

While you will find some of these in-depth resources on our website, most can be found on separate websites, specially designed for the specific resource.

Scroll through the tabs above to discover them all, from medical resources, to those focusing on analysis, reflection and evaluation.

MSF International Activity and Financial Reports

Each year, MSF publishes an International Activity Report and an International Financial Report, with details on our activities in each country. The reports provide global financial and operational information, and reflects on the major challenges we faced over the previous year.

Chad: medical care in a conflict
Annual Report

International Financial Report 2024

26 May 2025
Annual Report
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American soldiers raid peoples homes in Tikrit, Iraq, in search of weapons, 5 June 2003.
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The Practical Guide to Humanitarian Law

guide-humanitarian-law.org

Definitions are often the first step toward granting or denying a person's rights. The aim of The Practical Guide to Humanitarian Law is to provide precise meaning and content for terms such as "terrorism", "refugee", "genocide", and "intervention". These are terms that the media have introduced into everyday conversation, yet whose legal and political meanings are often obscure.

This Guide explains the terms, concepts and rules of humanitarian law in accessible and reader-friendly alphabetical entries. Written from the perspective of victims and those who bring them assistance, the Guide outlines the dangers, spells out the law, and points the way toward dealing with violators and violations of the law.

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Where we work

In more than 75 countries, Médecins Sans Frontières provides medical humanitarian assistance to save lives and ease the suffering of people in crisis situations. Find out more about our actions in every country below.

 
Mexico

DOTS programme for TB starts in Nukus

Press Release 9 Feb 2000
 
Sudan

Clashes displace thousands of people in Darfur

Press Release 7 Feb 2011
 
Access to Healthcare

How MSF decides to open a new project

Project Update 17 Feb 2011
 
Democratic Republic of Congo

Reaching out to populations trapped by conflict in Congo

Voices from the Field 16 Feb 2011
 
Sudan

MSF has not been expelled from Darfur

Statement 16 Feb 2011

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The place names and boundaries used in this report do not reflect any position by MSF on their legal status.

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Central African Republic

Days of violence and mass casualties in Bangui

Project Update 17 May 2018
 
Bambari May 2017
Central African Republic

Fire and bloodshed in Bambari, a town symbolising peace

Project Update 17 May 2018
 

Myanmar

17 May 2018
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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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