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How we work

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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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Herat Earthquake
Afghanistan

Three things to know about the situation in Herat following the earthquake

Interview 10 Oct 2023
 
Hepatitis E cases in Al-Tanideba, Sudan
النزاع في السودان

مستشفى النّو الذي تدعمه منظمة أطباء بلا حدود في أم درمان يتعرض للقصف

تصريح 10 Oct 2023
 
Hepatitis E cases in Al-Tanideba, Sudan
Conflict in Sudan

MSF-supported Al Nao hospital in Omdurman hit by shelling

Statement 10 Oct 2023
 
Medical Care in Diffa – Malnutrition and other diseases
Memoria Internacional 2022

Presentación

9 Oct 2023
 
A place to stay - Passerelle project
Memoria Internacional 2022

Reajuste del enfoque: nuestra responsabilidad con las personas que fotografiamos

9 Oct 2023
 
Doctors on Rails - MSF Medicalised train in Ukraine
Memoria Internacional 2022

Ucrania: un año de destrucción

9 Oct 2023
 
Cholera vaccination campaign in Lebanon
Memoria Internacional 2022

Un ciclo letal: desnutrición y brotes de enfermedades en todo el mundo

9 Oct 2023
 
Hepatitis E cases in Al-Tanideba, Sudan
اللاجئون والنازحون

بيان منظمة أطباء بلا حدود ردًا على "لائحة تنظيم الأزمات" للاتحاد الأوروبي

تصريح 9 Oct 2023
 
MSF staff prepare a medical supplies donation in Gaza on October 8, 2023
Palestine

MSF performs surgeries, donates supplies in Gaza amid overcrowded facilities

Press Release 8 Oct 2023
 
MSF staff prepare a medical supplies donation in Gaza on October 8, 2023
فلسطين

أطباء بلا حدود تجري عمليات جراحية وتتبرع بالإمدادات الطبية في غزة وسط مرافق طبية مكتظة بالجرحى

بيان صحفي 8 Oct 2023
 
Hepatitis E cases in Al-Tanideba, Sudan
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

MSF statement in response to the EU “Crisis Regulation”

Statement 6 Oct 2023
 
Psychological first aid for people fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh
Armenia

MSF offers mental health support to people displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh

Project Update 6 Oct 2023
 
People in line at a water point in Transit Centre in Renk
جنوب السودان

مساعدات غير كافية على الإطلاق للعائدين الذين يعيشون في ظروف يرثى لها

بيان صحفي 5 Oct 2023
 
Elena* from Donetsk| displaced to Belgorod
Russia

Белгород: «Врачи без границ» оказывают поддержку вынужденным переселенцам, бежавшим от боевых действий

Project Update 4 Oct 2023
 
Morocco Earthquake | Talat Nyakoub - MSF Assessment
المغرب

احتياجات الصحة النفسية أولوية في أعقاب الزلزال

تحديث حول مشروع 4 Oct 2023
 
Elena* from Donetsk| displaced to Belgorod
Russia

Belgorod: Supporting people displaced by violence

Project Update 4 Oct 2023
 
People in line at a water point in Transit Centre in Renk
South Sudan

Aid woefully inadequate for returnees stuck in deplorable conditions in Renk

Press Release 3 Oct 2023
 
Morocco Earthquake | Talat Nyakoub - MSF Assessment
Morocco

Mental health needs a priority after Moroccan earthquake

Project Update 2 Oct 2023
 
Aftermath of deadly floods in Libya
ليبيا

أطباء واختصاصيون نفسيون في أطباء بلا حدود يقدمون الدعم للمدينة المنكوبة

مقابلة 28 Sep 2023
 
MSF supporting the measles vaccination campaign by the Ministry of Health in the Um Sangour camp, White Nile state, Sudan
النزاع في السودان

احتياجات هائلة للنازحين في ولاية النيل الأبيض جراء النزاع

أصوات من الميدان 28 Sep 2023
 
MSF supporting the measles vaccination campaign by the Ministry of Health in the Um Sangour camp, White Nile state, Sudan
Conflict in Sudan

Overwhelming needs in White Nile as conflict pushes people to limit

Voices from the Field 28 Sep 2023
 
Am Timan Hospital
أرمينيا

ناغورنو كاراباخ: أطباء بلا حدود تستعد للاستجابة لاحتياجات الفارين إلى أرمينيا

بيان صحفي 27 Sep 2023
 
Am Timan Hospital
Armenia

Nagorno Karabakh: MSF prepares to respond to people fleeing to Armenia

Press Release 27 Sep 2023
 
Aftermath of deadly floods in Libya
Libya

Mental health support needed after Storm Daniel destroys Derna

Interview 27 Sep 2023
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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