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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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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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San Vicente migration centre
Central American migration

Emergency healthcare and protection needed as more people cross to Panama

Press Release 19 May 2022
 
Ukraine – supporting healthcare in Hostomel - Alexander Glyadyelov 06
قصة مصورة

تقديم الرعاية الصحية بمساعدة الطواقم الطبية المحلية في هوستوميل

18 May 2022
قصة مصورة
 
SAR activities June 2017
Mediterranean migration

MSF statement on being summoned to preliminary hearing in Trapani court

Statement 17 May 2022
 
Rotation 11 - Rescues 1 & 2
الهجرة عبر البحر الأبيض المتوسط

470 شخصًا يحتاجون إلى مكان آمن إثر تنفيذ سبع عمليات إنقاذ في وسط البحر الأبيض المتوسط

تحديث حول مشروع 16 May 2022
 
Rotation 11 - Rescues 1 & 2
Mediterranean migration

After seven rescues from the central Mediterranean, 470 people need a place of safety

Project Update 16 May 2022
 
Ukraine – supporting healthcare in Hostomel - Alexander Glyadyelov 06
Photo Story

Working with local medical staff to provide care in Hostomel

13 May 2022
Photo Story
 
Jalousie market, Port-au-Prince
هايتي

موجة العنف الجديدة في بورت أو برانس تضاعف عدد المصابين ثلاث مرات خلال الأسابيع الأخيرة

بيان صحفي 12 May 2022
 
Jalousie market, Port-au-Prince
Haiti

New violence triples number of wounded patients in Port-au-Prince

Press Release 12 May 2022
 
Juliette - Ambodrian i’Sahafary
مدغشقر

المجتمعات التي دمرتها الأعاصير في مدغشقر تكافح من أجل البقاء على قيد الحياة

تحديث حول مشروع 11 May 2022
 
External view of Kybartai State Border Guards (SBG) Foreigner Registration Centre
ليتوانيا

الأشخاص المحتجزون في ليتوانيا يواجهون سوء المعاملة والعنف والمشاكل النفسية

بيان صحفي 9 May 2022
 
Mural in Bois-Verna and street vendors
هايتي

ثلاثة أسئلة حول الاشتباكات العنيفة الأخيرة في بورت أو برانس

مقابلة 9 May 2022
 
Lajas Blancas Immigration Reception Station
الهجرة من أمريكا الوسطى

"الوضع في دارين غاب لا يقل خطورة عما مضى"

أصوات من الميدان 9 May 2022
 
Ethekwini Flooding: Flood damage
جنوب إفريقيا

آلاف الأشخاص يواجهون صعوبة في الحصول على المياه عقب الفيضانات المفاجئة المدمرة في كوازولو ناتال

تحديث حول مشروع 6 May 2022
 
External view of Kybartai State Border Guards (SBG) Foreigner Registration Centre
Lithuania

People detained in Lithuania are experiencing abuse, violence and mental health distress

Press Release 6 May 2022
 
Lajas Blancas Immigration Reception Station
Central American migration

“The Darién Gap is as dangerous as ever”

Voices from the Field 6 May 2022
 
Juliette - Ambodrian i’Sahafary
Madagascar

Communities devastated by cyclones in Madagascar

Project Update 5 May 2022
 
Dilaram, 33, a former TB-PRACTECAL clinical trial patient in Nukus
السُل

منظمة الصحة العالمية توافق على النظام العلاجي لأطباء بلا حدود للسل المقاوم للأدوية المتعددة وأطباء بلا حدود تدعو إلى تخفيض أسعار الأدوية

بيان صحفي 5 May 2022
 
DR-TB Project Hargeisa Somaliland
قصة مصورة

رحلة الشفاء من السل المقاوم للأدوية في أرض الصومال

5 May 2022
قصة مصورة
 
Dilaram, 33, a former TB-PRACTECAL clinical trial patient in Nukus
Tuberculosis

WHO approves MSF MDR-TB trial regimen, but prices must come down

Press Release 4 May 2022
 
Malnutrition emergency: mobile clinic in Ranobe
الطوارئ المناخيّة

الميثاق البيئي لأطباء بلا حدود لعام 2020

تقارير 4 May 2022
 
Occupied Palestinian Territories: the mental aftermath of an endless conflict
قصة مصورة

قصة مصورة: فلسطينيون يعيشون تحت الاحتلال

29 Apr 2022
قصة مصورة
 
Cholera vaccination campaign in Enyenge, Southwest Cameroon
الهجوم على مرافق الرعاية الطبية

بعد مرور أربعة أشهر، لم ينتهِ كابوس زملائنا المحتجزين في جنوب غرب الكاميرون بعد

تحديث حول مشروع 29 Apr 2022
 
DR-TB Project Hargeisa Somaliland
Photo Story

Healing from drug-resistant tuberculosis in Somaliland

29 Apr 2022
Photo Story
 
Mural in Bois-Verna and street vendors
Haiti

Three questions about the recent violent clashes in Port-au-Prince

Interview 29 Apr 2022
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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