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Médecins Sans Frontières brings medical humanitarian assistance to victims of conflict, natural disasters, epidemics or healthcare exclusion.

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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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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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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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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 staff walking through the Bangladesh refugee camps.

Bangladesh

MSF staff walking through Cox's Bazar camps. Bangladesh, June 2023.
© Victor Caringal/MSF
Eight years on from fleeing targeted violence in Myanmar, Rohingya people are still living in dire conditions in the Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh.

Around 1 million Rohingya refugees are living in Cox’s Bazar, which has hosted refugees from Myanmar since 1978. As violence continues in Rakhine state, Myanmar, people continue to flee across the border to Bangladesh. They arrive to Cox’s Bazar’s over-cramped living spaces and lack of basic services, finding themselves reliant on humanitarian aid for survival.

We are on site in Cox’s Bazar, running three 24/7 hospitals and supporting in five other health facilities. Our teams provide free of charge services like family planning, neonatal intensive care, mental health support, and non-communicable disease management. In 2025, we began a “test and treat” campaign for hepatitis C in the camps, with the aim of treating 30,000 people by the end of 2026.

In 2025, we finished our work in Bangladesh’s capital city, Dhaka, where we were running a clinic for local communities in the Kamrangirchar neighbourhood. As a low-lying coastal country, Bangladesh is exposed to severe flooding and monsoons. Our teams are prepared to support national authorities during flooding emergencies.

Our activities in 2025 in Bangladesh

Data and information from the International Activity Report 2025.

1,956
1,956
Staff in 2025 (full-time equivalent)
31.5 M€
31.5M
Expenditure in 2025
1985
1985
Year MSF first worked in the country
MSF in Bangladesh in 2025 In Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, home to the world's largest refugee camp complex, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) runs several facilities providing care to Rohingya refugees and host communities.
Country map for the IAR 2025.
Country map for the IAR 2025.
© MSF

In 2025, MSF delivered emergency care, sexual and reproductive health services, mental health support, and treatment for non-communicable diseases and victims of gender-based violence through three hospitals, two healthcare centres, and a specialised clinic. Our teams also treated patients for acute watery diarrhoea, respiratory infections, dengue fever, and measles. The security situation continued to be volatile in and around the camps, due in part to the conflict over the border in Myanmar, which led to further arrivals of refugees. Despite growing needs, the humanitarian response was constrained by a decrease in international funding.

During the year, MSF launched a large-scale hepatitis C ‘test and treat’ campaign to address concerningly high levels of the disease in the camps. We established three specialised treatment centres within our existing facilities, filling a critical gap in care. We also tackled another major public health concern in Cox’s Bazar: water, sanitation, and hygiene conditions. We focused on improving water infrastructure, quality monitoring, outbreak prevention, and hygiene promotion. In 2025, the camps experienced the highest cholera surge since 2017, while scabies prevalence remained high.

MSF’s report, Illusion of choice, reveals that 58% of Rohingya refugees feel unsafe in camps, while 56% struggle to access essential healthcare. Only 37% were aware of ongoing global discussions about their future, leaving them with little agency or clarity regarding their long-term prospects. These figures underscore that, while 84% dread returning to Myanmar without their safety assured, staying in the camps offers them no dignity or control over their lives.

In response to climate-sensitive health threats, MSF launched a dengue response in Chattogram city, comprising vector control, epidemiological surveillance, and community awareness-raising activities. Meanwhile, in March, we handed over our project in Kamrangirchar, in Dhaka, to local authorities. For 15 years, we had run a range of services for factory workers and victims and survivors of sexual violence.
 

In 2025
815,800
815,8
Outpatient consultations
242,800
242,8
emergency room admissions
13,700
13,7
people started on hepatitis C treatment
4,440
4,44
Births assisted
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