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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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This Guide explains the terms, concepts, and rules of humanitarian law in accessible and reader-friendly alphabetical entries.

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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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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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Our digital portal dedicated to sharing the latest medical evidence from our humanitarian activities around the globe.

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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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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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Site for displaced people and refugees in Garin Wazan. In Garin Wazan, there is currently a displaced community of more than 8,000 people from the islands of Lake Chad. “Boko Haram stole some of the cattle, and we lost the rest because we had to leave,” explains the community chief.
In Garin Wazan, there is currently a displaced community of more than 8,000 people from the islands of Lake Chad. “Boko Haram stole some of the cattle, and we lost the rest because we had to leave,” explains the community chief.
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The burden of violence in the Diffa region

In Garin Wazan, there is currently a displaced community of more than 8,000 people from the islands of Lake Chad. “Boko Haram stole some of the cattle, and we lost the rest because we had to leave,” explains the community chief.
© Juan Carlos Tomasi/MSF
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Photo Story10 May 2017

More than 240,000 displaced people and refugees are now living in the Diffa region, in southeastern Niger. Their lives have been interrupted by the conflict between Boko Haram and the armies in the area that has displaced more than 2.6 million people in the Lake Chad Basin.

Access to healthcare is also a need that is not always covered in Diffa. Outside the locations where Médecins Sans Frontières is working, the population has to pay for health services, a huge constraint since they have hardly any money.
More than 240,000 displaced people and refugees are now living in the Diffa region, in southeastern Niger. Their lives have been interrupted by the conflict between Boko Haram and the armies in the area that has displaced more than 2.6 million people in the Lake Chad Basin.
Juan Carlos Tomasi/MSF
Site for displaced people and refugees in Kintchandi. Thousands of families in search of refuge have settled around this village, near the main road that crosses the region. One-third of the displaced people in Diffa have been forced to flee two or more times because of violence in the last few years, exacerbating their vulnerability.
Site for displaced people and refugees in Kintchandi.Thousands of families in search of refuge have settled around this village, near the main road that crosses the region.
Juan Carlos Tomasi/MSF
Site for displaced people and refugees in Garin Wazan. In Garin Wazan, there is currently a displaced community of more than 8,000 people from the islands of Lake Chad. “Boko Haram stole some of the cattle, and we lost the rest because we had to leave,” explains the community chief.
In Garin Wazan, there is currently a displaced community of more than 8,000 people from the islands of Lake Chad. “Boko Haram stole some of the cattle, and we lost the rest because we had to leave,” explains the community chief.
Juan Carlos Tomasi/MSF
The sites in Garin Wazan and Kintchandi were created in June 2016, when tens of thousands of displaced people had to flee after the attack on the town of Bosso, very close to the border with Nigeria. Most of them were already displaced people and this was just the latest movement they were forced to make.
The sites in Garin Wazan and Kintchandi were created in June 2016, when tens of thousands of displaced people had to flee after the attack on the town of Bosso, very close to the border with Nigeria. Most of them were already displaced people and this was just the latest movement they were forced to make.
Juan Carlos Tomasi/MSF
A water collection point for families in Garin Wazan. Despite the humanitarian aid, living conditions remain difficult in the camp and not all basic needs are met. A lack of water, latrines and food, in sufficient quantity and quality, are the main problems.
A water collection point for families in Garin Wazan. Despite the humanitarian aid, living conditions remain difficult in the camp and not all basic needs are met. A lack of water, latrines and food, in sufficient quantity and quality, are the main problems.
Juan Carlos Tomasi/MSF
School in Garin Wazan. According to UN data, 30 schools are still closed in Diffa due to the conflict, and the few that remain open don’t have any basic equipment. Access to education has also been greatly limited in recent years in the region.
School in Garin Wazan. According to UN data, 30 schools are still closed in Diffa due to the conflict, and the few that remain open don’t have any basic equipment.
Juan Carlos Tomasi/MSF
The Diffa region has been facing this humanitarian crisis for over two years, and hundreds of thousands of people are totally dependent on humanitarian aid.
The Diffa region has been facing this humanitarian crisis for over two years, and hundreds of thousands of people are totally dependent on humanitarian aid.
Juan Carlos Tomasi/MSF
This road that crosses the Diffa region is asphalted until a little after Kintchandi, and then it becomes a dirt track. Many people have sought safety alongside it. In addition to the larger camps in Kintchandi and Garin Wanzan, there are many smaller ones along the road.
This road that crosses the Diffa region has asphalt until a little after Kintchandi, and then it becomes a dirt track. Many people have sought safety alongside it.
Juan Carlos Tomasi/MSF