In more than 70 countries, Médecins Sans Frontières provides medical humanitarian assistance to save lives and ease the suffering of people in crisis situations.
We set up the MSF Access Campaign in 1999 to push for access to, and the development of, life-saving and life-prolonging medicines, diagnostic tests and vaccines for people in our programmes and beyond.
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.
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.
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.
This logistical and supply centre in Brussels provides storage of and delivers medical equipment, logistics and drugs for international purchases for MSF missions.
This supply and logistics centre in Bordeaux, France, provides warehousing and delivery of medical equipment, logistics and drugs for international purchases for MSF missions.
This logistical centre in Amsterdam purchases, tests, and stores equipment including vehicles, communications material, power supplies, water-processing facilities and nutritional supplements.
SAMU provides strategic, clinical and implementation support to various MSF projects with medical activities related to HIV and TB. This medical unit is based in Cape Town, South Africa.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Luxembourg Operational Research (LuxOR) unit coordinates field research projects and operational research training, and provides support for documentation activities and routine data collection.
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.
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.
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.
Since 25 August 2017, a massive exodus of over 700,000 Rohingya people have fled Myanmar.
The Rohingya people are one of the most persecuted minority groups in the world. Following a concerted campaign of extreme violence by the Myanmar authorities against Rohingya people in Myanmar’s Rakhine state in August 2017, over 700,000 Rohingya fled over the border into the Cox's Bazar district of Bangladesh.
In December 2017, surveys we conducted in the refugee camps found that at least 6,700 Rohingya were killed by violent means in Myanmar between 25 of August and 24 of September 2017. At least 730 were children under five years of age.
Today, over 900,000 Rohingya live in Cox's Bazar. Living conditions in the refugee camps there are dire. Many people lack access to clean water, sanitation, health care and shelter. Outbreaks of multiple vaccine-preventable diseases have sprung up among the population. Given the trauma many have experienced, mental health support needs are acute.
We have significantly scaled up our existing medical, water and sanitation efforts in support of the needs.
outpatient consultations (Bangladesh, Aug 2017 – June 2019)
31,980
31,98
individual mental health consultations (Bangladesh, Aug 2017 – June 2019)
24,760
24,76
inpatient admissions (Bangladesh, Aug 2017 – June 2019)
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Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic
Five challenges for the Rohingya in Bangladesh amid COVID-19
6 May 2020
Bangladesh
Rohingya refugees remain in limbo three years after mass exodus
Project Update25 Aug 2020
Rohingya refugee crisis
Rohingya refugees left to starve at sea
Voices from the Field22 Apr 2020
Bangladesh
Rohingya refugee crisis: Unseen wounds need to heal
Project Update3 Dec 2019
Bangladesh
Rohingya refugees remain in limbo three years after mass exodus
Project Update25 Aug 2020
Malaysia
MSF ready to support the government of Malaysia with safe disembarkation of people in distress at sea
Open Letter7 May 2020
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic
Five challenges for the Rohingya in Bangladesh amid COVID-19
Project Update6 May 2020
Rohingya refugee crisis
Rohingya refugees left to starve at sea
Voices from the Field22 Apr 2020
Measles
“These children shouldn’t be sick” – tackling measles in Rohingya refugee camps
Project Update19 Feb 2020
Bangladesh
Rohingya refugee crisis: Unseen wounds need to heal
Project Update3 Dec 2019
Rohingya refugee crisis
Healthcare for struggling refugee communities in Malaysia
Project Update20 Sep 2019
Rohingya refugee crisis
ASEAN should show true leadership on Rohingya, Myanmar
Op-Ed13 Sep 2019
Rohingya refugee crisis
Two years on: No solutions in sight for the Rohingya
Project Update20 Aug 2019
Research & Analysis
Rohingya refugee crisis
MSF surveys estimate that at least 6,700 Rohingya were killed during the attacks in Myanmar
Press Release12 Dec 2017
Rohingya refugee crisis
‘No one was left’ - Death and Violence Against the Rohingya
Report9 Mar 2018
Rohingya refugee crisis
Rohingya crisis - a summary of findings from six pooled surveys
Project Update9 Dec 2017
Myanmar
The Situation of Rohingyas Fleeing Myanmar to Bangladesh
Report1 Feb 2017
Myanmar
Fatal Policy: How the Rohingya Suffer the Consequences of Statelessness
Report1 Oct 2011
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Crisis Settings
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move
There are many reasons for flight, including war, persecution, conflict, natural disaster, destitution and repression. With health and well-being jeopardised, the lives of the most vulnerable can be at risk.
Asia & Pacific
Myanmar
We work with the Myanmar Ministry of Health to provide care for HIV and TB patients, primary healthcare, and vaccinations.
In 2019
41,000
outpatient consultations
15,100
people on first-line ARV treatment under direct MSF care
430
people started on treatment for TB
Asia & Pacific
Bangladesh
Learn about MSF projects in Bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya are living after fleeing targeted violence in Myanmar.
In 2019
388M
litres of chlorinated water distributed
556,300
outpatient consultations
27,700
individual mental health consultations
Asia & Pacific
Malaysia
Many refugee communities and survivors of trafficking are unable to access healthcare.
In 2019
8,740
outpatient consultations
Crisis Settings
War and conflict
Around one-quarter of our humanitarian and medical assistance is for populations caught in armed conflict.
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Since 25 August 2017, over 740,000 Rohingya have fled from Myanmar into Bangladesh
