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.
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.
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.
Legally stateless, with very limited options or rights in any country where they have sought refuge, the Rohingya are extremely vulnerable.
The Rohingya people are one of the most persecuted minority groups in the world. Today, they are forced to live life on the margins of society or in confined camps. They often experience sexual violence, repeated infectious diseases, child or bonded labour, arbitrary arrest, detention, or even forced deportation.
Following a concerted campaign of extreme violence and killings by the Myanmar authorities against Rohingya people in Myanmar’s Rakhine state in August 2017, around 770,000 Rohingya fled to Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. One million Rohingya now live in camps in Cox's Bazar, in dire conditions.
Rohingya who remain in Myanmar, and those who have made the often-perilous journey by boat to Malaysia, also face grave challenges. Rohingya people in all three countries face severe restrictions on their freedom of movement and significant barriers to accessing healthcare.
One million Rohingya remain in precarious conditions five years after horrific violence in Myanmar
25 Aug 2022
Months after violence, health needs are still urgent
Project Update7 Feb 2013
Myanmar
Fatal Policy: How the Rohingya Suffer the Consequences of Statelessness
Report1 Oct 2011
Bangladesh
Stateless Rohingya victims of violent crackdown in Bangladesh
Press Release18 Feb 2010
Rohingya refugee crisis
Ten Years for the Rohingya Refugees: Past, present and future
Report1 Apr 2002
Rohingya refugee crisis
Rohingya refugees - testimonies
Project Update1 Apr 2002
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.
190,700
outpatient consultations
7,760
people on first-line ARV treatment under direct MSF care
2,470
individual mental health consultations
33
people started on treatment for MDR-TB
Asia & Pacific
Bangladesh
Learn about MSF projects in Bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya are living after fleeing targeted violence in Myanmar.
895,300
Outpatient consultations
36,822
Individual mental health consultations
23,800
patients admitted
5,310
Births assisted
Asia & Pacific
Malaysia
Our teams provide healthcare support to the Rohingya and other communities through our clinic in Butterworth (Klinik Mewah 6), our mobile clinics in Penang, and our activities in detention centres.
16,700
outpatient consultations
3,900
antenatal consultations
1,730
individual mental health consultations
Crisis Settings
War and conflict
More than one third of our humanitarian and medical assistance is for people affected by armed conflict.
