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How we work

See what triggers an intervention and how supply and logistics allow our teams to respond quickly.

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How we're run

Discover our governance and what it means to be an association. Find a quick visual guide to our offices around the world.

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Reports and financials

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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Accountability

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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Access Campaign

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.

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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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143 Results
 
MSF Clinic Hepatitis C Unit
Pakistan

When they are diagnosed with hepatitis C, patients think they will die

By Dr Muhammad Khawar Aslam, medical doctor for Médecins Sans Frontières in Karachi Voices from the Field - 9 Mar 2016
 
Amy Le Compte, midwife in Peshawar
Pakistan

Delivering healthcare to women and children in the communities

Amy Le Compte is a midwife from Gisborne in New Zealand. She just returned from a six- month assignment in MSF Women's Hospital in Peshawar, in the north of Pakistan where, along with daily maternity work, she supported the launch of a new community outreach program to enable access to quality maternity care for poor and marginalised populations. Voices from the Field - 25 Nov 2015
 
District Headquarter Hospital
Pakistan

Earthquake response – after initial influxes of injured, MSF assessing further needs

Following the 26 October earthquake that rocked parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan, MSF's medical projects in north western Pakistan were faced with an initial influx of seriously wounded. After treating the injured, the next priority is to assess the needs and identify if there are any urgent follow-up requirements. Crisis Update - 28 Oct 2015
Global

Counterterrorism policies and practices: health and values at stake

How counterterrorism policies and practices can have unintended health impacts in countries where health systems are strained and population health indicators are poor. Journal article - 12 Oct 2015
 
Refugee children of Kos
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Refugees in Kos stuck in appalling conditions

Between January and July this year, 18,600 refugees arrived on the Greek island Kos by boat from Turkey. The majority are fleeing war and violence in Syria, but many also come from Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and Pakistan. Project Update - 26 Aug 2015
 
Pakistan Behind The Headlines
Pakistan

Gallery: Behind the Headlines

A photography exhibition exploring the lives and stories of the residents of Kurram Agency, Pakistan, by photographer Sa'adia Khan and journalist Shaista Aziz Photo Story - 10 Jun 2015
 
MSF in Bajaur
Pakistan

Eyes without a face

'I recognised her eyes': An MSF nurse describes a life-changing diagnosis for a patient in Pakistan. Voices from the Field - 2 Apr 2015
 
Peshawar, gynecology and obstetrics hospital
Pakistan

Six months at Peshawar’s neonatal unit

A look back at Dr Ley's experience heading up the neonatal unit at MSF’s obstetrics and gynaecology hospital. Voices from the Field - 9 Feb 2015
 
MALNUTRITION PAKISTAN PORTRAIT - Dr. Barkat Hussain
Pakistan

Too weak to breathe

Some of the faces of malnutrition, a harsh reality for many families in Pakistan Voices from the Field - 22 Dec 2014
 
MSF in Sadda and Alizai, Kurram Agency (FATA)
Pakistan

“No Place to Call Home” for Internally Displaced People

The internally displaced persons in the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas have escaped the violence but are confronted with greater challenges. In the Media - 16 Dec 2014
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Independent medical humanitarian assistance

We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of health professionals, logistic and administrative staff - most of them hired locally. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of independence and impartiality. We are a non-profit, self-governed, member-based organisation.

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