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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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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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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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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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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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Ebola disease in DRC: find out how we're responding
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*** Local Caption *** Since the on-start of the conflict in South Sudan, mid-December 2013, according to the UNCHR, more than 1,400,000 persons have been internally displaced and more than 450,000 would have sought refuge in the neighboring countries, amongst which 190,000 in Gambella region, western Ethiopia. The rainy season has temporarily slowed the stream of people arriving into the camps. The rate of new arrivals has slowed down in the last several months, from 1000 new arrivals per day in February to approximately 100 per week today. However UNHCR forecast expected an additional of 110,000 new arrivals in 2015 with restarting of the fighting in South Sudan during the dry season.<br/> The current refugee population in Gambella region remains in a critical situation and additional population influxes could further destabilize an already difficult situation. In order to reduce child mortality, MSF is carrying out vaccination campaign targeting 50,000 children for PCV / vaccine and 26,000 children for DPT- Hib-HepB vaccine.<br/> This vaccination campaign is a challenge due to logistical constraints (cold chain, waste management, transport, access, etc.) and the 2 doses minimum required for effective protection.<br/> Extended preventive package in emergency situations is a major issue. New preventive strategy, including vaccination, could improve more rapidly the mortality and burden of diseases in acute phase of emergencies. This intervention is an example showing that is possible to extend the vaccination package in emergency situation and should be a first step to review current policy.
South Sudan

New wave of refugees fleeing ongoing violence in South Sudan

More than 3,000 people have recently made their way to the Gambella region in western Ethiopia, adding to the 200,000 already living there. Voices from the Field - 27 May 2015
 
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Meningitis

Vaccine shortages causing delay in the fight against meningitis

MSF vaccination specialist discusses recent advances in responding to meningitis epidemics, and the improvements that are still needed. Voices from the Field - 27 May 2015
 
I decided to leave Nigeria because I am married and my husband works in Libya. So I had to come to Libya to take care of my husband. Staying in Libya is not easy. The fight is too much. You don’t sleep at night and if you go to work before you come back they’ll bust into your house, take your property, rape your wife. They do such horrible things. They kill Nigerians anyhow, so it is not safe for we Nigerians . Due to my condition [pregnant] it is very risky but I can’t go back to Nigeria either. So my husband's brother came from Nigeria to accompany me to Italy and wait for my husband to follow. I’m not too fine. I’m feeling feverish so I need somebody to stay with me. I said to my husband that if I have to go alone I won’t go. That’s why my brother came to watch me until my husband comes and meets me. I was the only pregnant woman in the boat we came with. It is risky for women to travel but they do what they do because they are not comfortable where they are. Libya is not a place for someone to stay. You can work but they will burst into your house and collect everything you worked for. So it is not a place to stay and that’s why we take the risk of entering into this water and go to Europe to look for a better life. We believe Europe is better than Libya. I hope my baby will have a better life but I know it’s going to be farther.
Mediterranean migration

Three Mediterranean boat migrants describe their gruelling quests for better lives

"We go away from our country because we have no choice. We don’t want to get the Europeans tired of us, to overwhelm them, but we have no choice. We risk our lives to help our families, or neighbours, our friends, our parents and our brothers. That’s why we embark on this journey." Voices from the Field - 25 May 2015
 
Continuing clashes in Upper Nile state in South Sudan are leading to more deaths and displacements of people. Since the beginning of April, over 6,600 people have fled their homes to seek shelter at the congested UN protection of civilians (PoC) base in Malakal. The new internally displaced people are living in big tents, with dozens of families sharing the same tent and sleeping on the floor.
South Sudan

"The situation has been tense"

An MSF doctor describes his experience while working in a Protection Of Civilians site outside Malakal where about 30,000 people displaced by civil war are living. Voices from the Field - 22 May 2015
 
MSF Doctor Clement Van Galen carries a child with meningitis in critical condition.
Niger

‘It was chaos – the hospital was full to bursting’

A meningitis epidemic sweeping across Niger has already infected more than 6,500 people and claimed 443 lives according to the authorities. MSF’s Dr Clément Van Galen, in Niamey, reports on MSF’s emergency response. Voices from the Field - 21 May 2015
 
Elysee was abandoned by everyone – friends, family – when she was diagnosed with HIV. She arrived very weak in MSF’s Kabinda hospital, in Kinshasa, where the most advanced cases of HIV are treated.
Democratic Republic of Congo

Three HIV patient stories

Elysee, Elizabeth, and Clémentine, on the struggle to live with HIV in the DRC Voices from the Field - 13 May 2015
 
A patient affected by meningitis is cared by an MSF doctor Clement Van Galen.
Niger

Meningitis in Niger: 100 people hospitalised in critical condition every day in Niamey

MSF steps up its activities to tackle the epidemic Voices from the Field - 11 May 2015
 
Thousands of people have fled their villages on islands in Lake Chad, in south-eastern Niger, after Nigerien authorities urged them to leave the area following the deadly attack of Boko Haram on the island of Karamga on 25 April. About 1,500 additional people are now in a transit site in Diffa, the capital of the region.
Niger

“People are in need of food, water, shelter… the basics”

Interview with Abdalla Hussein, MSF’s emergency coordinator in Diffa, Niger Voices from the Field - 8 May 2015
 
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Niger

Thousands facing precarious conditions after being forced to leave Lake Chad

MSF is one of the few organisations providing assistance to this vulnerable population Voices from the Field - 8 May 2015
 
Watta Jabateh is an Ebola survivor who lost nine family members, including her daughter.
Liberia

Counting the cost of the Ebola outbreak

As the World Health Organization declares Liberia Ebola-free on 9 May – having recorded no new cases of Ebola for 42 days – MSF takes a look at how Liberians are putting back together their fractured lives and shattered communities, nearly a year on from Liberia’s first recorded case of Ebola. Liberia has been hit the hardest by the Ebola outbreak, with 10,212 cases including 4,573 deaths. Mothers have lost children; children have lost parents; brothers and sisters have lost siblings. Communities have been decimated. But there are stories of survival and hope. Voices from the Field - 8 May 2015
Four mothers posing in a corridor of the Hospital in Bili. All four of them are staying in the hospital with their child, that's suffering from a severe case of malaria. Since the beginning of the project in 2016, the pediatric ward already treated more than 4.000 cases of complicated/severe form of malaria.
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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