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How we work

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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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Bay Regional Hospital, Baidoa, Somalia
Somalia

Drought intensifies health crises across Somalia and Somaliland

Somalia is facing one of its worst droughts in decades, following poor rainy seasons and a locust invasion. MSF teams are responding to measles, cholera, and acute malnutrition. Project Update - 7 Jun 2022
 
Mozambique: The challenge of a safe pregnancy and childbirth in Cabo Delgado
Mozambique

Overcoming the challenges of having a safe pregnancy in Cabo Delgado

In Cabo Delgado, Mozambique ongoing violence has forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes in search of safety. Eduardo Mondlane camp, located in Mueda, is home to more than 2,000 displaced families. In the camp, many pregnant women have little to no information about pregnancy and there are many challenges to having a safe childbirth. Photo Story - 27 May 2022
 
Illeret ward water sources
Kenya

Malnutrition remains high as drought continues in Kenya

An ongoing drought in northeast Kenya is raging on following three consecutive seasons of failed rains. Marsabit County is reporting high or above-usual rates of acute malnutrition. Project Update - 20 May 2022
 
DR-TB Project Hargeisa Somaliland
Somalia

Healing from drug-resistant tuberculosis in Somaliland

Patients share their experiences of treatment and healing from drug-resistant tuberculosis in Somaliland, where MSF supports two drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment facilities. Photo Story - 29 Apr 2022
 
Lassa fever Health Promotion Activity
Nigeria

Tackling deadly and difficult-to-diagnose Lassa fever

In Nigeria, Lassa fever is endemic. Since 2018, our teams have been working closely with the Ministry of Health to treat patients suffering from Lassa fever. Our health promotion teams are also educating people about the disease to prevent its spread and reduce stigma and misinformation. Project Update - 25 Feb 2022
 
Let's kick COVID out. Vaccinate!
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Vaccinating people with comorbidities in South Africa

A new vaccination support programme in Khayelitsha, South Africa, has proven to protect individuals with comorbidities that increase the risk of severe disease and death from COVID-19. Press Release - 17 Feb 2022
 
STILLS - Lucky to be alive (La peur au ventre)
Nigeria

Amid hunger, people are “lucky to be alive” in northwest Nigeria

The short documentary, “Lucky to be Alive”, highlights the nutrition crisis currently affecting northwest Nigeria, against a backdrop of recurrent attacks by armed gangs. Documentary - 15 Feb 2022
 
Niger - Magaria Paediatric Unit
Niger

Working with the community to counter malaria and malnutrition

In 2018, 850 children were arriving at our paediatric ward in southern Niger every week, but with a new community-led approach to combat malaria and malnutrition, hospitalisations have dropped. Project Update - 3 Feb 2022
 
Cattle
Chad

“If the rain abandons us again, we don’t know what we will do”

In Chad, malnutrition has become a chronic crisis, due to multiple causes, including poor harvests - linked to climate change - inadequate dietary choices as well as socio-cultural factors. Project Update - 6 Jan 2022
 
Ebola response in Mangina
DRC Ebola outbreaks

DRC's thirteenth Ebola outbreak

On 8 October 2021, DRC declared an outbreak of Ebola in North Kivu province, which was the country’s thirteenth in just over 40 years, and the fifth in the last two years. Crisis Update - 20 Dec 2021
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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