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How we work

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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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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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A compound dotted with makeshift shelters that many new arrivals and returning refugees call home in Dagahaley
Kenya

High risk of outbreaks amid poor living conditions for newly arrived refugees in Dadaab

MSF urges the UN Refugee Agency and Kenyan authorities to urgently launch vaccination campaigns to prevent large-scale outbreaks and save lives in Dadaab Refugee Complex in Kenya. Press Release - 25 Oct 2022
 
Flooding in Upper Nile, South Sudan.
South Sudan

Conflict in Greater Upper Nile impedes assistance to people already devastated by flooding

Forty thousand people have been displaced in the Greater Upper Nile area of South Sudan since August, when escalations in fighting forced people to flee in search of safety. MSF is providing assistance to people as the insecurity poses challenges to delivering medical services. Press Release - 21 Oct 2022
 
View of mobile clinic run by MSF in the Regional stadium in Kaya, Burkina Faso, that became an open-air camp for people who fled insecurity and violence.
Burkina Faso

Violence and severe supply shortages leave people across Burkina Faso in dire need

As the security situation in Burkina Faso deteriorates, people's access to food, water and healthcare is becoming ever-more limited. Relief efforts need to be ramped up now more than ever. Interview - 17 Oct 2022
 
A mother feeds her child using therepeutic food (milk) during her visit to MSF's OTP facility in Shabellow IDP camp, Baidoa
Somalia

An alarming cycle of drought, malnutrition and disease in Baidoa

Here are five things to know about the brutal cycle of drought, malnutrition and disease outbreaks in Baidoa, Somalia. Project Update - 12 Oct 2022
 
In Mumane, a community near the city of Montepuez, more than 500 newly displaced families received MSF’s relief items kits. Since June, it is estimated that violence has driven over 80,000 (according to OCHA) people out of their homes in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado. People fleeing violence have been on the move and often settle near communities with little to no means of livelihood. MSF is providing emergency assistance to new arrivals by distributing kits with essential relief items. MSF logistics and supply teams work around the clock to coordinate with multiple actors, organize the kits and provide a timely and comprehensive response. To this date, more than 4,000 families that have been displaced form heavy-hit locations in the province, such as Ancuabe, have benefitted from the kits in 9 localities in the province, such as Montepuez, Metuge and Meluco.
Mozambique

People struggling to survive after five years of conflict in Cabo Delgado

Since conflict has erupted in Cabo Delgado, nearly one million people have been displaced. They often live in fear, without basic means of survival. Project Update - 5 Oct 2022
 
In the context of the Ebola outbreak in Uganda, MSF has set up a 36 beds Ebola treatment unit at the Mubende hospital, for suspect and confirmed cases.
Uganda

Ebola in Uganda: Four things you need to know

Since the declaration of an Ebola outbreak in Uganda on 20 September, there have been at least 43 confirmed cases. Here are four things you need to know about the latest outbreak. Project Update - 5 Oct 2022
 
Arrival of MSF medical supplies at the Hervé Farm IDP site in Kwamouth
Democratic Republic of Congo

Thousands affected by inter-communal violence in Maï-Ndombe province

In Mai-Ndombe province, Democratic Republic of Congo, recent inter-communal violence has affected thousands. MSF has been in Kwamouth, providing much needed medical and mental healthcare to those affected, since 24 August. Project Update - 26 Sep 2022
 
MSF-supported construction of a new triage room at Dedougou health centre
Burkina Faso

Thousands displaced after escalating violence in Boucle du Mouhoun region

MSF has been supporting a health centre in Dédougou after some 6,700 people fled violence, providing basic healthcare, referrals to the regional hospital, and mental health counselling. Project Update - 26 Aug 2022
 
At an MSF organised mental health group session for women, the participants sing and dance, as a means of relieving stress, and finding some joy despite the crisis they have all endured, and the uncertainty of their futures.
South Sudan

Meeting mental health needs in the aftermath of violence

MSF ran an emergency intervention in Tambura, South Sudan from December 2021 until June 2022 to respond to the needs of 80,000 displaced people after conflict erupted in the area. While we provided essential care like vaccinations and maternal health, there was a clear need for mental healthcare activities. Project Update - 24 Aug 2022
 
In Mumane, a community near the city of Montepuez, more than 500 newly displaced families received MSF’s relief items kits. Since June, it is estimated that violence has driven over 80,000 (according to OCHA) people out of their homes in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado. People fleeing violence have been on the move and often settle near communities with little to no means of livelihood. MSF is providing emergency assistance to new arrivals by distributing kits with essential relief items. MSF logistics and supply teams work around the clock to coordinate with multiple actors, organize the kits and provide a timely and comprehensive response. To this date, more than 4,000 families that have been displaced from heavy-hit locations in the province, such as Ancuabe, have benefitted from the kits in 9 localities in the province, such as Montepuez, Metuge and Meluco.
Mozambique

Tens of thousands of people displaced by conflict in need of essential items in Cabo Delgado

In Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, more than 80,000 people have been displaced due to violence since June - MSF provides essential items for displaced people who have lost everything. Voices from the Field - 11 Aug 2022
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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