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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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1479 Results
 
Malaria and malnutrition in Ikongo
Madagascar

Malaria on the rise in Madagascar as climate change leaves healthcare out of reach

In Madagascar, climate change - particularly heavy rainy seasons - is contributing to reducing access to health centres for people, leading to a rise in malaria. Project Update - 25 Apr 2024
 
Yellow fever outbreak in W.E.S South Sudan
South Sudan

Urgent vaccination campaign needed to halt deadly measles outbreak in Western Equatoria state

A measles crisis is mounting in South Sudan's Western Equatoria state. We urge for the launch of an immediate vaccination campaign to prevent further spread of the disease. Press Release - 26 Mar 2024
 
Ebola in Foya, Lofa county, northern Liberia
Haemorrhagic fevers

Five things to remember a decade after the Ebola outbreak in West Africa

Ten years after the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, medical doctor and epidemiologist, Dr Michel Van Herp, answers five key questions about the outbreak. Project Update - 20 Mar 2024
 
Water crisis in Metche camp for Sudanese refugees and returnees in Chad
Chad

Urgent action needed as hepatitis E spreads through Sudanese refugee camps in Chad

As hepatitis E spreads through refugee camps in Chad, we call for urgent water and sanitation measures to be put in place. Press Release - 15 Mar 2024
 
Violences and displacement in North Kivu
Democratic Republic of Congo

Massive humanitarian response needed to avoid health catastrophe in DRC

As fighting displaces thousands of people in North and South Kivu, in DRC, we are deeply concerned about spread of diseases, such as cholera, due to overcrowded, unsanitary living conditions. Interview - 12 Mar 2024
 
MSF response to malaria outbreak in Zamfara State, Nigeria
Nigeria

Neglected humanitarian crisis escalates in northwest Nigeria

After a year in which MSF teams treated high levels of malnutrition, malaria and other diseases, the crisis in northwest Nigeria persists, along with a lack of international support. Press Release - 11 Mar 2024
 
Assisting Survivors of Sexual Violence in Kanyaruchinya
Women's health

Women on the frontline: Defying the consequences of conflict to care for each other

Women’s regular health needs don’t disappear when conflict or war breaks out, they only become more critical. This International Women's Day, we share stories of women affected by conflict caring for their own communities. Project Update - 8 Mar 2024
 
Women's health in Jahun, Jigawa State - Nigeria
Nigeria

An arduous journey for pregnant women to access healthcare in northwest Nigeria

Nigeria is the third country in the world where a woman is most likely to die giving birth. MSF collaborates with the Jigawa state Ministry of Health to provide comprehensive emergency obstetrics, newborn care and care for fistula. Project Update - 7 Mar 2024
 
Violence continues displacing and traumatising thousands in Cabo Delgado
Mozambique

Violence continues to displace and traumatise thousands in Cabo Delgado

The violence in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, continues to displace thousands of people who are in urgent need of food, shelter and healthcare. Project Update - 4 Mar 2024
 
MSF participates in the fight against a cholera epidemic in the context of a regional outbreak
Zambia

MSF responds to a surge in cholera in Zambia amid regional outbreaks

Zambia has been battling an unprecedented outbreak of cholera since October 2023. MSF is supporting part of the cholera outbreak emergency response. Project Update - 28 Feb 2024
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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