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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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MSF Websites

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Our offices around the world
Our offices around the world
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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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967 Results
 
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Mediterranean migration

Charges in case against rescues at sea dropped in Italy

After seven years of false accusations, the Tripani investigation against organisations engaged in seach and rescue operations ended with charges dropped. Press Release - 19 Apr 2024
 
ATTACK ON MSF FACILITY - Pokrovsk
War in Ukraine

MSF condemns missile attack which destroys office, injures staff in Donetsk

MSF strongly condemns the missile attack on our office in Pokrovsk, Donetsk oblast Ukraine, on 5 April, which destroyed the building and injured a staff member. Press Release - 5 Apr 2024
 
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Mediterranean migration

MSF rescue ship detained in Italy following threats by Libyan Coast Guard

MSF denounces the imposition of sanctions on our search and rescue ship, the Geo Barents, following a detention order from Italy. Press Release - 22 Mar 2024
 
Biosafety level 3 laboratory
Ukraine

Against stigma and drug-resistance: five years of treating tuberculosis in Ukraine

MSF conducted a five-year pilot project at Zhytomyr Regional TB Dispensary, Ukraine, aiming to treat drug-resistant tuberculosis, reduce treatment duration, provide social support, and combat stigma associated with the disease. Project Update - 22 Mar 2024
 
Acute humanitarian crisis at the Belarusian borders with the EU
Belarus

Two years of response to the acute humanitarian crisis at EU’s eastern borders

Until October 2023, our emergency team in Belarus provided humanitarian assistance to people on the move and facilitated their access to medical and mental health support. Project Update - 28 Feb 2024
 
MENTAL HEALTH IN WAR, DISPLACEMENT AND MIGRATION _Ukraine
Ukraine

Rebuilding lives damaged by the relentless war in Ukraine

After two years since the escalation of war in Ukraine, our teams continue to treat the many visible and invisible scars caused by the relentless conflict. Project Update - 22 Feb 2024
 
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Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

EU policies promote violence by denying safety and protection to refugees and migrants

MSF reports the harrowing consequences of Europe's policy-made crisis at its borders and beyond which fosters violence by denying safety and protection to refugees and migrants. Press Release - 21 Feb 2024
 
Militarised Polish-Belarus border Kozie Borki natural park
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Death, despair and destitution: The human costs of the EU’s migration policies

Our latest report on the migration crisis unfolding across Europe illustrates a shocking embrace of violent tactics, sanctioned by EU policies and EU member states. Report - 20 Feb 2024
 
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Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

MSF offers temporary shelter for people stuck in dire conditions in Calais

Our teams have launched an emergency accommodation system for the most vulnerable people, including migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, living in terrible conditions in Calais, northern France. Press Release - 6 Feb 2024
 
MSF reopening project in Harmanli
Bulgaria

MSF provides medical care to asylum seekers arriving in Harmanli

Our teams are currently responding to the rising number of refugees arriving in Harmanli, Bulgaria, by providing essential medical services to people cut off from healthcare. Project Update - 19 Jan 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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