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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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Las familias de presos requieren, por lo general, atención psicológica. Mujeres, madres o hijos acusan todos la ausencia del familiar preso. En el caso de Adel, que se puso en huelga de hambre, agravó la condición de la familia. Prisoners’ families usually need psychological attention. Women, mothers, fathers, children, they are all affected by the absence of the prisoner. Adel’s case, who went into hunger strike, worsened the condition of his family.
Palestine

Growing up quickly in a West Bank refugee camp

A six-year-old growing up on the West Bank is helped by an MSF psychologist Project Update - 26 Mar 2014
 
In East Jerusalem, many cases taken on by the MSF mental health teams are related to minors: arrested in school, in home detention or traumatised by the army's night incursions.
Palestine

One year in Hebron and East Jerusalem

AN MSF field coordinator describes the difficulties of working in Palestine Voices from the Field - 19 Mar 2014
 
Newborn Syrian baby Zain Al-Abideen receives care from an MSF nurse in the neonatal unit at the mother and child hospital in Irbid.
Syria

MSF response to Syrian crisis

An update on MSF response to the Syrian crisis, including aid for Syrian refugees Project Update - 12 Mar 2014
 
Yemen is a country of transit for the thousands of migrants who leave the Horn of Africa to try to get to the countries of the Arabian Peninsula, mainly from Ethiopia to Saudi Arabia. During the trip and especially in Yemen, these people are victims of traffickers who extort money from them and torture them. Last April, the Yemeni authorities carried out a campaign to release hundreds of migrants held by traffickers and begin to repatriate them to their home countries. Since then, the number of people who voluntarily approach the detention center for migrants seeking repatriation has greatly increased. The detention center in Sana'a, Yemen's capital, has a maximum capacity of 200-250; the centre currently houses about 750.
Yemen

“No patients, no problems:” Exposure to risk of medical personnel working in MSF projects in Yemen’s governorate of Amran

This paper provides a better understanding of the various forms of insecurity affecting MSF projects in Yemen. Journal article - 18 Feb 2014
 
In June 2010, MSF opened a hospital on the outskirts of Al-Mazraq, in the north of Yemen’s Hajjah governorate, close to the region of Sadaa, with the aim of providing care to the displaced people living in the area. For nearly three years, MSF provided primary and specialist care to the displaced and local populations. The project closed in June 2013 because the IDP situation has stabilized.
Yemen

MSF suspends activities in Ad Dhale following security concerns

MSF suspends its support to the Al Nasser Hospital in Ad Dhale due to an increase in insecurity. Press Release - 15 Feb 2014
 
In Hebron and East Jerusalem, MSF is running a medical and psychosocial programme for people suffering from trauma because of the conflict. MSF teams focus on people with psychological distress (acute stress, anxiety disorders, post traumatic syndromes, depression) caused by violent incidents involving Israeli settlers and Israeli Army, but also due to the intra-Palestinian conflict. In Hebron, MSF staff carried out 1726 individual mental health consultations and 945 medical consultations in 2011. In the beginning of 2011, MSF conducted a needs assessment in East Jerusalem and decided to start providing in this part of the city mental health care to the population who suffers trauma or psychological distress due to the consequences of violence caused by the conflict and who has no access to mental health services. MSF therapies started in July in the Shufat refugee camp and Silwan area and since then MSF staff carried out 223 individual mental health consultations.
Palestine

House arrest is a 'tradition'

An MSF psychologist helps a young Palestinian under house arrest Project Update - 14 Feb 2014
 
In Hebron and East Jerusalem, MSF is running a medical and psychosocial programme for people suffering from trauma because of the conflict. MSF teams focus on people with psychological distress (acute stress, anxiety disorders, post traumatic syndromes, depression) caused by violent incidents involving Israeli settlers and Israeli Army, but also due to the intra-Palestinian conflict. In Hebron, MSF staff carried out 1726 individual mental health consultations and 945 medical consultations in 2011. In the beginning of 2011, MSF conducted a needs assessment in East Jerusalem and decided to start providing in this part of the city mental health care to the population who suffers trauma or psychological distress due to the consequences of violence caused by the conflict and who has no access to mental health services. MSF therapies started in July in the Shufat refugee camp and Silwan area and since then MSF staff carried out 223 individual mental health consultations.
Palestine

Imprisoned by the mind

An MSF psychologist describes how prison has damaged the mental health of a young Palestinian man Project Update - 17 Jan 2014
 
MSF staff member Wissam runs a psychological session in the village of Salem near Nablus. The patient, a woman named Um Taha witnessed her son being arrested by Israeli security forces. *** Local Caption *** Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) runs mental health programs in the West Bank aimed to alleviate the impact of trauma, stress, and pervasive and often targeted violence, offering psychological and social support as well as medical care to the victims of violence caused by Israeli forces and settlers and intra-Palestinian disputes.
Palestine

Therapies to better cope with violence

MSF teams offer therapies to help victims cope better with violence Project Update - 13 Jan 2014
 
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Syria

MSF working hard to secure safe return of five staff taken in northern Syria

MSF continues to put all efforts in securing the safe return of five staff taken from an MSF house in northern Syria. Statement - 10 Jan 2014
 
A family of Syrian refugees living in Istanbul. Photo for the Syrian Exodus project.
Syria

Syrian Exodus: Born in exile

This is the second chapter of the Syrian Exodus, an MSF multimedia project to follow the route of Syrians fleeing the war. See chapter one and three. Project Update - 20 Dec 2013
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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