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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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Abu Fadel, Hassan and Iman… all three are living in Idlib Governorate in northwest Syria. Like 2.7 million other Syrians, they’d been displaced within the country several times, and a part of them ended up in Idlib. The last rebel stronghold, bombed in massive airstrikes led by the Syrian army and its allies, Idlib has become home to a population nine years of war have left shattered, impoverished and without hope for the future. Their backs against the Turkish border, Abu Fadel, Hassan and Iman recount similar stories of everyday life­­—the interminable waiting, fear and horror of war in what is an open-air prison. In mid-June, the airstrikes resumed in Idlib Governorate, the target this time the zone west of Maarat-al-Numan. Most people in opposition-controlled areas in this Governorate are living in poverty, and many have moved from towns to camps around Dana, Sarmada and Atmeh where MSF teams provide assistance. The displaced talk of an environment of corruption, crime and social violence, and the area where they have taken refuge continues to shrink with the passing months and the Syrian regime’s relentless attacks.
Syria

Life in an open-air prison: living under the bombs in Idlib

In mid-June 2020, the airstrikes resumed in Idlib governorate, Syria. Abou Fadel, Hassan and Iman, three displaced within the country several times, recount similar stories of life in an open-air prison. Voices from the Field - 29 Jun 2020
 
“This is my first time in an MSF hospital. I was told by other patients that this hospital has good quality care, but also that I wouldn’t need to pay any money,” says 18-year old Shorouq, looking relieved and happy. “This hospital is not the closest facility to my house. It took us five hours to reach here,” she says. None of the closer clinics could provide the maternity services she needed, says Shorouq.
Yemen

Behind the conflict in Yemen

The six-year long conflict in Yemen has restricted people's movements and severely compromised their access to essential healthcare, exacerbating the vulnerability of Yemenis, as they are left with very few options for affordable and accessible medical services. MSF Storymaps - 25 Jun 2020
 
Yemen, gouvernorat de Sanaa, mars 2018. Vue du toit du bureau de MSF à Sanaa. Sanaa governorate in Yémen, March 2018. View from MSF office rooftop in Sanaa.
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

“COVID-19 has made the health system's collapse complete” in Yemen

MSF is treating patients severely ill with coronavirus at our COVID-19 centre in Sana’a, Yemen, where the 15-bed ICU has been mostly full for the past four weeks. People are dying of the new coronavirus at a high rate as our teams try to save lives.

 Project Update - 10 Jun 2020
 
Oxygen bottles in Yemen
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

“We have a lot of people that die quickly” of COVID-19 in Yemen

MSF teams have been running the COVID-19 treatment centre in Aden, Yemen, where the rates of people dying from the coronavirus - and quickly - have staggered our staff. Project Update - 2 Jun 2020
 
Darha area in central Tripoli.
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Conflict and COVID-19 adds up to a crisis within a crisis in Libya

The combination of several worrying developments, including an escalating armed conflict, and the arrival of the coronavirus COVID-19 is creating a crisis within a crisis in Libya. Photo Story - 2 Jun 2020
 
Dayana Tabbarah, MSF health promoter, and Hala Hussein, MSF nurse, in the streets of Burj al-Barajneh camp, Beirut. Together, they visit houses of patients who have agreed to participate in the shielding approach recently put in place by MSF in the camp. The project is still in its pilot phase: six families, who were already part of MSF’s home-based care cohort, accepted to practice shielding. المرشدة الصحية مع منظّمة أطباء بلا حدود دايانا طبارة، والممرضة مع منظّمة أطباء بلا حدود هالة حسين، تجوبان شوارع مخيم برج البراجنة في بيروت. معاً، تزوران منازل المرضى الذين وافقوا على المشاركة في برنامج الحماية الوقائية الذي وضعته أطباء بلا حدود مؤخراً في المخيم. لا يزال المشروع في مرحلته التجريبية: وافقت ستّ عائلات، كانت مسبقاً ضمن المجموعة التي تتلقى الرعاية المنزلية من المنظّمة، على تنفيذ ممارسات الحماية الوقائية.
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Offering extra protection against COVID-19 to Lebanon’s most vulnerable

MSF is visiting homes in refugee camps in Lebanon, to provide health awareness and education on coronavirus COVID-19 to high-risk and vulnerable people and families. Project Update - 26 May 2020
 
#MSF has been managing the #COVID19 treatment centre at the al-Amal hospital in #Aden since 7th of May 2020. We have a team of local and international staff working round the clock at the hospital to provide the best care possible for people sick with #COVID19.
Yemen

Catastrophe unfolding in Aden’s only COVID-19 treatment centre

The number of deaths occurring in the COVID-19 treatment centre that MSF runs in Aden, Yemen, speaks to a wider catastrophe unfolding in the city.   Press Release - 21 May 2020
 
MSF works in Nablus since 2004, providing psychotherapeutic and psychiatric assistance, group therapy, group mental health awareness sessions and psychosocial support activities in two clinics in Nablus and Qalqylia and in a new consultation room opened in Tubas in December 2019. In 2002, the Israeli Government launched the construction of a barrier in and around the West Bank with the stated purpose of preventing violent attacks by Palestinians in Israel. Land for construction of Barrier sections inside the West Bank has been requisitioned from Palestinian landowners. Approximately 65.3 per cent (465km) of the projected 712-kilometre-long structure has been completed, of which 85 per cent runs inside the West Bank.
Palestine

Like a virus, violence spreads in the West Bank amid COVID-19

While lockdowns are new for many parts of the world, for Palestinians, it's been their daily reality for years. But amid the COVID-19 pandemic, violence and mental health issues are on the rise. Project Update - 23 Apr 2020
 
A young girl looking through a closed fence in Al Hole Camp, Eastern Al- Hasakah Governorate, Northeastern Syria. 09/03/2020
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Concerns mount over COVID-19 response in northeast Syria

As the first death from COVID-19 is reported in northeast Syria, MSF has mounting concerns on the region's ability to respond, as we urge authorities to let in vital supplies and personnel. Press Release - 22 Apr 2020
 
A medic stands at the registration desk of a hospital supported by MSF in Northwest Syria. Behind him, there’s an explanatory poster about preventive measures against COVID-19.
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Northwest Syria will “struggle to cope in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic”

Recent failures in the healthcare system in northwestern Syria have been painfully highlighted in recent days as it becomes clear that staff and hospitals will struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic. Voices from the Field - 14 Apr 2020
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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