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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.

GeoMSF
Ebola disease in DRC: find out how we're responding
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Kadhim Dhaygham (16) is a patient at MSF's BMRC. Kadhim was injured on October 27 when a tear gas cannister slammed into his leg during protests in Baghdad
Iraq

Mending broken lives: treating wounded protesters in Baghdad

MSF staff have been providing lifesaving post-operative treatment - including physiotherapy and mental health support - to people wounded during the protests in Baghdad, Iraq. Project Update - 10 Jan 2020
 
Two adolescents are going back to their tent in an IDP camp located in the Jebel Harem area of Northwest Syria. They’ve been collecting wood in the mountain and around the camp, to use it as heating material during winter.
Syria

Afraid of the bombs: why people discuss the weather in northwestern Syria

A new military offensive in Idlib governorate, northwestern Syria, has forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee, joining more than 1.5 million displaced already living in dire conditions during a cold and wet winter. Project Update - 9 Jan 2020
 
An IDP camp of Northwest Syria. Over the past few months, MSF has been distributing drinkable water to newly displaced families, transferring waste, installing and ensuring the maintenance of toilets and latrines in both existing camps and newly formed settlements of Northwest Syria.
Syria

“There are no safe places for people in Idlib”

An escalation of attacks on previously 'safe' areas, including displaced people's camps, in Idlib province, on the Syria-Turkey border has killed and wounded dozens and forced thousands to flee again. Interview - 27 Dec 2019
 
Last February, the Libyan coast guard caught up with the boat I was trying to leave Libya on. After the arrest, I was taken to the Souk al Khamis detention centre in Khoms city. My name is Ahmed*, I am 21 years old and from Mogadishu, Somalia. UNHCR teams came to see us in Souk al Khamis and registered me, I was waiting to be transferred to Tripoli. A few days later, the prison managers told us to board two minibuses. Finally, we were going to be transferred. That's what I thought. But after several hours on the bus, we were going deeper and deeper into the desert. That's when I realized that we were not driving to Tripoli, but that we were in danger of being sold to traffickers. This risk was confirmed when I spotted armed men approaching in their pick-ups. In haste and fear, we all decided to try to escape by surprise, even if it meant losing our lives. At least two people died in the ensuing shooting. I am part of the group that managed to escape to a small town at dawn whose name I do not know. There, an old Libyan man offered us something to drink and eat, and he went to warn the authorities of our presence. We were taken to the Sirte detention centre - we stayed there for five months. MSF teams who knew us in Souk al Khamis came to see us several times in Sirte to treat those who were sick. Then we were sent to another prison in Misrata. It was really the worst. I was not feeling well and MSF brought me to the hospital to treat my tuberculosis. I learned that the Misrata detention centre has closed and that the group with which I survived this adventure had to go to Souk Al Khamis, where they tried to sell us... Back to square one.
Libya

Trading in suffering: detention, exploitation and abuse in Libya

Trapped - either from going home, from fleeing across the sea, or in a detention centre - refugees and migrants in Libya are exposed to violence, rape, exploitation and abuse. Photo Story - 23 Dec 2019
 
Yemen, Aden, 16 December 2018 – Entrance of OT and ICU of MSF trauma hospital in Aden. The hospital opened in 2012.
Antibiotic resistance

Why bacteria love war-wounds

Bacterial infections can be deadly, and antibiotics remain the best tool to treat them. But they are losing their effectiveness due to antibiotic resistance. We see this throughout our projects in the Middle East, where war-wounds are particularly susceptible. Project Update - 18 Nov 2019
 
12-years old Houssam is suffering from diabetes type I. As part of the healthy lifestyle that the medical team recommends, Houssam was advised to exercise whenever he has Hyperglycaemia. Houssam’s favourite sports is football, he plays it with his brother in the surroundings of his tent in Aarsal.
Lebanon

Empowering children living with type 1 diabetes

In Lebanon, MSF diabetes programmes focus on the use of technologies to improve young patients' adherence to treatment and their quality of life. Project Update - 13 Nov 2019
 
Panoramic view of Alwand Camps (Alwand 1 in the frond and Alwand 2 behind it near the river) with the river in the background.
Iraq

For displaced people in Iraq, going home seems impossible

Some 827 displaced families have lived in Alwand Camps 1 and 2 in Diyala governorate for years. They rely on ever-decreasing humanitarian aid to survive. Project Update - 7 Nov 2019
 
Inside the compound of Mokha hospital.
Yemen

MSF hospital partially destroyed in Mocha attack

An aerial attack on nearby buildings, including a military warehouse, have partially burnt and destroyed an MSF hospital in Mocha, southwestern Yemen, leaving the hospital inoperative and people without medical care. Project Update - 7 Nov 2019
 
Rania Samour is a counsellor that works for Médecins sans Frontières in Gaza, Palestine. She is part of a team that offers psychosocial support to our patients and their families as they undergo treatment. “Most of our patients here have trauma,” she says, “so I am trying to help them to avoid that trauma becoming a long-term problem.” Here she discusses the day’s appointments with her colleague.
Palestine

A day with an MSF counsellor in Gaza

This photo story follows an MSF psychosocial counsellor supporting burn and trauma patients at a clinic in Gaza. Many were shot during protests. Photo Story - 7 Nov 2019
 
MSF clinic in South Teheran.
Iran

After a cold night on the streets, a warm reception

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) project coordinator in south Tehran, Iran describes a day at a clinic, where most patients are homeless and take drugs. Voices from the Field - 6 Nov 2019
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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