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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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On 04 June, a missile strike hit a town centre in Idlib Governorate, northern Syria, and between 3pm and 7pm 130 wounded patients arrived at the small 12-bed facility. 80 were treated in the hospital, and 50 were referred to another medical facility as the nearest hospital became overwhelmed. See the PR and the testimony for more info."
Syria

Blast in Syria’s Idlib region causes multiple casualties

A dozen people have been rushed to an MSF-supported hospital in Idlib province, northwestern Syria, after a blast in the town of Darkoush on 31 October. Project Update - 1 Nov 2019
 
The Shiara hospital, an MSF-supported facility in Razeh district (Northern Yemen), was hit by a projectile in northern Yemen on January 10thm resulting in five deaths, eight injured and the collapse of several buildings of the medical facility. One of the critical injured victim, passed away on Sunday 17th after being transferred to the ICU at the MSF hospital in Saada. More than 130 health centres and hospitals have been affected by the conflict ravaging the country in the last ten months.
Yemen

No true accountability three years after bombing of MSF-supported hospital

A body appointed by the Saudi and Emirati-led Coalition to investigate incidents in Yemen releases its findings related to the bombing of Shiara hospital. Press Release - 30 Oct 2019
 
MSF mental health counselor talking to the newly arrived people who fled from NE Syria to Iraq.
Iraq

Mental health issues emerge amongst people fleeing northeast Syria

MSF teams are starting to see - and treat - mental health issues, including suicidal thoughts, among people who have fled the conflict in northeast Syria into camps in northern Iraq. Project Update - 28 Oct 2019
 
A rubber boat in distress seen through a scope on the bridge of Ocean Viking. MSF and SOS Méditerranée responded, rescuing the 104 people on board. All are now safely on board Ocean Viking.
Mediterranean migration

European leaders must urgently allow disembarkation of 104 survivors

SOS MEDITERRANEE and MSF call on European countries to urgently help assign a port of safety to the Ocean Viking and to finally establish a coordinated disembarkation mechanism for future rescues. Press Release - 28 Oct 2019
 
In the ER section of a makeshift hospital in Syria that MSF has converted from a farm.
Syria

Multiple casualties from shelling on village in northwestern Syria

Shelling on a village in Idlib province, northwestern Syria, has resulted in a number of deaths and multiple people taken to hospital, amid fear and displacement of people. Project Update - 25 Oct 2019
 
MSF teams assessing the refugee camp of Bardarash. The camp was initially used to host refugees fleeing from Mosul during the siege of 2017. Its capacity is estimated to around 11 000 individuals. The camp is empty since a while, but some shelters can be rehabilitated and used to allow potential medical activities. Moreover, the former Health Centre structure had been already used in the past by NGOS (MSF amongst them). The facility is in good shape and has enough space and capacity for carrying on primary health care activities.
Iraq

MSF providing medical care in Iraq to people fleeing northeast Syria

MSF teams have started working inside two areas in Iraq, responding to the medical needs - including mental health needs - of people fleeing the conflict and Turkish incursion in northeast Syria. Statement - 21 Oct 2019
 
Jamal, 62, is a Palestinian residing in Nahr Al-Bared camp, in North Lebanon. Jamal studied mechanical engineering in the United States of America, but he could not practice the profession when he came back to Lebanon. He was forced to find any job to support his family, which had an impact on his mental health. “I suffered from anxiety, depression, and phobia. I was scared to go out of the house. One day, a friend told me about Médecins sans Frontières, so I visited their clinic. I’ve received psychological support sessions from their psychologist, and a doctor prescribes my medication,” says Jamal. “I don’t have to worry about buying my medication because MSF provides them for me on a monthly basis, or else I would have to pay more than 100 USD per month. After one year of therapy, I am now much better. I can go out on my own; my fears disappeared.” Jamal received mental health consultations and pharmacological treatment in MSF clinic in Abdeh, Akkar, as part of the Mental Health Gap program which MSF is implementing since 2017. This program is based on training physicians on how to prescribe medication for some of the patients suffering from mental disorders where needed, under the supervision of an external psychiatrist and in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.
Mental health

Treating mental health outside of specialised settings

In an effort to address challenges of providing adequate mental health support to people, MSF has implemented the Mental Health Gap programme in two clinics in northern Lebanon. Project Update - 17 Oct 2019
 
Refugees in Zintan DC at the gate of the main warehouse where 700 of them were detained. A tuberculosis outbreak has likely been raging for several months in the detention centre and some wear masks for fear of contamination. The main warehouse was emptied in June 2019, and the remaining people distributed among the other buildings within the detention centre compound.
Libya

Closure of detention centre exposes migrants and refugees to even worse conditions

Following the closure of a detention centre in Misrata, refugees and migrants moved to other facilities in Libya are exposed to increasingly inhumane conditions.

 Press Release - 17 Oct 2019
 
A family managed to flee the frontlines towards Tal Tamer and to either Hasakah or Qamishli . Fortunately, they managed to hire a truck and brought some of their dire possessions with them. During the conflict it is often quite high prices to rent a truck to bring their possessions with them.
Syria

Northeast Syria: MSF forced to evacuate staff due to extreme volatility in the region

Volatility in northeast Syria has forced Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to suspend most of our activities there and evacuate all international staff. Press Release - 14 Oct 2019
 
Over 18 Schools have been opened up so far in Hasakeh city to provide for the steady influx of IDPs fleeing the frontline conflict between Turkish and the Syrian Democratic Forces. Each school houses from 150 to 270 people but lack water and hygienic facilities. The Syrian Humanitarian Coordinating Office expect 30,000 refugees to come to the city in the next coming days and to be-housed in these schools. They are beginning to set up for at least a hundred schools. Most of these refugees have no documentation or identification cards due to the conflict that has been raging over the last eight years. Local humanitarian organizations have highlighted the dire need of water supply as a major need.
Syria

Northeast Syria: Turkish military operation results in displacement and hospital closure

Shelling by Turkish military has displaced many people from villages and towns along Syria's northeast border. A hospital has closed. Press Release - 11 Oct 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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