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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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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.

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Ebola disease in DRC: find out how we're responding
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Wady Lighrous is an area located in the East of Hebron city where some 4500 people life. This enclave is between two settlements (Kiryat Arba and Kharsena) and there is a military base along Road 60. It is considered an area C, which means no one is allowed to build a new building or to extend his own house. Some houses have been demolished by the Israeli forces in the past and people living there are facing a lot of obstacles from the Israeli army and the settlers.
Palestine

Occupied Minds: Daily obstacles

An MSF psychologist reports on a family's disrupted life. Voices from the Field - 12 Dec 2014
 
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Palestine

"I'm talking to you, but I am dead"

Gilles Pelissier, MSF project coordinator in Gaza, took advantage of the cease fire to go south of the Gaza Strip to see what conditions the numerous families in schools and emergency accommodation centres were living in. Voices from the Field - 8 Dec 2014
 
MSF has worked in Kirkuk since 2010 and since July has rapidly increased its assistance to the displaced population, operating mobile clinics in six locations throughout the city, focusing on chronic disease and maternal and pediatric care. Since July, MSF teams provided 5.821 medical consultations. MSF is also distributing 25,000 blankets and more than 3,700 kits with hygiene items to displaced families in Kirkuk.
Iraq

Thousands of displaced in Kirkuk lacking essential aid

Thousands fleeing violence are in desperate need of care. Press Release - 4 Dec 2014
 
A tent at the Police Station of Kos is used as a bedroom and health screening room at the same time, due to lack of proper facilities “Most of these people have been rescued at sea. When we examine them, they are usually very cold and have suffered considerably. From what I’ve seen, the conditions on arrival are inadequate for their needs, and major improvements need to be made” says Dimitris Jannussis, MSF Doctor.
Greece

Testimonies from Syrian refugees and MSF staff

The people who arrive in the Greek islands have gone through a lot of hardship. We have seen people suffering from hypothermia and respiratory tract infections. They have suffered a lot, both physically and psychologically. Voices from the Field - 3 Dec 2014
 
Garage shelter for refugees in Leros island,Greece. Coast Guard station yard
Mediterranean migration

EU and Greece turn their backs on refugees arriving at Greek islands

Refugees are subjected to a dysfunctional reception system and inhumane living conditions Press Release - 3 Dec 2014
 
The Suchiate river, on the border between Mexico and Guatemala. The Central American migrants cross it on small boats. It's the beginning of their tough journey through Mexico.
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

EXODUS: Three stories, three continents, but a shared motivation – to escape violence

MSF launches web documentary to tell the stories of those who have no choice but to leave Voices from the Field - 2 Dec 2014
 
Paoua hospital. Cathy Beuve, MSF nurse. *** Local Caption *** In CAR, despite an overall increase in aid in recent years, access to health care remains a major problem, even in areas that are not directly affected by the conflict. A majority of Central Africans continue to live in extremely precarious conditions. Several mortality surveys conducted by MSF in particular regions of the country highlight crude mortality rates and specific extremely high - sometimes three to five times higher than the emergency threshold.<br> These mortality rates are partly attributable to a structural deficit of the health system that does not allow the public to have access to basic health care for diseases such as malaria, respiratory infections and diarrheal diseases.<br> In Paoua, MSF teams are working in collaboration with the Ministry of Health in all hospital reference departments (pediatrics, surgery, maternity, emergency, hospitalization and HIV & TB treatment). In 2011, MSF issued more than 72,000 consultations in Paoua hospital and peripheral health centers, and more than 6600 patients have been hospitalized. The teams have conducted over 8000 ANC consultations and 1432 deliveries. MSF also supports patients with advanced AIDS and cases of co-infection HIV / TB. In 2011, 247 patients received antiretroviral therapy.<br>
HIV/AIDS

‘Double victims’ – in conflict zones, people with HIV are twice as vulnerable

The past decade has seen major improvements in people’s ability to access lifesaving HIV treatments – but if you live in Central African Republic (CAR), South Sudan or parts of Yemen, you could be forgiven for thinking nothing has changed. The fact is that in most unstable areas, HIV services remain largely non-existent. Voices from the Field - 1 Dec 2014
 
Nawaf, a 45-year-old patient:“I was blown up by a landmine while herding sheep and I lost both my legs. Two weeks later, my brother was also wounded in the same way. After four months of treatment, I tried on my prosthetics two days ago, I feel so happy. It’s a feeling that you can’t explain. I didn’t know that it would be possible. I can’t wait to go back to Syria to show my family that I can walk again.”
Jordan

A year of saving Syrian lives

Learn more about MSF's trauma surgery project on Jordan's border with Syria. Project Update - 24 Nov 2014
 
Since the beginning of the year, MSF is working in Sana’a, the capital of Yemen, to help reduce the stigma faced by people living with HIV and improve their access to quality healthcare. Sana’a landscape.
Yemen

Enrolment for antiretroviral treatment increasing in health facilities

Stigma and discrimination towards people living with HIV and AIDS has reduced significantly in some public health facilities Press Release - 19 Nov 2014
 
Amina was diagnosted diabetic type I at the age of four years old. She never missed her insuline injections except from this time she had to flee Raqqa (Syria) with her family and seek refuge in Lebanon.
Lebanon

Syrian refugees struggle to live with diabetes

“Why continue living under these conditions?” says Ismael. “If I must die, I must die.” Voices from the Field - 19 Nov 2014
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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