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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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Syrian Kurdish refugee children stand with their mother on a road in the Domeez camp in northwest Iraqi Kurdistan, January 25, 2013. Approximately 32,000 people who have fled conflict and economic insecurity in Syria live in the camp. Housing in the camp ranges from tents for newly-arrived refugees to concrete structures for those who have been living longer in the camp.
Iraq

Growing number of Syrian refugees in Domeez

The registered number of refugees gathering at the Domeez camp, near the city of Dohuk in the Kurdish region of Iraq, is increasing daily. While 700 to 1,000 newcomers are registering every day the services provided in the camp remain insufficient to cope with mounting needs. Project Update - 10 Apr 2013
 
Village de Awarta, prise en charge d'une famille traumatisee *** Local Caption *** Depuis 2004, MSF mène un programme psycho-médico-social à Naplouse, Cisjordanie. <br/> Cette activité est dédiée aux personnes souffrant des conséquences psychologiques, directes ou indirectes, de la violence liée aux conflits, externe et interne (isolement, restriction voire interdiction de se déplacer, difficultés d'accès aux soins, arrestations, etc.) <br/> Nos patients sont des hommes et des femmes de tous âges. L'action de nos équipes (médecins, psychologues et travailleurs sociaux) consiste à prévenir et à réduire les effets psychologiques (stress, peur, angoisse) sur la population (enfants, adolescents et adultes) la plus gravement affectée par la violence, via une thérapie brève (individuelle, familiale ou de groupe) dès que l'événement à l'origine du traumatisme se produit. <br/> En 2010, à Naplouse, nos équipes ont concentré leur action sur les habitants des villages les plus exposés à la violence entre populations palestiniennes et colons israéliens, notamment au sud du district ; et sur les cinq camps de réfugiés de la zone, théâtres réguliers d?affrontements avec l?armée israélienne. Dans le district de Qalqilya, voisin de celui de Naplouse, la situation entre les colons israéliens et la population palestinienne est particulièrement tendue, surtout dans six villages. En 2010, MSF a initié une intervention dans quatre de villages de la zone et a aussi concentré son action sur les victimes du conflit inter-palestinien. <br/> Entre janvier et fin avril 2011, 104 patients ont été pris en charge ; 233 sessions psychologiques et 86 consultations médicales ont été effectuées.<br/> MSF est présente dans les Territoires palestiniens depuis 1989.
Palestine

The fight against hopelessness

Since the Israeli army first occupied the West Bank in 1967, there has been a massive military presence in the area. A complex system has been developed to keep the local population under control, which extends far beyond the wall separating the West Bank from neighboring Israel. Project Update - 3 Apr 2013
 
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Bahrain

Medical ethics conference cancelled

Press Release - 24 Mar 2013
 
Between August 19 and September 10 2010, Police incursions took place in many different cities in Morocco (Oujda, Al-Hoceima, Nador, Tanger, Rabat, Casablanca, Fez). In many of these raids police forces have used bulldozers and ,in Oujda even helicopters, destroying migrantsÕ tents and houses. <br/> It is estimated that during these raids between 600-700 migrants were arrested and taken to the border between Morocco and Algeria. There, migrants were left alone to fend for themselves, without food or water. Many of them were women with children, pregnant women and migrants with injuries, directly or indirectly related to police raids, and medical problems. <br/> During these last weeks, MSF teams have seen an alarming increase in patients with medical problems related to incidents of violence. Out of the 186 patients that have received medical care from MSF, 103 had lesions and injuries directly or indirectly linked to the violence during the arrests.
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Violence, Vulnerability and Migration: Trapped at the Gates of Europe

A report on the situation of sub-Saharan migrants in an irregular situation in Morocco. Report - 13 Mar 2013
 
Mussa acaba de participar en su segundo intento de saltar la valla de Melilla. Dice que lo seguirá intentando, aunque tratará de evitar pasar por mar. Dos de sus compañeros han muerto ahogados. Mussa has just participated in its second attempt to jump the fence into Melilla. He says he is going to keep on trying, although he’ll stay away from the sea. Two of its colleagues drowned in an attempt to cross the Strait of Gibraltar. Mussa vient d’essayer de passer le grillage de Melilla. C’est sa seconde tentative. Il dit qu’il continuera à essayer mais qu’il essayera d’éviter de passer par la mer. Deux de ses compagnons se sont noyés.
Morocco

Migrants face persistent violence

A new report by MSF outlines the impact of precarious living conditions and widespread criminal and institutional violence on the health of undocumented sub-Saharan migrants trapped in Morocco on their way to Europe. According to the report, Morocco’s transformation, as a result of increasingly stringent border controls, from a country of transit to a forced destination for migrants heightens their vulnerability. Press Release - 13 Mar 2013
 
A 6 year old kid surrounded by MSF surgeons in the OT. He suffered from burns in his back. The operation was done in Al-Salam Hospital where MSF manages maternity, pediatric, surgical and emergency departments and provides medications and treatment for free
Yemen

MSF continues its medical activities in Aden emergency hospital

Press Release - 9 Mar 2013
 
An MSF doctor is doing a dressing on a severely burnt boy in an advanced medical post.*** Local Caption *** MSF is supporting advanced medical posts with training and donations of drugs and medical material
Syria

Syria two years on: the failure of international aid so far

After two years of extremely violent conflict, the humanitarian situation in Syria is now catastrophic and the aid provided falls drastically short of what is needed. MSF calls on the parties involved in the conflict to negotiate an agreement on humanitarian aid, to facilitate its supply around the country via neighbouring countries or across front lines. Report - 7 Mar 2013
 
A father and his daughter wait in MSF's mobile clinic to see a doctor in Northern Syria, on Tuesday, February 5, 2013. This is the fourth mobile clinic session MSF has conducted in the same village, according to Dr. Tharcis Zinet, as the need from its people for basic healthcare is widespread. The village experienced heavy fighting until five months ago.
Syria

My enemy's doctor is my enemy

What do the Syrian National Coalition, a foreign jihadi group, a Gulf State and the Iranian and American governments all have in common? Statement - 7 Mar 2013
 
An MSF doctor is doing a dressing on a severely burnt boy in an advanced medical post.*** Local Caption *** MSF is supporting advanced medical posts with training and donations of drugs and medical material
Syria

Humanitarian assistance in deadlock

After two years of extremely violent conflict, the humanitarian situation in Syria is now catastrophic and the aid provided falls drastically short of what is needed. MSF calls on the parties involved in the conflict to negotiate an agreement on humanitarian aid, to facilitate its supply around the country via neighbouring countries or across front lines. Press Release - 7 Mar 2013
 
A Syrian refugee carries his two-year-old daughter in the rain-soaked Taybeh makeshift refugee camp outside Baalbek in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, January 18, 2013. Unhygienic conditions in the camp are leading to various communicable illnesses, especially among children. The camp is home to approximately 300 people who fled conflict in Syria.
Lebanon

Aid lags as Syrian refugee numbers increase

Syrians who have fled violent conflict at home in search of safety in Lebanon do not receive anywhere near adequate levels of humanitarian assistance and are living in extremely precarious conditions, a detailed survey released today by MSF reveals. More than half of interviewees cannot afford treatment for chronic diseases and nearly one-third have been forced to suspend treatment. Press Release - 7 Feb 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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