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How we work

See what triggers an intervention and how supply and logistics allow our teams to respond quickly.

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How we're run

Discover our governance and what it means to be an association. Find a quick visual guide to our offices around the world.

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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 Websites

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Our offices around the world
Our offices around the world
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Access Campaign

We set up the MSF Access Campaign in 1999 to push 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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1005 Results
 
MSF convoy attacked in Gaza
Gaza-Israel war

Strikes, raids and incursions: Over a year of relentless attacks on healthcare in Palestine

A timeline of attacks on MSF or MSF-supported medical facilities and medical practitioners in Palestine since 7 October 2023. Project Update - 7 Jan 2025
 
NICU Nasser hospital
Gaza-Israel war

Babies in Gaza at risk of disease and death as winter approaches

As temperatures drop and living conditions deteriorate in Gaza, Palestine, babies are at increased risk of disease and death. Project Update - 2 Jan 2025
 
From Rafah to Khan Younis, lives in ruins
Gaza-Israel war

Gaza: Life in a death trap

In Gaza, Palestine, MSF has witnessed 14 months of repeated attacks on civilians and the dismantling of healthcare facilities, seemingly underpinning Israel’s campaign to unravel the very fabric of society in Gaza. Report - 19 Dec 2024
 
MSF medical activities in northwest Syria
Syria

Three things to know about what’s happening in Syria

Recent political developments in Syria have led to the fall of the government. MSF teams are working in northeast and northwest of the country and trying to assess working in other areas. Project Update - 12 Dec 2024
 
Tabqa camp in northeast Syria
Syria

MSF responds to people’s developing needs in northeast Syria

MSF is providing clean drinking water, shelter, and urgent medical care to people who have been displaced by ongoing hostilities in northeast Syria. Press Release - 11 Dec 2024
 
MSF mobile medical unit visiting collective shelters
Lebanon

War and economic strain worsen health conditions in Lebanon

Before the escalation between Hezbollah and Israel on 8 October 2023, Lebanon was already facing an economic crisis that impacted people. Project Update - 26 Nov 2024
 
Bekaa Valley - Sept. 25, 2024
Lebanon

Seeking refuge from Israeli bombardment in Baalbek, Lebanon

At a school in Baalbek, Lebanon, our team met women sheltering with their families. Voices from the Field - 4 Nov 2024
 
"Whatever we lose, we will come back"
Lebanon

“Whatever we lose, we will come back”

In the southern Lebanese city of Saida, our mobile clinic teams are visiting people who have been displaced by Israeli bombardments. Photo Story - 24 Oct 2024
 
MSF activities in Azarieh shelter
Lebanon

Beyond survival: Helping children and adults cope with the traumas of war in Lebanon

Our teams are running a mental health hotline and visiting displaced people in Lebanon, helping them learn practices for coping with the ongoing war. Project Update - 22 Oct 2024
 
Mobile Clinics and Distribution of NFI in Beirut
Lebanon

MSF urges for protection of civilians and medical staff amid Israeli bombardment in Lebanon

As airstrikes continue and without guarantees of safety for medical staff, healthcare facilities in Lebanon are closing when people need access to medical care most. Press Release - 10 Oct 2024
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
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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