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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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Bab Al Noor camp, northern Syria – Before the most recent increase in fighting in Azaz, Bab Al Noor camp, near Syria’s border with Turkey, was home to around 14,000 people. Another 1,300 people have arrived in the camp in the in the second week of February. MSF has donated around 50 large family tents for the recently arrived people in the camps and is looking at how to improve water and sanitation.
Syria

Health system close to collapse in war-torn Azaz district

“Azaz district has seen some of the heaviest tolls of this brutal war, and yet again we are seeing healthcare under siege,” said Muskilda Zancada, MSF head of mission, Syria. “We are extremely concerned about the situation in the south of the district, where medical staff, fearing for their lives, have been forced to flee and hospitals have either been completely closed, or can only offer limited emergency services.” Press Release - 10 Feb 2016
 
Bab Al Noor camp, northern Syria – Before the most recent increase in fighting in Azaz, Bab Al Noor camp, near Syria’s border with Turkey, was home to around 14,000 people. Another 1,300 people have arrived in the camp in the in the second week of February. MSF has donated around 50 large family tents for the recently arrived people in the camps and is looking at how to improve water and sanitation.
Syria

So close to front lines, these people – families with children and elderly people – might be in danger

"We can confirm, however, that the hospitals were hit by bombs," says Muskilda Zancada, MSF head of mission in Syria. "We also know that in Syria, hospitals and healthcare structures are regularly targeted: a disturbing trend that escalated in 2015." Voices from the Field - 10 Feb 2016
 
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Syria

MSF-supported hospital hit by airstrikes

On the night of 5 February 2016, airstrikes have hit an MSF-supported hospital in Dara’a governorate, southern Syria, killing three people and wounding at least six. “I was on my way to the hospital to help admit people who had been injured by the airstrikes,” says one staff member. “But as soon as I reached the hospital, I myself got injured. It all happened very quickly." Crisis Update - 9 Feb 2016
 
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Syria

Starvation continues in Madaya - MSF denounces continued blockage of essential aid and medical evacuations

“It is totally unacceptable that people continue to die from starvation, and that critical medical cases remain in the town when they should have been evacuated weeks ago,” said Brice de le Vingne, MSF’s director of operations. Press Release - 29 Jan 2016
 
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

“I’d never before seen the level of casualties I saw in Saada. The scale of wounded was extreme.”

“I’d never before seen the level of casualties I saw in Saada. The scale of wounded was extreme,” says Michael Seawright, former MSF Project Coordinator in Yemen. Voices from the Field - 27 Jan 2016
 
The house of the Al Atrash family is full of pictures of their son. “The photos make us comfortable, you know, you feel that he is with you,” explains Foad Irfae Aref Al Atrash, the father of Annas Al Atrash. Annas was 23 years old and the fourth in a family of eight siblings living in Hebron city in the West Bank. He was the manager of the family’s shoe business and responsible for looking after their income. He also worked selling trainers in the family’s shop in Jericho to tourists. On November 7th 2013 he was killed by an Israeli soldier while crossing a checkpoint by car.
Palestine

“You shot an innocent person and destroyed a whole family’s life.”

This month, Occupied Minds looks at how checkpoints, restriction of movements, are affecting the life of the Palestinian population. Annas was 23 years old and the fourth in a family of eight siblings living in Hebron city in the West Bank. He was the manager of the family's shoe business and responsible for looking after their income. On 7 November 2013 he was killed by an Israeli soldier while crossing a checkpoint by car. Voices from the Field - 26 Jan 2016
 
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

"They didn’t realise that the missile had hit the hospital itself."

"The border with Saudi Arabia is only half an hour away so everyone here is used to the sound of bombs and rockets," says Teresa Sancristoval, Head of MSF’s emergency desk, about the 10 January attack on Shiara hospital. "Knowing it had hit somewhere nearby, they set about preparing for mass casualties. What they didn’t realise was that the missile had hit the hospital itself, and soon they would be treating their own colleagues and patients.” Voices from the Field - 25 Jan 2016
 
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

Health facilities under attack - MSF wants answers

MSF medical activities in Yemen have come under attack four times in less than three months, each incident more serious than the last.“Four of our medical facilities have been attacked in four months in Yemen and Afghanistan,” Press Release - 25 Jan 2016
 
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

Saada attacks wound dozens and kill at least 6, including ambulance driver

Yesterday afternoon (loca time), 21 January, the ambulance service of the MSF-supported Al Gomhoury Hospital in Saada governorate, Yemen, was hit by an airstrike, killing one Ministry of Health staff member. Project Update - 22 Jan 2016
 
View from Al Thawra hospital in the besieged area of Taiz. A siege has been impoased on the city by Houthis since late August 2015. MSF was not able to enter medical aid into the enclave area for five months. Only on January 16th, MSF got the authorization and delivered medical aid to Al-Thawra hospital inside the enclave area.
Yemen

At least 10 children killed and three wounded while walking back home from school in Taiz

Michele Trainiti, MSF project coordinator in Taiz, Yemen, reports on an incident that took place on 19 January. At least 10 children killed and three wounded while walking back home from school. Voices from the Field - 21 Jan 2016
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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