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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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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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1006 Results
 
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Yemen

As people flee Somalia and Ethiopia, 56 dead are found on the shores of Yemen

During the voyage, the passengers had no food or water. There were at least 20 people - all Ethiopians - in the hull of the boat. At least four people died during the trip due to the very hard conditions. Project Update - 17 Dec 2007
 
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Iraq

Surgery for wounded Iraqis

Our teams have been working here in Jordan for over a year now. They provide care and reassurance to patients, monitor the healing process and schedule further operations if necessary. Crisis Update - 30 Oct 2007
 
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Iraq

Surgical assistance for victims of war

The Iraqi health system is no longer able to give proper care for these victims of violence. Thousands of doctors have fled the country and those who stay are often faced with harassment, arrest or the threat of kidnapping and assassination. Voices from the Field - 25 Sep 2007
 
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Iraq

Let the world know what is happening

Project Update - 25 Sep 2007
 
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Palestine

MSF reacts to charges issued against Palestinian staff member

Mr. Mossaab Bashir, a member of the staff of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in the Gaza Strip, was charged by an Israeli court with "contact with a foreign agent" and "conspiracy to commit a crime". Project Update - 17 May 2007
 
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Iraq

Responding to Iraq's emergency

When MSF staff asked the doctors how the organisation could best help, they were told that it would be suicidal for them to invite MSF into their hospitals. MSFs traditional proximity, one of its firm principles, could lead to the murder of the very doctors the organisation wanted to help. Project Update - 4 Feb 2007
 
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Lebanon

The challenge of providing aid to the most needy in Lebanon

The situation of the estimated 250,000 displaced people in the Aley region (Chouf mountain) is deteriorating. All public buildings are occupied by displaced, and people continue to arrive every day. Project Update - 8 Sep 2006
 
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Lebanon

With the acute emergency phase ending, MSF scales down activities in Lebanon

The more than 100,000 internally displaced people that sought refuge in Beirut began returning immediately after the ceasefire came into effect. Almost all collective centres are now empty. As a result the medical and psychosocial care administered by mobile teams has ended. Project Update - 24 Aug 2006
 
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Lebanon

The first sign of help after the hail of bombs: mobile clinic in southern Lebanon

Many of the mostly older patients come to the MSF mobile clinic with chronic complaints such as muscle pain, rheumatism or stomach problems. The illnesses are not life-threatening, but many of the patients struggle with the terrible experiences of the last few days and weeks. Project Update - 17 Aug 2006
 
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Lebanon

Ceasefire improves access to displaced in Lebanon

Hours after the ceasefire came into effect, thousands of displaced started returning to their homes. Though fighting can still break out at any moment and unexploded ordnance remains on roads, in fields and in towns, the displaced are eager to leave the collective centers where living conditions are difficult. Project Update - 16 Aug 2006
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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