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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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1718 Results
 
South Africa

Zimbabwean nightmare of neglect continues in South Africa

MSF launches new report: "No Refuge, Access Denied: Medical and Humanitarian Needs of Zimbabweans in South Africa".
MSF is calling on the government of South Africa and United Nations (UN) agencies to urgently address the specific humanitarian needs of vulnerable Zimbabweans falling through the cracks of South African society. Press Release - 2 Jun 2009
 
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Pakistan

Increasing numbers of displaced in Pakistan bring camps to capacity with days

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is currently supporting an IDP camp in Mardan district, 100km northwest of the capital, Islamabad, in addition to distributing non-food items to people living in so-called "non-official camps", like mosques and school buildings, with essentials such as cooking sets and hygiene and sleeping kits. Project Update - 25 May 2009
 
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Project Update

MSF denounces the policy of forced repatriation of the Hmong population of Huai Nam Khao camp back to Laos, and refuses to work under military pressure

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) denounces the methods employed by the Thai authorities, who have stamped out any possibility of offering independent humanitarian assistance to the camp's refugee population. Press Release - 20 May 2009
 
Thailand

Hidden Behind Barbed Wire

Plight of Hmong refugees held in detention camp in northern Thailand ignored amid ongoing deportations to Laos. Report - 20 May 2009
 
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Kenya

Somali refugees imperilled in overcrowded camps in Kenya

More than 270,000 refugees who have fled war in Somalia are facing such alarming shortages of food, water and adequate shelter in severely overcrowded camps in northern Kenya that many are considering returning to the Somali war zone. Press Release - 18 May 2009
 
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Sri Lanka

A 'full blown storm of medical and humanitarian needs' in Sri Lanka

Since Saturday, MSF teams have been working alongside the Sri Lankan Ministry of Health doing triage at the main crossing point, selecting the most seriously injured, then treating and stabilising them on site. Project Update - 15 May 2009
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Changing conflict patterns bring fewer injuries but continue to force DRC population to flee their homes

In response to these population movements, MSF extended its area of operations into the Lubero region. Project Update - 11 May 2009
 
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South Sudan

MSF treats victims of deadly clashes in Jonglei State, southern Sudan

Following recent outbreaks of violence between rival ethnic groups in Jonglei State, southern Sudan, MSF teams are treating wounded from each side, assisting those who fled their villages, and treating malnutrition and cholera. Project Update - 4 May 2009
 
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Central African Republic

Violence in the north of Central African Republic forces thousands to flee

MSF estimates there could be around 8,000 newly displaced in the region of Kabo and Moyen Sido. Press Release - 30 Apr 2009
 
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Sri Lanka

Over 100,000 displaced in one location, hospitals struggling, Sri Lanka displaced demand 24 hour care as MSF staff prepare for the next wave of injured

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Sri Lankan Ministry of Health medical staff in Vavuniya hospital continued to work round the clock this past weekend. Project Update - 28 Apr 2009
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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