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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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2011 Results
 
Emergency Surgical Team at Bashair Hospital Khartoum, Sudan
Conflict in Sudan

Staff beatings, death threats jeopardise MSF’s presence in Khartoum hospital

On July 20, an MSF team of 18 was assaulted by a group of armed men who physically beat and whipped our colleagues and stole one of our vehicles. Press Release - 21 Jul 2023
 
Situation in MSF's Tabarre hospital
Haiti

Armed men violently enter Tabarre hospital and forcibly remove patient

All our activities at the Tabarre hospital in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince are currently suspended, after armed men stormed the facility and forcibly removed a patient with gunshot wounds. Press Release - 7 Jul 2023
 
The Berm intervention - Syria/Jordan Border
Syria

The humanitarian isolation of northwest Syria must be prevented

We call on the United Nations Security Council to renew the cross-border resolution for the delivery of humanitarian aid into northwest Syria. Press Release - 5 Jul 2023
 
Malnutrition in northwest Nigeria : MSF's ITFC at Kofar Sauri, Katsina
Nigeria

Urgent action needed to avert catastrophic malnutrition crisis

As an escalating malnutrition crisis looms in northwest Nigeria, we call on the Nigerian government and local health authorities to act now to prevent a catastrophic loss of life.  Press Release - 3 Jul 2023
 
MSF in Jenin
Palestine

MSF condemns denial of medical access during military raid in Jenin

We condemn the denial of medical access in Jenin during the largest military raid in the West Bank since 2002. Medical structures, ambulances and patients must be respected. Press Release - 3 Jul 2023
 
Blukwa'Mbi health center, Ituri Province, DR Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo

Cycles of violence leave people in Ituri cut off from food and healthcare

It is essential that humanitarian assistance is provided for the 1.7 million people displaced across Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo, where they face food shortages and limited healthcare. Project Update - 26 Jun 2023
 
Emergency Response for Returnees and Refugees from Sudan
South Sudan

People fleeing conflict in Sudan struggle for survival

As thousands of people who have fled violence in Sudan are now struggling to survive in South Sudan, we call on the medical and humanitarian community to launch an urgent response. Press Release - 22 Jun 2023
 
View of Rusayo displacement site
Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF calls for a rapid increase in humanitarian aid for North Kivu crisis

An urgent humanitarian response must be implemented in North Kivu, DRC, as hundreds of thousands of displaced people in desperate conditions remain vulnerable to malnutrition, diseases and violence. Press Release - 21 Jun 2023
 
MSF provides assistance to refugees in Nakivale camp in Uganda
Uganda

Thousands in need of assistance in Ugandan refugee settlement

Thousands of refugees fleeing violence from DRC have arrived in Nakivale settlement, Uganda, where conditions are precarious, leaving many vulnerable to hunger and diseases. Project Update - 20 Jun 2023
 
Influx of wounded in Adre Hospital
Conflict in Sudan

Armed groups in El Geneina must spare civilians amid intense violence

As violence intensifies in El Geneina, Sudan, MSF calls on all parties to the conflict to spare civilians and to allow humanitarian teams to access the city safely. Press Release - 19 Jun 2023
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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