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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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4492 Results
 
Natural hazards

One year after the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster

Large parts of the city have been completely washed away by the tsunami. In Meulaboh on the west coast of Aceh, the destruction caused by the tsunami is still there for all to see almost nine months after it struck. Where the town once stood there are now just ruins stretching down to the sea. Report - 20 Dec 2005
 
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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka- One year operational review

MSF's initial assessments revealed an uneven destruction of the coastal villages and found health practitioners taking care of the wounded, most of whom were treated within the first three days. Local communities organised accommodation and communal kitchens for the displaced people. Project Update - 20 Dec 2005
 
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Indonesia

Tsunami one year review

MSF was already active in Indonesia before the tsunami struck, assisting patients suffering from infectious diseases and helping victims of violence and natural disasters. On December 28, the first team arrived in Aceh's regional capital of Banda Aceh. They started seeing patients in a medical clinic and began assessments and relief operations. Project Update - 20 Dec 2005
 
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India

Tsunami one year operations review

Because of quick government and community mobilization, emergency medical needs caused by the tsunami were mostly covered in this country. The principal problem for many communities was psychological trauma, with some people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Project Update - 20 Dec 2005
 
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Thailand

Tsunami one year operations review

In general, the Thai emergency response was found to be fast and well-organized. MSF decided to help improve the situation for Burmese migrant workers affected by the tsunami. More than 50,000 Burmese migrants are registered as workers in six provinces along the western coast of southern Thailand, but as many as 500,000 are actually thought to live in the area. Project Update - 20 Dec 2005
 
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Tsunami

Use of tsunami funds

A summary of the use of tsunami funds Project Update - 20 Dec 2005
 
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India

Monsoon rains and floods hit tsunami-affected area in Tamil Nadu

MSF targets villages that were spared in the tsunami but now lack essential relief aid. Project Update - 16 Dec 2005
 
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Malaria

Two new malaria treatments available in 2006

First medicines developed by Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) will be easier to use and less expensive than current ACTs, but action is needed to make sure the treatments reach patients. Press Release - 13 Dec 2005
 
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Uganda

Reconstructive surgery helps restore vital functions for mutilation victims

NPR feature, Dec 17 NPR Audio: Doctors seek to help Uganda mutilation victims
Sunday Times Uganda mutilation victims: On a hiding to nothing
"There is no greater offence to our sense of humanity than to see people who have been so deliberately and barbarically disfigured," said Christine Schmitz, Head of Mission for MSF in Uganda. Press Release - 12 Dec 2005
 
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Access to medicines

WTO sacrifices access to medicines before Hong Kong ministerial meeting

"There is a glaring lack of evidence that the measures proposed by the WTO would actually resolve the difficulties we are facing - not one patient has benefited from its use," said Ellen 't Hoen, Director of Policy Advocacy for the MSF Access Campaign. Press Release - 12 Dec 2005
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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