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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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7707 Results
 
South Africa

MSF calls attention to continuing dangers faced by survival migrants and refugees in South Africa

"What has changed for our patients in the last year? Very little. They are still risking their lives when they cross the border, raped in shocking numbers by gangs, and then facing uncertainty about their status in the country. Many go on to a life in Johannesburg that continues to endanger their health," says Mickael Le Paih, head of mission for MSF in South Africa. Press Release - 12 May 2010
 
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Somalia

With violent clash in Somalia, MSF calls for respect of the neutrality of medical facilities

"We have been able to work in Somalia for the last 19 years because we do not take sides in any conflict," explained Head of Mission David Querol, "We are committed to assisting the Somali people, but can only do so if the medical structures where we work and our staff are respected." Press Release - 10 May 2010
 
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Nigeria

Lead poisoning continues to affect hundreds of children in northwestern Nigeria

Earlier this year, cases of lead poisoning in children and adults were confirmed in five villages in Zamfara state, northwestern Nigeria. Since early June, MSF, in collaboration with Ministry of Health, has been providing emergency treatment for children under five years of age and breast feeding mothers, as they are the most vulnerable group to be affected by the poisoning. Project Update - 10 May 2010
 
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India

Victory for access to medicines as valganciclovir patent is rejected in India

Through this decision, the Indian Patent Office has also confirmed the right of patients groups to oppose a patent after it has been granted, a matter on which Roche claimed there was ambiguity. This follows a similar recognition in 2002 in Thailand of patients as 'persons interested' in the outcome of a patent application. Press Release - 6 May 2010
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

In Ituri, DRC, several thousand isolated civilians are once again caught in the trap of conflict

Population movements intensified gradually over the following days in the hope of escape. The community leader in Walendu Bindi and MSF (the only humanitarian organization present at this time) jointly conducted negotiations with the military heads of both opposing parties appealing to allow civilians to exit safely from the crossfire zone. Project Update - 4 May 2010
 
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HIV/AIDS

Free Trade Agreement: Trading away the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS

Project Update - 28 Apr 2010
 
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South Africa

Medical solutions exist yet malaria remains a killer

MSF interactive map on our malaria treatment activities worldwide Project Update - 25 Apr 2010
 
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Project Update

Every year, over one million patients treated by MSF for malaria in 30 countries

"Developed and developing countries need to be consistently committed to supporting the fight against malaria," said Dr. Martin De Smet, malaria expert with MSF. Project Update - 25 Apr 2010
 
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India

Surviving TB - before and after in India

"The first photo was taken in November, 2009 in Shalom, and I honestly thought he would not survive. He was very unwell with chronic diarrhea, poor appetite and severe pulmonary tuberculosis. The second photo was taken at a follow-up appointment at MSF's town clinic in Churachandpur in April, 2010, and I could barely believe it was the same child."
Fiona Fisher, a medical doctor working for MSF in Manipur, India tells Vanlalsiam's story. Project Update - 21 Apr 2010
 
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Chad

MSF vaccinates 500,000 children against measles in N'Djamena Chad

The vaccination campaign was initially planned to end on April 6, but its length is extended, in cooperation with Chadian health authorities, to reach the needed level of coverage. Project Update - 12 Apr 2010
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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