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How we work

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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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MSF Access

MSF Access pushes 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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Geo MSF

The GeoMSF platform is a dynamic one-stop-shop website for all of MSF's GIS related services and products. Access maps and applications through the catalogue, request geographical support, or produce a map on GeoMSF.

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Employees of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine and medical staff evacuate medical equipment from a maternity hospital destroyed by a Russian missile attack in the town of Selydove, Donetsk region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 16, 2024. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP) (Photo by ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images)
Ukraine

The destruction of healthcare in Ukraine is deliberate and calculated

MSF's latest report documents attacks on healthcare in Ukraine, indicating a deliberate strategy to destroy the medical system. Press Release - 13 Jul 2026
 
Violence escalated near the Maternity Isaïe Jeanty in Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, with bullets hitting the walls. A woman who was seeking refuge within the hospital compound was shot in the leg by a stray bullet. MSF has been supporting the rehabilitation of the hospital, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, to provide sexual and reproductive health services, including emergency obstetric surgery.
Haiti

MSF suspends operations at the Isaïe Jeanty Maternity hospital in Haiti amid violence

MSF has been forced to suspend operations at the Isaïe Jeanty Maternity hospital as violence escalates in Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Press Release - 19 Jun 2026
 
View of the damage at Jabal Amel Hospital following an Israeli strike carried out on 1 June in Sour (Tyre), southern Lebanon.
Lebanon

Israeli airstrike causes death, injury and damage in Sour (Tyre)

Israeli airstrikes have killed and injured people, and severely damaged an MSF-supported hospital in southern Lebanon. Press Release - 2 Jun 2026
 
Market at the Lankien town, Jonglei state, South Sudan, was hit in an airstrike by the government of South Sudan forces on 4 February 2026.
South Sudan

Attacks on healthcare and civilians, rape, hunger: South Sudan is at a breaking point

In South Sudan, escalating violence is increasingly harming people and undermining access to lifesaving care. MSF's latest report details the violence people face in the country, including attacks on healthcare. Press Release - 19 May 2026
 
The MSF flag flutters in the wind at MSF’s clinic in Al-Tanideba camp for Tigray refugees, in Eastern Sudan.
Lebanon

Healthcare under attack in Lebanon: MSF condemns the killing of paramedics by Israeli forces

MSF condemns attacks on paramedics and healthcare workers in Lebanon after a drone strike killed two rescuers, warning that ongoing violence is delaying lifesaving aid. Press Release - 14 May 2026
 
MSF vehicle on the way to one of the Health Centers where MSF does the outreach activity, doing MUAC and providing plumpy’nuts for children under 5
Democratic Republic of Congo

Eastern DRC: MSF staff have safely returned to Bukavu following security incident in Mwenga

Following a security incident in Mwenga territory, South Kivu province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, all involved MSF staff have safely returned to Bukavu. Press Release - 8 May 2026
 
Damage inside and outside the MSF-supported Al Daqaq hospital after two bombings occured nearby.
Attacks on medical care

Attacks on healthcare: Medical staff deserve more than empty words

Ten years after the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2286, MSF is calling on states to respect their commitment made in the resolution, and protect medical care. Press Release - 30 Apr 2026
 
MSF hospital in Lankien, Jonglei state, South Sudan, was hit in an airstrike by the government of South Sudan forces during the night of Tuesday, 3 February 2026. One MSF staff member suffered minor injuries. The hospital’s main warehouse was destroyed during the attack, and we lost most of our critical supplies for providing medical care. Lankien hospital was evacuated, and patients were discharged hours before the attack, following increased tensions and after MSF received information about a possible attack against the city. On 23 April, MSF team managed to visit the hospital. Hospital was bombarded, looted, and then vandalized: some structures were set on fire, MSF cars have bullet holes on windshields, equipment was taken out of wards and offices and destroyed, and documentation thrown out. Based on the publicly available facts, the community fled Lankien after the hospital and market were bombed on 3 February. The government forces took the full control of the town on 7 February. The town is now almost completely destroyed, including private housing, the market and some boreholes. MSF publicly announced the forced closure of the hospital on Wednesday 29 April 2026.
South Sudan

Bombarded, looted, vandalised: MSF forced to close Lankien hospital after 31 years

We have been forced to permanently close our hospital in Lankien, South Sudan, after it was bombarded on 3 February, ending 31 years of continuous medical support. Press Release - 29 Apr 2026
 
In Daba Naira camp of Tawila, in North Darfur state, western Sudan, families live in fragile straw huts and makeshift shelters that provide almost no protection from harsh weather or fire. Overcrowding and sparse materials leave many exposed to constant risk, reflecting the extreme vulnerability of displaced communities.
Conflict in Sudan

Three years of war have shattered Sudan's lifelines

As Sudan marks three years of war, violence and atrocities continue to devastate the lives of millions of people, and constrained humanitarian access is compounding suffering. Press Release - 15 Apr 2026
 
MFS cars next to Kajo Keji airstrip.
South Sudan

MSF concerned for unaccounted staff in Lankien and Pieri, South Sudan

MSF is concerned for the 26 staff members who we have not had contact with since an escalation of violence in Lankien and Pieri, Jonglei state, South Sudan. Press Release - 2 Mar 2026
Four mothers posing in a corridor of the Hospital in Bili. All four of them are staying in the hospital with their child, that's suffering from a severe case of malaria. Since the beginning of the project in 2016, the pediatric ward already treated more than 4.000 cases of complicated/severe form of malaria.
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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