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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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Ebola disease in DRC: find out how we're responding
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As hundreds of patients evacuated Al Aqsa hospital and less and less hospitals are functional, MSF prematurely opened the field hospital with IPD and ER departments and started accepting the first patients. Field hospitals are not a solution but only a response to the dismantlement of the health system from Israeli forces, it is the last resort to alleviate the pressure from the few existing medical facilities.
Gaza-Israel war

With Al-Aqsa hospital under threat, MSF opens field hospital in central Gaza

MSF has opened a field hospital in Deir Al-Balah, central Gaza, Palestine, in response to the increasing military threat to Al-Aqsa hospital. Press Release - 28 Aug 2024
 
🌊 Intense night in the Central Mediterranean 🔵MSF team rescued 139 people in 3 operations. Competent authorities were informed accordingly. During the last rescue, 37 went overboard, some of them were pushed. Everyone is safe on #GeoBarents, receiving care and recovering. During the first rescue, 57 people were spotted in distress on fibreglass boats in international water. As MSF team finished distributing lifejackets and everyone moved to the rescue boat, an unidentified boat came to area where a person jumped into the fibreglass boat and drove away from the area. During the second rescue, 45 people including 2 children were spotted in distress on fibreglass boats. While survivors were moving to the rescue boats, one person stayed and refused to be rescued, and was seen driving the boat away. Later, 37 people were spotted in distress on a fiberglass boat. As the team was waiting for instructions from competent authorities, people were seen jumping into the water, some were physically pushed by a person who later drove the boat away. MSF team quickly and safely retrieved everyone.
Mediterranean migration

Italian authorities detain MSF rescue ship for 60 days

MSF's rescue ship, the Geo Barents, has been prevented from conducting lifesaving activities in the Mediterranean Sea, after Italian authorities issued a 60-day detention order for alleged safety violations. Press Release - 27 Aug 2024
 
Women and children at the MSF Hospital in Metche, in eastern Chad, August 7, 2024. Metche camp hosts about 40,000 Sudanese refugees who have fled violence in Darfur. Finbarr O’Reilly/VII Photo.
Conflict in Sudan

Soaring medical needs and a failing humanitarian response mark 500 days of war in Sudan

A failing humanitarian response and a shameful lack of response from donors mark 500 days of war in Sudan, where people's needs have reached catastrophic levels. Press Release - 27 Aug 2024
 
According to local officials, more than 59,000 people reside in the Pokrovsk region. They have been urged to take only their most essential possessions and leave their homes. The majority are fleeing the war by train, with carriages fully occupied. Entire families, often accompanied by their pets, are boarding these evacuation trains. MSF is providing medical consultations to evacuees at the railway platform in Pokrovsk and is on duty at train stops. "There are passengers with various chronic conditions, which can worsen under severe stress," says MSF paramedic Olha Tatsenko. "People are experiencing headaches, high blood pressure, and emotional overload. No one knows what the future holds," Olha continues. "After an examination, one woman was hospitalised. She had extremely low blood pressure and needs further tests at a hospital, including a cardiogram and ultrasound, to determine the cause." The evacuation trains are stopping in Dnipro, the nearest major city from the frontline. Some evacuees are heading to relatives in safer regions, while others are seeking refuge in shelters for internally displaced persons in the western part of the country.
War in Ukraine

MSF provides medical care to people evacuating from Pokrovsk

As fighting escalates and approaches the district of Pokrovsk, Ukraine, MSF teams are assisting those who have been forced to evacuate. Press Release - 26 Aug 2024
 
An MSF medicine dispenser Gatluak is dispensing medicine to a patient at the pharmacy of an MSF hospital in Lankien, Jonglei State, South Sudan.
South Sudan

Action needed on HIV and tuberculosis amid South Sudan’s crises

In a recent article published in The Lancet HIV, MSF highlights the critical situation of tuberculosis and HIV in South Sudan. Press Release - 23 Aug 2024
 
View of mother and child waiting at MSF clinic in Zamzam camp, 15 km from El Fasher, North Darfur.
Sudan

Last hospital in El Fasher risks closure during intensive bombardment on the city

On 11 August, Saudi hospital was attacked during an intensive bombardment on the city of El Fasher. As fighting escalates once more, the warring parties must protect civilians and health structures. Press Release - 14 Aug 2024
 
Rohingya refugees meet up and talk in the streets of the camps. Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, October 2023 © Ro Yassin Abdumonab Des réfugiés rohingyas se rassemblent et discutent dans les camps de Cox’s Bazar. Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, octobre 2023 © Ro Yassin Abdumonab
Bangladesh

Severe spike in arrivals of war wounded Rohingya from Myanmar

The number of Rohingya people crossing from Myanmar into Bangladesh with violence-related injuries indicates a worsening humanitarian situation in Myanmar's Rakhine state. Press Release - 9 Aug 2024
 
MSF vehicle arriving at Ganjuwa hospital after dropping off our teams at the AFTC outpatient clinics. MSF is working in 3 remote areas to provide better care for people living in isolated communities.
Nigeria

Community-based solutions used for malnutrition response in Bauchi

In Bauchi state, northern Nigeria, MSF teams are expanding their activities to respond to an overwhelming surge in malnutrition. Press Release - 6 Aug 2024
 
Palestinian teenager finding shelter from the sun after his home was suddenly demolished without warning in Umm al Kheir, Masafer Yatta, West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Palestine

Restrictions and violence block Palestinians in Hebron from medical care

Psychological trauma and lack of access to healthcare are part of the everyday reality for many Palestinians in Hebron governorate, Palestine, making life often unbearable. Press Release - 6 Aug 2024
 
Photo from the mini-documentary series "Displaced Lives" Episode 1: Esther. Esther looks at the horizon standing on a stone on the outskirts of Elohim camp.
Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF survey shows scale and continuing cycle of violence against displaced women in eastern DRC

A survey among displaced people in four camps around Goma in Democratic Republic of Congo shows alarming rates of violence, particularly sexual violence. Press Release - 5 Aug 2024
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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