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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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An X-ray shows a bullet lodged in the chest of Linda, 21. Surgeons determined it was too risky to remove, so she will have to continue living with it. Linda was hit while she was in church, when an armed group opened fire on a helicopter believed to be linked to the police.
Haiti

Port-au-Prince: MSF treats over 100 patients for violence injuries in two weeks

Daily life for many people in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is marked by gunfire and drone strikes, with MSF hospitals seeing an increase in patients needing care for violence-related injuries. Press Release - 22 Jan 2026
 
30 january 2023. Hospital in Vysokopilla town, Kherson Oblast.
Attacks on medical care

Attacks on medical care in armed conflict reach record levels

A new report from MSF has found that warring parties are increasingly shirking their obligations to protect medical care under international humanitarian law. Press Release - 22 Jan 2026
 
Mother and daughter in an IDP camp Arual Manyok, 32, and her daughter Adit Ayuel, 3, who received Malaria Drug Administration( MDA), talk to MSF staff in front of their tukul. "If we compare before and after MSF started bringing malaria drugs, there is a big difference. All the children who got the medicine have not had malaria again. Only the children who did not get the drugs are getting sick.” says Arual South Sudan is at the middle of the malaria season. The majority of patients at Mayen Abun Hospital are positive for malaria, some of them suffering from severe cases. As this is a recurring situation, MSF has been running a mass drug administration (MDA) rounds since 2023, providing prophylactic treatment to children under the age of 15. This has already had a massive impact on the community: positive rates among children are much lower than in previous years (even though the country as a whole is experiencing an increased malaria peak compared to previous years due to the influx of refugees and flooding), and the rate of severe cases is also much lower. An MSF outreach team visited one IDP camp to check some of the children who had already received 3 rounds of prophylaxis and to discuss the impact with the families.
South Sudan

Gaps in healthcare threaten lives as violence escalates in South Sudan

Amid escalating violence, disease outbreaks, healthcare shortages, and decreasing aid funding, South Sudan’s health system is stretched to breaking point. Press Release - 9 Dec 2025
 
An MSF vehicle is parked outside Al Rantisi Hospital in Gaza City, amidst the rubble and destruction in the area. The photo, taken from the hospital’s entrance, looks out onto the street.
Gaza-Israel war

MSF denounces more bloodshed in Gaza

Our teams are treating people who were critically wounded by Israeli airstrikes and quadcopters on 19 November. Press Release - 21 Nov 2025
 
Five MSF staff load tents on to a truck in Gaza City
Gaza-Israel war

MSF forced to suspend Gaza City activities amid intensified Israeli offensive

The intense Israeli forces' offensive in Gaza City, Palestine, is putting our staff and patients at an unacceptable level of risk to continue our lifesaving activities.
 Press Release - 26 Sep 2025
 
An MSF team walk through the town of Mocímboa da Praia, in northern Mozambique, to assess people’s medical and humanitarian needs.
Mozambique

MSF suspends activities in Mocímboa da Praia as violence surges

MSF suspends activities in the town and district of Mocímboa da Praia in Cabo Delgado province as violence surges. Civilians, medical workers must be protected. Press Release - 26 Sep 2025
 
Adil, 12-year-old, next to his mother Nawal and little brother Musa. As many of the children recovering the paediatric ward of Tawila Hospital on that day, Adil is suffering from a bullet injury, as he was shot on his way out of Zamzam camp. Out of the 779 patients MSF have treated since April 11th for gunshot wound, 138 were children.
Conflict in Sudan

Deadly attacks across Darfur leave nearly 100 wounded in MSF-supported facilities

A day of RSF and SAF attacks across Darfur, Sudan, has seen 99 wounded patients arrive at MSF-supported facilities. Press Release - 11 Sep 2025
 
MSF prioritizes access to clean water as part of our emergency response in Chiure, southern Cabo Delgado, supplying 600,000 liters to both resettlement centers in just two weeks.
Mozambique

Violence in Cabo Delgado sparks new wave of mass displacement as needs surge

An estimated 50,000 people have been newly displaced in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, following attacks by a non-state armed group. Press Release - 21 Aug 2025
 
Damaged residential buildings and cars. Reports indicate strikes on homes, hospitals, schools, and universities in residential areas where families with children live. At least 8 people were reportedly killed during last night, including a six-year-old child, and more than 100 injured — among them, children. In recent months, attacks on Kyiv have become more frequent. Since the full-scale invasion by Russian forces in 2022, many people have come to the city seeking safety — now, even here, they are at risk. Kyiv is also home to major hospitals that provide specialised care. Patients with serious or complex medical needs are often transferred here from other parts of the country. Attacks on the city put both this care and the people who depend on it in danger. “MSF in Ukraine is witnessing the devastating, continuous impact of intensified airstrikes on cities and residential areas across the country,” says Ainur Absemetova, MSF’s Head of Mission. “These attacks not only destroy homes and essential infrastructure like schools, hospitals, power and water systems — they also undermine people’s sense of safety and dignity, leaving them in a constant state of fear and uncertainty. This ongoing terror intensifies existing trauma, deepens insecurity, anxiety and increases the urgent need for emergency medical and psychological support.”
War in Ukraine

Increasing bombardment in Kyiv threatens lives and medical care

Kyiv, Ukraine has came under heavy attack by drones and missiles, with strikes on homes and hospitals, threatening lives and medical care. Press Release - 31 Jul 2025
 
The Walikale general reference hospital is the only referral hospital in Walikale territory, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. In cases of serious complications or rare or unusual diseases/illnesses, Médecins Sans Frontières refers patients by helicopter to Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu.
Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF is the only international humanitarian organisation responding to people’s growing needs in Walikale, DRC

People in Walikale, in North Kivu, DRC, have been displaced by conflict and are now facing food insecurity. Press Release - 24 Jul 2025
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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