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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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399 Results
 
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Central African Republic

Violence in the north of Central African Republic forces thousands to flee

MSF estimates there could be around 8,000 newly displaced in the region of Kabo and Moyen Sido. Press Release - 30 Apr 2009
 
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Sri Lanka

MSF treating hundreds of wounded arriving from Sri Lankan war zone

MSF is providing medical and logistical support at the hospital in Vavuniya and also supports with mental health counselling for patients traumatised by the fighting. Press Release - 21 Apr 2009
 
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South Africa

Forced closure of 'Refugee Reception Office' further endangers health of vulnerable Zimbabweans in South Africa

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today denounced the decision by South African authorities to close the 'showgrounds', a large open field in Musina town near the Zimbabwe border where 3,000 to 4,000 Zimbabweans queue to apply for asylum and seek refuge each night. Press Release - 4 Mar 2009
 
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Sri Lanka

Desperate and unacceptable situation for trapped population in Sri Lanka

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is urgently calling on both parties in the conflict in the Vanni area in northern Sri Lanka to ensure the safety of civilians and to allow access to humanitarian assistance. Press Release - 27 Feb 2009
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF denounces the lack of protection for victims of LRA violence in Haut-Uélé

Listen to Laurence Gaubert, MSF Head of Mission in DRC, describe the situation and the lack of protection being provided by UN forces. Press Release - 4 Feb 2009
 
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Italy

Healthcare under threat for undocumented migrants in Italy

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) requests the Italian Senate vote against a bill that could seriously obstruct healthcare access for undocumented migrants. Press Release - 28 Jan 2009
 
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Greece

MSF reinforces activities in the temporary settlement of Patras, Greece, following yesterday's destructive fire

"We are deeply concerned about the critical condition of this population. These people have come to this country from very far away, having fled in order to survive. Yesterday's devastating fire has made this population ever so vulnerable," said Giorgos Karagiannis, MSF head of mission of the project for undocumented migrants in Greece. Press Release - 22 Jan 2009
 
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Italy

Migrant workers in Calabria suffering intolerable living and working conditions

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) again asks that the President of the Calabrian region and the local authorities carry out immediately emergency measures, such as installing toilets, showers, and drinking water services and to strengthen the health services for the migrant workers. Press Release - 18 Dec 2008
 
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Italy

MSF forced to leave the island of Lampedusa, Italy, after six years of activities

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical teams will end their activities at the harbour of the Italian island of Lampedusa, after the Italian Interior Ministry refused to sign a new Memorandum of Understanding and also failed to provide the necessary authorization to allow the MSF team to continue working adequately. Press Release - 31 Oct 2008
 
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Haiti

MSF teams find villages completely flooded and population stranded with no help one month after cyclones

Although international attention has largely moved on from the emergency in Haiti, the example of the town of Mamont shows that emergency assistance remains critical for some parts of the country. Press Release - 3 Oct 2008
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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