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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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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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Consultation at mobile clinic in Ter Apel by Linda Buijze, medical team lead and nurse and Samer Sleaby, cultural mediator.
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Project for stranded asylum-seekers in Ter Apel, Netherlands, closes

MSF’s response in Ter Apel, the Netherlands’ main reception centre for asylum seekers, has ended with improved sanitation conditions and a decrease in severe medical needs. We call on the Dutch government to ensure that people seeking asylum in the Netherlands have access to medical care and humane reception conditions. Press Release - 12 Sep 2022
 
MSF staff are not able to access the FRC, after a principled suspension of activities following unacceptable restrictions placed upon our work in May 2022. The photo was taken during this subsequent period, by an individual held within the centre. MSF teams have been conducting virtual outreach and mapping, as well as providing remote mental health support to the people detained in Kybartai.
Lithuania

A “hierarchy of suffering” exacerbates asylum seekers’ mental health in Lithuania

Discriminatory practices by Lithuanian authorities have created a ‘hierarchy of suffering’ for asylum seekers in the country’s registration centres. Press Release - 30 Aug 2022
 
MSF shirt with logo Since 2002, MSF has worked to provide comprehensive care to those living with HIV/AIDS in the Nchelenge district of Luapula Province in northeastern Zambia. One in four people is estimated to be infected with HIV in Nchelenge, and many have minimal access to medical care. In addition to education and prevention, decentralized voluntary counseling and testing, care and treatment of opportunistic infections, MSF began treatment with life-extending antiretroviral medications (ARVs) in February 2004.
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

MSF provides medical care to asylum-seekers in the Netherlands

The increasingly inhumane situation in the Ter Apel asylum reception centre in the Netherlands has compelled MSF to act, providing humanitarian assistance for the first time in the country. Press Release - 26 Aug 2022
 
An MSF worker stands by a barbed wire fence during a medical consultation of the MSF mobile clinic in Horgos 2 border crossing area in Serbia. MSF is present in Serbia since 2014 providing medical care to migrants in transit through the Balkan route. In 2022 MSF is operational in informal settlements at the Serbian-Hungarian and Serbian-Romanian borders, with two mobile clinics providing primary health care, psycho-social support and health promotion activities.
Hungary

Alarming violence occurring at Hungary-Serbia border

Patients and medical data from MSF indicate repeated use of violence, allegedly committed by Hungarian authorities, against people crossing the Serbia-Hungary border. Press Release - 4 Aug 2022
 
On July 7, the MSF team conducted six rescues in 12 hours, saving the lives of 315 people in distress in the Maltese Search and Rescue Zone. Among them were 73 minors and the youngest child was 3 months old. Everyone arrived safely on board of the Geo Barents despite extreme fatigue and other medical conditions that have been treated by the medical team.
Mediterranean migration

High risk of more deaths in the Mediterranean over lack of search and rescue operations

MSF along with SOS MEDITERRANEE and SEA-WATCH urgently call for the provision of European state-led search and rescue operations in the central Mediterranean to prevent more unnecessary deaths. Press Release - 3 Aug 2022
 
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, June 21, 2022. This patient, a victim of head trauma, was taken to the MSF emergency center in Turgeau. After being stabilized, he was referred to another health facility because his case (his medical needs) did not meet our admission criteria. MSF/Johnson Sabin
Haiti

Dozens of people hit by stray bullets as fierce violence flares up again in Port-au-Prince

As fighting intensifies in the capital of Haiti and our teams continue to treat people with gunshot wounds, we call on all parties of the conflict to ensure civilians are spared from the violence. Press Release - 29 Jul 2022
 
Starting in March 2022, MSF and South Sudan's Ministry of Health have jointly carried out a hepatitis E vaccination campaign in Bentiu in South Sudan's Unity State. This is the first time anywhere in the world that the only available hepatitis E vaccine (Hecolin©) is being used in a mass vaccination campaign and in response to an active outbreak of hepatitis E. Hecolin, has been shown in clinical trials to be highly effective at preventing disease, and the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that it be considered for use in outbreak responses since 2015.
South Sudan

South Sudan implements world-first outbreak response vaccination campaign for hepatitis E

MSF and the South Sudan Ministry of Health have used a hepatitis E vaccine for the first time ever in the world in response to an outbreak of the disease, which is particularly fatal for pregnant women. Press Release - 21 Jul 2022
 
An MSF staff physician shows a projectile they extracted from a patient who was shot in his neighborhood. Stray bullets, mostly large caliber, are becoming a growing problem in Port-au-Prince.
Haiti

Thousands of people trapped by deadly armed clashes in Cité Soleil

MSF calls on armed groups to spare civilians and allow aid into Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, amid grisly battle for control of the area. Press Release - 13 Jul 2022
 
Medical activities at the Senda de Vida 2 shelter in Reynosa, Tamaulipas. Actividades médicas en el albergue Senda de Vida 2 en Reynosa, Tamaulipas.
Mexico

More assistance urgently needed for people arriving in Mexico’s northern border cities

The situation for migrants in Mexico's northern border cities is sharply deteriorating as expulsions under Title 42 continue and hundreds of people arrive from the south each day seeking safety in the US. MSF is calling on authorities and other organisations to expand their services to meet the needs of migrants and internally displaced people. Press Release - 11 Jul 2022
 
The arm of a child with severe acute malnutrition in Kofar Marusa ATFC, Katsina State, Nigeria, June 2022.
Nigeria

Out of sight: the neglected malnutrition crisis which threatens thousands of children’s lives

A largely ignored malnutrition crisis across five states in northwest Nigeria is threatening the lives of tens of thousands of children as MSF urges the international community to immediately respond. Press Release - 7 Jul 2022
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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