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How we work

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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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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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Images taken by MSF staff from inside Selekleka Hospital in Tigray, Ethiopia. As a result, the Hospital is now closed and unable to function, leaving a huge gap in the needs of the local population.
Ethiopia Tigray crisis

People left with few healthcare options in Tigray as facilities looted, destroyed

An MSF assessment of healthcare facilities in violence-racked Tigray region, northern Ethiopia, finds 70% have been targeted by armed groups - leaving people with a serious lack of access to healthcare. Press Release - 15 Mar 2021
 
Aerial view of the banner deployed by MSF in front of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva calling on certain governments to stop blocking the landmark waiver proposal on intellectual property (IP) during the pandemic. March 04, 2021
Access to medicines

Countries obstructing COVID-19 patent waiver must allow negotiations to start

A small number of wealthy countries continue to block a waiver on intellectual property rights on COVID-19 tools, preventing wide-scale production that could save more lives. Press Release - 9 Mar 2021
 
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Syria

MSF denounces unsafe environment in Al-Hol camp in wake of staff killing

The security and safety situation in Al-Hol camp, northeastern Syria, has deteriorated, with more than 30 people - including MSF staff - killed since January. Press Release - 2 Mar 2021
 
Dr Helene Muller and registered nurse Buhle Nkomonde both worked in the MSF COVID-19 Field Hospital in Khayelitsha, in Cape Town, before coming to Mbongolwane in KwaZulu-Natal, where their COVID-19 expertise was well employed in the screening and testing tent outside the District Hospital.
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Southern Africa needs the right COVID-19 vaccines, at the right price – right now

As Southern Africa struggles under a contagious variant of the coronavirus, MSF urges rich countries to share appropriate COVID-19 vaccines with those yet to vaccinate key workers. Press Release - 18 Feb 2021
 
Members of various civil societies gathered outside the embassies of the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Brazil, and other countries which opposed a temporary patent waiver on COVID-19 vaccines which was proposed to the World Trade Organization by South Africa and India. Picketers stood outside embassies and handed over letters calling on these countries to support the TRIPS Waiver to allow for more drug manufacturers to have access to vaccine designs.
Access to medicines

MSF urges wealthy countries not to block COVID-19 patent waiver

MSF urges wealthy countries which are opposing a proposal to waive patent rights on COVID-19 tools not to block it and ruin its lifesaving potential for billions of people in the rest of the world. Press Release - 3 Feb 2021
 
MOH medical stuff fulfilling daily activities at JMH . Maputo. February 2020
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Ravaged by new strain, southern Africa must get COVID-19 vaccines

As Eswatini, Mozambique, Malawi are being overwhelmed by the second wave of COVID-19, these countries are yet to receive any doses of vaccines, leaving their frontline health workers exposed. Press Release - 3 Feb 2021
 
Kala azar sufferer Ruai Puot Malow (56 years) is assisted by his wife Yakuony Jock Deng (right) and a relative at a Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders hospital in Lankien, South Sudan, Tuesday, 13 Jan 2015. Ruai was brought to the hospital by relatives who carried him for five hours through the bush to the MSF hospital after he suffered yet another outbreak of the disease. The conflict that erupted in South Sudan little more than a year ago has left people more vulnerable to a deadly tropical disease known as kala azar (visceral leishmaniasis). The risk of infection increases as people are displaced by fighting into areas where the disease is prevalent and malnutrition lowers their ability to fight the infection. With many health facilities not functioning in conflict areas, getting treatment is more difficult. Last year, MSF treated over 6,700 cases of kala azar in South Sudan, more than double the number of cases it treated the year before (2714 cases treated in 2013). The majority of people treated were in Lankien, a dusty settlement in the conflict affected state of Jonglei. Kala azar is a tropical, parasitic disease transmitted through bites from certain types of sand fly. It is endemic in 76 countries, and of the estimated 250,000–300,000 annual cases, 90 per cent occur in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, South Sudan, Sudan and Brazil. Kala azar is characterised by fever, weight loss, enlargement of the liver and spleen, anaemia and immune-system deficiencies. Without treatment in a place like South Sudan, kala azar is always fatal. Photo/Karel Prinsloo for MSF
Neglected diseases

No more neglected diseases, no more neglected patients

As we release a new report on neglected tropical diseases, International President Dr Christos Christou urges countries not to reverse the gains made on eliminating them. Press Release - 27 Jan 2021
 
A woman receives a vaccination in Kinshasa. After an outbreak of yellow fever MSF is organising a large vaccination program in Kinshasa.
Yellow fever

Fractioning doses of yellow fever vaccine can help save more lives

A study from MSF/Epicentre has found that giving one-fifth of a normal dose of the yellow fever vaccine offers enough protection to prevent the deadly disease and save lives during outbreaks. Press Release - 8 Jan 2021
 
MSF car at Alek airstrip MSF runs a large clinic offering primary healthcare and some secondary healthcare services in Gogrial town,Warrap State, South Sudan. An inpatient department and surgical capacity make this the key reference facility for miles around, and the clinic is extremely busy every day. The project is reorienting in 2013 to put a greater emphasis on maternal health owing to the high maternal mortality in South Sudan.
Mali

Patient dies after an MSF ambulance is violently detained in Mali

Following an attack on an ambulance in Mali, in which a patient died, MSF condemns the serious and violent obstruction of medical aid, and calls for the respect of humanitarian and medical action. Press Release - 7 Jan 2021
 
A road by the Élevage IDP site in the Central African Republic on December 7th, 2020. More than 15000 people live at the Élevage internally displaced people’s site on the outskirts of Bambari.
Central African Republic

Shooting shows civilians continue to pay high price for the perpetual cycle of violence in CAR

A shooting incident near Bambari, central southern CAR, has resulted in the deaths of several people, including an MSF staff member, showing the high price people pay for the ongoing violence. Press Release - 30 Dec 2020
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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