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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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Yemen, Aden, 16 December 2018 – Entrance of OT and ICU of MSF trauma hospital in Aden. The hospital opened in 2012.
Yemen

Medical admissions in Aden suspended after patient kidnapped and killed

MSF has suspended admissions to our hospital in Aden, Yemen, following deteriorating security in the city, including the kidnapping and killing of a patient. Press Release - 4 Apr 2019
 
One of the CTC buildings in Abs.
Yemen

Unacceptable investigation findings into Abs health centre bombing

MSF is dismayed by several findings of the team appointed by the Saudi and Emirati-led Coalition (SELC) to investigate the bombing of an MSF cholera treatment centre in Abs, Yemen, on 11 June 2018. Press Release - 6 Feb 2019
 
Yemen, gouvernorat de Saada, Haydan, mars 2018. A l'intérieur de l'école de Haydan, bombardée en 2016 par la coalition internationale dirigée par l'Arabie Saoudite. Saada governorate in Yemen, Haydan, March 2018.Inside Haydan school, bombarded in 2016 by the international coalition led by Saudi Arabia.
Yemen

Health structures threatened by fighting in Hodeidah

MSF teams have treated more than 500 war-wounded people in two weeks. We are extremely worried for the patients and staff threatened by fighting very close to our facilities. Press Release - 21 Nov 2018
 
In Patients Department, at Alnasr General Hospital was supported by MSF in Ad Dhale.
Yemen

Projects in Ad Dhale close due to insecurity and threats

After multiple security incidents directly targeting patients, staff and MSF-supported medical facilities in the area, we are left with no choice but to close all medical and humanitarian activities in Ad Dhale governorate. Press Release - 7 Nov 2018
 
The last two functional ambulances in Al-Marj neighbourhood (in the East Ghouta besieged area near Damascus) were destroyed beyond repair in an aerial bomb attack on Monday 05 December 2016. They were parked in the hospital’s warehouse/garage, very near to the makeshift hospital’s location. Two hospital cars, used to transporting supplies and medical personnel, were also destroyed in the blast. The lack of ambulances will have an impact on the ability to quickly treat wounded when there is bombing or shelling in the area, but above all it will affect the capacity to refer the most sick patients to larger secondary referral hospitals. The makeshift hospital in Al-Marj is not equipped for complex or long-term in-patient hospital care, and this could have a big impact on the ability to refer patients for appropriate secondary care.
Syria

Extraordinary mass-casualty influxes in East Ghouta as hospitals run short of life-saving medicines

“We make a plea to those in and around East Ghouta with medical supplies to urgently grant access to those stocks to the medics in East Ghouta – lives depend on it.” Press Release - 21 Feb 2018
 
In the early hours of 4 December, an airstrike damaged the MSF-supported Al Gamhouri hospital in Hajjah city. The emergency room, operating theatre and intensive care unit were damaged and 12 ER patients were evacuated. Despite the damage, Al Gamhouri hospital received 22 casualties from the airstrikes in Hajjah shortly after. Al Gamhouri also received a total of 38 war-wounded patients between 2 and 3 December. “Health services have been repeatedly attacked over the course of this conflict. Yet again warring parties are not taking measures to spare medical facilities, endangering the lives of patients and medical staff,” says Steve Purbrick, MSF Field Coordinator in Hajjah. “Civilians must be able to flee or seek medical care, ambulances must be allowed to reach the injured and hospitals must be protected”.
Yemen

Intense fighting and blockade further reduce access to healthcare

A week of heavy violence, coupled with a crippling blockade preventing vital supplies entering into Yemen, shows new levels of disregard by warring parties for the civilian population, medical facilities and patients, says Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
 Press Release - 6 Dec 2017
 
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Central African Republic

MSF suspends humanitarian relief activities following attack in Bangassou

Following a violent armed robbery on Monday 20 November that threatened the lives of its workers, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has evacuated all 58 national and international staff, and suspended medical operations from Bangassou, a town in southeastern Central African Republic. Press Release - 22 Nov 2017
 
Damage to one of the hospital’s ambulances. Hama Central/Sham hospital in southern Idlib governorate, Syria, was a major referral facility for the region.
Syria

Healthcare is being annihilated amid intensified bombings in Syria’s north-west

“It is evident that hospitals are not safe from bombings in Idlib at the moment, and this is outrageous.” Press Release - 28 Sep 2017
 
In the in-patient department of MSF's clinic in Pibor. Photo series taken in Pibor and Gumuruk to accompany the November 2012 Jonglei Report, describing the consequences of violence in South Sudan's Jonglei State. Direct consequences seen by MSF include gunshot and stab wounds, many women and children being among the victims. The less visible, but equally serious, indirect consequences of the violence are when people flee into the bush with no possessions, vulnerable to malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea. Furthermore, healthcare itself is under threat, and four of MSF's six clinics in Jonglei state have been looted, damaged or destroyed in the past year and a half.
South Sudan

MSF strongly condemns the armed robbery of its clinic

“This event forced us to evacuate part of our team and reduce our activities at a time when people are in desperate need of healthcare.” Press Release - 14 Jul 2017
 
The last two functional ambulances in Al-Marj neighbourhood (in the East Ghouta besieged area near Damascus) were destroyed beyond repair in an aerial bomb attack on Monday 05 December 2016. They were parked in the hospital’s warehouse/garage, very near to the makeshift hospital’s location. Two hospital cars, used to transporting supplies and medical personnel, were also destroyed in the blast. The lack of ambulances will have an impact on the ability to quickly treat wounded when there is bombing or shelling in the area, but above all it will affect the capacity to refer the most sick patients to larger secondary referral hospitals. The makeshift hospital in Al-Marj is not equipped for complex or long-term in-patient hospital care, and this could have a big impact on the ability to refer patients for appropriate secondary care.
Global health

MSF urges G20 to take action on health issues

“The G20 leaders need to improve people’s access to medical care and turn their words into action.”
 Press Release - 6 Jul 2017
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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