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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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1690 Results
 
An MSF medicine dispenser is dispensing medicine
South Sudan

Action needed on HIV and tuberculosis amid South Sudan’s crises

In a recent article published in The Lancet HIV, MSF highlights the critical situation of tuberculosis and HIV in South Sudan. Press Release - 23 Aug 2024
 
Malnutrition in Zamzam camp, North Darfur
Sudan

Last hospital in El Fasher risks closure during intensive bombardment on the city

On 11 August, Saudi hospital was attacked during an intensive bombardment on the city of El Fasher. As fighting escalates once more, the warring parties must protect civilians and health structures. Press Release - 14 Aug 2024
 
Three Rohingya photographers tell us about their daily lives in exile in 20 images
Bangladesh

Severe spike in arrivals of war wounded Rohingya from Myanmar

The number of Rohingya people crossing from Myanmar into Bangladesh with violence-related injuries indicates a worsening humanitarian situation in Myanmar's Rakhine state. Press Release - 9 Aug 2024
 
Overwhelming surge of malnutrition cases in Bauchi
Nigeria

Community-based solutions used for malnutrition response in Bauchi

In Bauchi state, northern Nigeria, MSF teams are expanding their activities to respond to an overwhelming surge in malnutrition. Press Release - 6 Aug 2024
 
Umm al Kheir, Masafer Yatta, West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Palestine

Restrictions and violence block Palestinians in Hebron from medical care

Psychological trauma and lack of access to healthcare are part of the everyday reality for many Palestinians in Hebron governorate, Palestine, making life often unbearable. Press Release - 6 Aug 2024
 
Photos of "Displaced Lives" - Mini-documentary series
Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF survey shows scale and continuing cycle of violence against displaced women in eastern DRC

A survey among displaced people in four camps around Goma in Democratic Republic of Congo shows alarming rates of violence, particularly sexual violence. Press Release - 5 Aug 2024
 
Bullet hole caused by shooting in the operating room of the Zalingei teaching hospital, Central Darfur state, Sudan.
Sudan

Attacks on hospitals and aid blockade in El Fasher jeopardises lives

MSF is outraged by repeated hospital attacks and blockades in El Fasher, North Darfur, in Sudan, demanding respect for healthcare and urgent delivery of aid. Press Release - 1 Aug 2024
 
GAZA: Al Nasser Hospital. Pedriatric and Maternity
Gaza-Israel war

Nasser hospital must be protected as south Gaza hospitals receive waves of deadly influxes

Hospitals in southern Gaza have struggled under successive waves of mass casualty influxes in July, as fighting inches closer to Nasser hospital. Press Release - 29 Jul 2024
 
Militarised Polish-Belarus border Kozie Borki natural park
Poland

MSF calls for providing assistance to those in need at Polish-Belarusian border

MSF is concerned by a new Polish law that increases the militarisation of the Polish-Belarusian border and restricts humanitarian access to the buffer zone. Press Release - 25 Jul 2024
 
El Geneina Teaching Hospital in West Darfur
Conflict in Sudan

MSF report reveals catastrophic toll of ‘a war on people’ in Sudan

The war in Sudan has led to communities facing indiscriminate violence, amid persistent attacks on health workers and medical facilities, an MSF report finds. Press Release - 22 Jul 2024
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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