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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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Rescuers search for missing people under the rubble of a collapsed building in Caraballeda, La Guaira, Venezuela, on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. One month after the earthquakes that devastated Venezuela, thousands of people remain missing under the debris.
Natural hazards

People need mental and medical help one month after the earthquakes in Venezuela

In the aftermath of the earthquakes in Venezuela, communities are living through a complex crisis characterised by massive displacement, severe infrastructure damage, and deep psychological trauma. Project Update - 24 Jul 2026
 
View of a street in Cité Soleil, a neighborhood controlled by armed groups.
Haiti

In Cité Soleil, people risk their lives to seek medical care

The Cité Soleil neighbourhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is a prime example of the barriers to accessing healthcare. Project Update - 22 Jul 2026
 
In the last 4 days we served 8 hospitals with donations in La Guaira, some of them several times. Total supported treatment on different levels for over 3,500 patients. Needs continue and we continue to support health structures and we will soon start mobile clinics in parcs, stadiums and spontaneous settlements where many displaced people are currently staying.
Venezuela

How MSF is responding to the earthquakes in Venezuela

MSF is running mobile clinics in areas affected by the two powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela on 24 June. Project Update - 8 Jul 2026
 
Doctors Without Borders team conduct a counselling session at a school in Glan, Sarangani Province. Alongside this, teachers and school personnel receive psychological first aid orientation, enabling them to support students and community members as they also navigate their own recovery from trauma.
Philippines

Communities in Mindanao receive medical support following earthquake in the Philippines

MSF teams have been providing medical and mental health support to communities in Mindanao following a 7.8 magnitude earthquake which struck the southern Philippines. Project Update - 3 Jul 2026
 
Edwin Moshi, MSF medical activity manager, provides a consultation to a patient in Eduardo Mondlane, in Palma district, Cabo Delgado province, northern Mozambique. Between 2021 and 2026, MSF provided more than 76,000 outpatient consultations across Palma district, supporting communities affected by conflict, displacement, and the collapse of healthcare services following the March 2021 attack on Palma. MSF activities included treatment for malaria, respiratory infections and diarrhoeal diseases, as well as maternal healthcare, mental health support, and HIV and TB care. “At the beginning, nobody was paying attention to HIV,” says Edwin Moshi. “We had patients who knew their status but were unable to continue treatment for different reasons, and others who denied their diagnosis. Inadequate follow‑up led to patients being lost from care.”
Mozambique

MSF concludes activities in Palma, Mozambique, five years after deadly attack

In Palma district, Mozambique, MSF is concluding activities after providing five years of care following a deadly attack. Project Update - 2 Jul 2026
 
Conflict in Gaza
Gaza-Israel war

Testimonies and statements from our social media on the Gaza-Israel war

A curation of testimonies and statements from our @MSF account on X, formerly Twitter. Project Update - 2 Jul 2026
 
Multiple babies share one incubator in the neonatal intensive care unit of Al Helou hospital north Gaza because of a lack of incubators. Having babies sharing one incubator highly increases the chances of infection. The immune system of newborns, especially premature ones, is not yet developed.
Gaza-Israel war

Addressing frequently asked questions and allegations about MSF’s work in Gaza

MSF provides answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) about MSF work in Gaza, Palestine, and addresses allegations. Project Update - 18 Jun 2026
 
Entrance of MSF’s hospital in Nduta Camp, Tanzania.
Tanzania

MSF concludes more than 10 years of medical support in Nduta refugee camp

Following the closure of Nduta refugee camp, MSF is concluding our activities in Kibondo district, Tanzania. Project Update - 17 Jun 2026
 
View of large-scale debris clearance following an Israeli strike that destroyed a building in Haret Hreik municipality in March 2026.
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Military threats and forced displacement expose health risk for communities in southern Beirut

Extensive damage from Israeli airstrikes has destroyed essential services in Dahiyeh, a suburb in Beirut, Lebanon. Destruction, military threats and evacuation orders are deeply impacting residents and preventing them from safely returning to their homes. Project Update - 5 Jun 2026
 
MSF’s social worker is having a session with a TB patient at the Kulob city TB hospital. Mental and social support are integral components of TB treatment.
Tajikistan

Tajikistan: MSF concludes ‘Zero TB’ project in Kulob

After four years, our ‘Zero TB’ project has concluded in Tajikistan. During the project, MSF worked with health authorities to lower the burden of tuberculosis in Kulob city. Project Update - 3 Jun 2026
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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