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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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415 Results
 
"We sit, we wait and we're scared": migrants' communities in Libya through the eyes of photographer Ricardo García Villanova
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Italy-Libya agreement: Five years of EU-sponsored abuse in Libya and the central Mediterranean

We urge the Italian government and EU to end all support for the system of returning migrants, refugees and asylum seekers to Libya and detaining them there. Project Update - 2 Feb 2022
 
Rescue 2 - Rotation 7
Mediterranean migration

Hundreds of people require port of safety after multiple rescues from Central Mediterranean

MSF teams have rescued over 400 people who have fled horrendous conditions in Libya and risked their lives crossing the Mediterranean Sea in search of safety. Project Update - 25 Jan 2022
 
Iraq : Treating COVID-19 in Baghdad
Iraq

The restless challenge of tackling COVID-19 in Iraq

Iraq's overwhelmed healthcare system remains fragile as COVID-19 continues to threaten the most vulnerable people in the country. Project Update - 21 Jan 2022
 
The journey of a wounded woman at MSF'SICA hospital in Bangui
Central African Republic

A visual journey through a year of renewed violence in an old conflict

We take a visual journey through a photo essay detailing the struggles of people in CAR and how our teams support those with myriad needs through medical care. Project Update - 17 Dec 2021
 
Barsalogho IDP camp
Burkina Faso

Healthcare centre burnt down amid surge of violence in Foube

Increasing violence in northern Burkina Faso has led to an MSF-supported health centre being burnt down in Foube, leaving people with no access to healthcare. Project Update - 23 Nov 2021
 
Imphal COVID-19 Intervention
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Providing support for COVID-19 in Manipur

Following a severe wave of COVID-19 in India, MSF teams responded in Manipur state, providing treatment to patients and supporting the local health system. Project Update - 5 Nov 2021
 
Rescue 4 - Rotation 4
Mediterranean migration

Nearly 400 people rescued from the Mediterranean need a place of safety

Nearly 400 people have been rescued from the Mediterranean sea - with dangerous weather conditions forecast, we are calling on Italy to provide a place of safety for the people on board the Geo Barents now. Project Update - 26 Oct 2021
 
Detention Centres - Tripoli, Libya
Libya

Medical care resumes in Tripoli detention centres

Three months after we suspended our work in detention centres in Tripoli, Libya, over safety fears, our teams have returned to providing medical care to detained people after an agreement from Libyan authorities. Project Update - 29 Sep 2021
 
Tackling COVID-19 in Lebanon, through prevention and vaccination
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

European Union: more empty promises about global COVID-19 vaccine equity

More words from the EU underline the importance of global access to vaccines, but when will words turn to action? Project Update - 15 Sep 2021
 
Mariam*, a woman originally from Afghanistan, who lives in Lesbos for two years.
Greece

One year on from Moria fire, EU denies dignity to migrants trapped on Greek islands

A year after a fire tore through and destroyed Moria camp, on Lesbos, Greece, thousands of refugees remain on the island, with the EU refusing to provide dignity to those trapped there. Project Update - 10 Sep 2021
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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