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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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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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1993 Results
 
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South Africa

MSF responds to outbreaks of violence in Johannesburg

In response to recent outbreaks of violence in Johannesburg, South Africa, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is currently providing emergency medical care for wounded people seeking shelter in police stations, community halls, and other locations to which they have fled for safety. Project Update - 20 May 2008
 
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China

MSF teams assisting with needs in China's quake-hit areas

MSF teams have been working with the Chinese Red Cross and other local health authorities to assess additional needs in the affected area that is extremely populated and covers an area nearly as large as France. Project Update - 19 May 2008
 
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China

MSF teams working in China's quake-hit areas

MSF will continue further assessment and reinforce its teams on the ground in order to respond rapidly to unmet needs in China's Sichuan Province. Project Update - 16 May 2008
 
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China

Rapid assessment details unmet needs at China earthquake region

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) arrived in Sichuan yesterday to assess immediate health needs in An Xian and Beichuan district and will continue further assessment and reinforce its teams on the ground in order to respond rapidly to unmet needs. Project Update - 15 May 2008
 
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Myanmar

Over 275 tons of emergency supplies being distributed to Myanmar survivors

As of today, four Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) cargo planes have landed in Yangon, Myanmar, carrying a total of 140 tons of water and sanitation equipment, medical supplies, therapeutic food, and plastic sheeting. Project Update - 15 May 2008
 
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China

First MSF team heading to quake-stricken area in southwest China

Following an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter Scale that struck China's southwestern province of Sichuan, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is dispatching its first medical team to one of the worst hit areas. Project Update - 13 May 2008
 
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Myanmar

MSF teams intensify emergency response, a first relief plane is due to land in Yangon

As Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) scales up and begins to see the extent and severity of the damage, the number of casualties, and people vulnerable to exposure, hunger, and disease, it is clear that a much greater response is urgently needed. Project Update - 9 May 2008
 
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Myanmar

Providing medical care, food and access to clean water in worst affected areas of Ayeyarwaddy Delta

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has started distributing food and providing medical care to the people. Wells and water are in need of repair as they have been contaminated, leading to a number of cases of diarrhoea. Project Update - 9 May 2008
 
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Myanmar

MSF teams intensify activities in the areas most affected by Cyclone Nargis

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will continue scaling up operations as quickly as possible but needs the government's support in order to reinforce the team with emergency experienced staff and import the necessary supplies. Project Update - 9 May 2008
 
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Somalia

MSF has treated 850 people wounded in Mogadishu fighting since January

"In April 2008 alone, we treated over 160 war-wounded people, 65 percent of whom were women and children," said Dr. Greg Elder, MSF Head of Mission in Somalia. Project Update - 7 May 2008
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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