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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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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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Somalia

MSF forced to withdraw from Somalia - indepth interview

An indepth interview on MSF's decision to withdraw completely from Somalia. An MSF General Director, Arjan Hehenkamp, speaks to Somali journalist Hamza Mohamed. Project Update - 14 Aug 2013
 
Press conference in Nairobi on 14 August 2013, in which MSF International President Dr. Unni Krishnan Karunakara, announced the closure of all MSF activities in Somalia because of attacks on patients and staff and non-respect for humanitarian action.
Somalia

Closing of MSF medical programmes in Somalia

Transcript of MSF's teleconference on the closing of MSF medical programmes in Somalia Project Update - 14 Aug 2013
 
In April 2010 MSF is started a measles vaccination campaign targeting 38,000 children under 5 this week at Argungu LGA (Local Government Area), Kebbi. During the campaign, 47,569 children aged 6 months to 5 years were vaccinated. The teams believe mobilisation of the community, which included the involvement of senior community and religious leaders, was very effective.
Nigeria

MSF responds to measles outbreak

Since the end of 2012, Katsina State in northern Nigeria has experienced a measles outbreak, which has just ended after lasting 28 weeks. MSF supported the authorities by providing epidemiological surveillance and case management in Katsina’s 34 local government areas. Project Update - 13 Aug 2013
 
48-year old Linda Vilakati is one of 55 patients who have just successfully completed treatment for MDR-TB in Swaziland. Linda is a member of the first group to have completed two years of a grueling regimen for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) at MSF’s project in Mankayane, run in partnership with Swaziland’s Ministry of Health.
Eswatini

First group of MDR-TB patients celebrate end of treatment

Fifty-five Swazi patients celebrate successful cure Project Update - 7 Aug 2013
 
Camp for displaced people in the South Sudan's state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal.
South Sudan

Independence, maize and huts: Coming home to a new country

Returnees are building new lives for themselves in South Sudan, but they are not the only newcomers. In the last year, over 20,000 people have arrived in Aweil North, near Sudan, to escape violence in the disputed border region and beyond. Most are living in remote camps spread across the isolated region, struggling to survive and virtually cut off from aid. Project Update - 5 Aug 2013
 
The MSF midwife Safia checks the blood pressure of Syrian refugee patient. The woman is nine months pregnant of her second baby and had only done one check up in Syria during the early stage of her pregnancy. She has arrived very recenty to Lebanon and is still unregistered as a refugee. She is very close to delivery and MSF midwife gave her all the useful information about where to go to deliver.
Syria

Pregnant women often have no idea where to go

In April 2013, MSF teams in Lebanon opened a reproductive healthcare project to respond to a major need identified amongst refugees in the Bekaa valley, the main entry point for Syrians crossing the border into Lebanon. Project Update - 5 Aug 2013
 
Al-Salam Hospital in Khamer, Amran governorate where MSF manages operates. The town of Khamer is a very humble one where people depend on agriculture, handicrafts and trade in earning their living. It is a mountainous area that the hospital is the only one in the area. There is only another one public hospital in the entire governorate of Amran consisting of 20 districts. <br/>In Khamer, Amran governorate, MSF manages the maternity, paedatric, surgical and emergency departments of Al-Salam hospital, where it employs 140 Yemeni staff and treats an average of 1500 patients per month, free of charge.
Yemen

Medical aid under threat

Al-Salam Hospital in Khamer, Amran governorate, where MSF operates. Project Update - 5 Aug 2013
 
An MSF doctor examines a child at a makeshift clinic in the bush in South Sudan's Pibor County As at July 2013 around 100,000+ people are hiding in the bush in Pibor County, South Sudan, following tribal clashes and intense fighting between a rebel militia group and the South Sudan Army (SPLA). MSF is slowly gaining access to those who have fled into the bush. MSF emergency medical teams in Bor town and in various locations in Pibor county are trying to provide assistance to direct and indirect victims of this fighting on both sides of the clashes.
South Sudan

Medical needs urgent for 100,000 people as violence continues in Jonglei

Project Update - 1 Aug 2013
 
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Chad

MSF treats wounded in Tissi after renewed clashes in Darfur

MSF is responding to a fresh wave of violence that has broken out in some areas of Sudan’s Darfur region along the border with Chad. Project Update - 1 Aug 2013
 
Taju Hassene Turdo Yemen is a country of transit for the thousands of migrants who leave the Horn of Africa to try to get to the countries of the Arabian Peninsula, mainly from Ethiopia to Saudi Arabia. During the trip and especially in Yemen, these people are victims of traffickers who extort money from them and torture them. Last April, the Yemeni authorities carried out a campaign to release hundreds of migrants held by traffickers and begin to repatriate them to their home countries. Since then, the number of people who voluntarily approach the detention center for migrants seeking repatriation has greatly increased. The detention center in Sana'a, Yemen's capital, has a maximum capacity of 200-250; the centre currently houses about 750.
Yemen

Hundreds of migrants await repatriation in Sana’a

Yemen is a country of transit for the thousands of migrants who leave the Horn of Africa to try to get to the countries of the Arabian Peninsula, mainly from Ethiopia to Saudi Arabia. During the trip and especially in Yemen, these people are victims of traffickers who extort money from them and torture them. Project Update - 31 Jul 2013
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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