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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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For over 10 months, the war on Gaza forced more than 90% of the population (over 1.9 million people) to be displaced. Often forced to move often within minutes of the announcement of an evacuation order by Israeli forces, many have now been displaced numerous times. In Mawasi, Khan Younis, the Agriculture Development Association (PARC) with the support of MSF is providing water and sanitation activities including construction of emergency latrines in the informal sites, supply of domestic water through powering the water wells with solar systems, provision of drinking water through the installation of desalination plant and logistical support to displaced people arriving to Khan Younis. As evacuation orders by Israeli forces is cramping people in a small area in the coastal area of Deir Al Balah and Khan Younis, the living conditions in Mawasi are getting worse. OCHA estimates that from the 22 July to 26 of July alone, more than 190.000 Palestinians were forced to move to the western parts of Dair al Balah and Mawasi, The IDPs in Mawasi Khan Younis, southern Gaza, are living in dilapidated tents, overcrowded with many members of the family, without proper access to food, water, and essential services such as sanitation and health care. People are queuing for latrines for hours and are unable to regularly shower.
Gaza-Israel war

Displaced people struggle without sanitation services in Khan Younis, Gaza

As the war in Gaza, Palestine, continues, MSF is supporting the Palestinian Agricultural Development Association in providing water and sanitation services to people displaced multiple times. Project Update - 27 Aug 2024
 
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Bangladesh

Trapped and forgotten: where can Rohingya people seek safety?

As Rohingya people become increasingly trapped by raging conflict in Myanmar's Rakhine state, those who cannot pay their way across the border into Bangladesh are being left without protection or assistance. Project Update - 21 Aug 2024
 
Abi-Adi General Hospital - Waste Management area- March, 2024 -MSF Rehabilitate the laundry, waste zone, surgical and medical wards of the hospital. ​
Ethiopia

Handing over activities at Abiy Adi hospital after recovery from conflict

On 15 August 24, the MSF team at Abiy Adi hospital in Ehiopia's Tigray region handed over their activities after the hospital's capacity increased. Now, they will focus on supporting health facilities in other areas where the needs may be greater. Project Update - 19 Aug 2024
 
Massive flooding in eastern Chad has decimated the town of Koukou, thousands are now stranded with inadequate food, shelter or drinking water
Chad

Rapid response needed in Koukou as thousands flee worst floods in living memory

A rapid response is needed in the town of Koukou, eastern Chad, as thousands of people have fled flood waters, seeking refuge on a hill, where there are desperate shortages of food, shelter, drinking water, and healthcare. Project Update - 16 Aug 2024
 
People fill their bottles from a tank in an internally displaced people (IDP) camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. MSF water distributions are the only source of drinkable water for the 550 people living in the camp.
Haiti

People fleeing violence in Port-au-Prince urgently need water and sanitation

As people flee fighting in Haiti's capital city, more water, sanitation, and hygiene services are needed at the overcrowded and informal sites they seek safety in. Project Update - 15 Aug 2024
 
A view of the border wall and Mexico beyond.
United States of America

Supporting local groups helping people on the move at the US-Mexico border

People seeking to cross the US-Mexico border through the Arizona desert face serious health risks with little access to medical care. Project Update - 9 Aug 2024
 
Health workers attend to patients in the outpatient department at the MSF supported Bay Regional Hospital in Baidoa, Somalia.
Somalia

Barriers to care have deadly consequences for women and children in Baidoa

People in the Bay region of Somalia's South West state face significant challenges in accessing healthcare. Women and children often bear the brunt, with delays in accessing care causing unnecessary deaths. Project Update - 8 Aug 2024
 
MSF health promotion manager (Kanda) training newly hired community agents on cholera sensitization. Pomoni CTU.
Comoros

Our emergency response to cholera in Comoros

We began a project in Comoros in February 2024 to respond to a cholera outbreak. Project Update - 7 Aug 2024
 
“I come from the village of Mandjebougou. I'm a trader, I'm married and I have seven children. The day before I fled, two of my brothers were kidnapped by armed men. They suspected my brothers of cooperating with the army. After freeing them, they announced that they needed 25 men. So all the young people in the village decided to flee. I also fled Mandjebougou because I was wanted. I sell couscous. One day, they came to buy some from me, but I didn't want to sell it to them. In the past, they had broken my son's phone and I asked them to fix it. They replied: ‘If you dare to ask us to compensate your son, it's only because you're free’. I think that's why they were looking for me. One Tuesday morning in April, on my way back from the shop, I was alerted by a neighbour's phone call. I went out to the west side of the village. I reached the river and got into a pirogue. When it started, the armed men were running towards us. They asked the pirogue driver to stop, but he continued on to Niafounke. When we got to Niafounke, the piroguier told someone to take me to the site of the displaced people. I fled with what I was carrying that day. Today, I live at the IDP site with two of my children. I know they're still looking for me. Today, I have no source of income. I live in fear, far from my other children and my husband. I struggle to eat and my sleep is always troubled.”
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Violent hostilities between armed men empty villages in northern Mali

MSF is providing water and healthcare to internally displaced people arriving in the town of Niafounké from the Gourma region, Northern Mali. Project Update - 2 Aug 2024
 
Roda Nefazal Mnot, 45 year-old carrying the wood she collected from the floodwaters for firewood. Her 5-year-old son follows her everywhere. Internally Displaced Camp population (IPD) camp, Bentiu, Unity State, Rubkona County, South Sudan.
South Sudan

Women and children at the forefront of climate change in South Sudan

Bentiu displaced people's camp in South Sudan hosts over 100,000 people. Among them, many single mothers are struggling to provide a better future for their children despite the climate shocks expected to become increasingly severe. Project Update - 25 Jul 2024
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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