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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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1937 Results
 
Assessment team
Afghanistan

Deadly earthquake in Khost and Paktika leaves hundreds killed and thousands injured

Following an earthquake that struck Khost and Paktika provinces in Afghanistan, where hundreds of people have been killed and over a thousand wounded, we've sent response teams to the worst-affected areas. Project Update - 27 Jun 2022
 
Bay Regional Hospital, Baidoa, Somalia
Somalia

Drought intensifies health crises across Somalia and Somaliland

Somalia is facing one of its worst droughts in decades, following poor rainy seasons and a locust invasion. MSF teams are responding to measles, cholera, and acute malnutrition. Project Update - 7 Jun 2022
 
EMERGENCY INTERVENTION IN IPPY
Central African Republic

Violence and displacement in Ippy mirror people’s daily reality in CAR

Far from international media attention, armed violence continues to rage in many parts of the Central African Republic (CAR), forcing entire communities from their homes and onto a path of death and despair. Project Update - 23 May 2022
 
Rotation 11 - Rescues 1 & 2
Mediterranean migration

After seven rescues from the central Mediterranean, 470 people need a place of safety

MSF teams conducted seven rescue operations from the central Mediterranean within 72 hours during which 470 people were rescued and brought upon the Geo Barents. The survivors need a safe place to disembark. Project Update - 16 May 2022
 
Juliette - Ambodrian i’Sahafary
Madagascar

Communities devastated by cyclones in Madagascar

Communities in Madagascar are recovering from cyclones in February of this year. These cyclones are the latest in a series of climate shocks which have impacted Madagascar. Project Update - 5 May 2022
 
Conflict in West Darfur
Sudan

Violent attacks leave tens of thousands without access to healthcare in West Darfur

Fresh violence in parts of West Darfur, Sudan, has forced people to flee for their lives. Project Update - 29 Apr 2022
 
Ethekwini Flooding: Flood damage
South Africa

Thousands homeless and at risk of disease after devastating floods

Around 40,000 people have been left homeless after floods in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa ripped apart homes, leaving many people vulnerable to water-borne diseases. Project Update - 22 Apr 2022
 
Al-Fawwar camp, Hebron, West Bank
Palestine

Palestine: MSF helps hospitals and volunteers prepare for casualties

In Palestine, following an Israeli military campaign in the Gaza Strip that killed more than 250 people and injured close to 2,000 others, MSF supported the health authorities through capacity building and reorganizing the emergency rooms in some of the main hospitals. Project Update - 14 Apr 2022
 
Third medical referral train
War in Ukraine

Finding our most useful role in our response in and around Ukraine

MSF teams in Ukraine are responding to the needs of people caught up in the war in areas where we're able to be of most use. Project Update - 11 Apr 2022
 
Ukrainian refugees in Palanca
War in Ukraine

Thousands of people flee bombings in south Ukraine and head west

Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have arrived in Moldova, heading west, after fleeing bombs and violence in Mykolayiv, Ukraine. Project Update - 12 Mar 2022
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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