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How we work

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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 Websites

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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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Aerial view of the Bulengo IDP site on the outskirts of Goma city, North Kivu. MSF is providing free medical assistance and clean water to more than 7,000 households that have taken refuge there since 2023 following armed clashes in and around the Mweso health zone. The organization is also building 200 latrines, 120 of which are already functional
Democratic Republic of Congo

Massive needs everywhere as displacement reaches unprecedented levels in DRC

The crisis gripping the DRC demands an urgent and united international response. Despite our repeated calls for the mobilisation of aid, progress remains direly insufficient. Project Update - 20 Dec 2023
 
Nasser hospital
Gaza-Israel war

No safe place in Gaza as people are crushed by continuous bombing

After more than two months of war, Gazans are now cornered in the south of the Strip, where Israeli strikes on what was supposed to be a safe zone prove that nowhere is safe. Project Update - 19 Dec 2023
 
Two mothers carrying their children in the New Natal Ward.
Afghanistan

Critical gaps in paediatric and neonatal care in Afghanistan’s northern provinces

We are striving to reduce paediatric and neonatal mortality rates in the northern provinces of Afghanistan as the healthcare system continues to face massive strains. Project Update - 18 Dec 2023
 
On 28 November 2023, MSF's International president, Dr Christos Christou visited Jenin refugee camp and MSF-supported Khalil Suleiman Hospital.
Palestine

Staggering increase in Israeli attacks against civilians and healthcare in Jenin

In the past months, there has been a shocking increase in Israeli attacks against civilians and healthcare in Jenin, the West Bank. It must stop now. Project Update - 15 Dec 2023
 
MSF team evacuates emergency patient to Mopti regional hospital.
Mali

People at serious risk as violence escalates in Mali

As severe violence escalates in Mali, people are being cut off from healthcare and our teams have been forced to evacuate areas where fighting has intensified. Project Update - 11 Dec 2023
 
A man shows a scar inflicted on him in Libya. On 25 September 2017, the Aquarius rescued 20 people - including three children – from a boat in distress. The MSF medics have two serious medical cases, including a young boy who requires specialist medical care. On September 26, all were safely disembarked in Pozallo, Sicily
Libya

People are beaten, sexually abused and killed in Libyan detention centres

People held in detention centres in Tripoli, Libya, have been assaulted, sexually abused, beaten, and killed according to a new report from MSF. Project Update - 6 Dec 2023
 
Almost 40,000 people living in the Metche camp are facing a daily struggle for clean water, receiving only 6 liters of water daily, far below the recommended 20 liters of water per day per person. MSF water and sanitation teams are working to identify and put in place new water collections points to increase the water distribution in the camps. Metche is around 40 kilometers from bordertown Adré, from where refugees were recolated to the camp in September 2023. Previously home to only 2,000 to 5,000 people, the people living in the camp are now facing an acute shortage of water.
Chad

Severe lack of water causing serious health risks for children in Chad

Almost 40,000 people living in the Metche camp are struggling to get enough clean water. Many are suffering from acute watery diarrhoea - a serious risk for malnourished children.  Project Update - 5 Dec 2023
 
Hallway at Al Aqsa hospital. 29 November 2023, Middle Area, Gaza.
Gaza-Israel war

Hospitals in south Gaza overflow with hundreds of injured as Israeli forces step up bombardment

In the days since the truce in Gaza ended, MSF teams have treated influxes of wounded people, as Israeli evacuation orders force people ever further south, and bombardment resumes. Project Update - 4 Dec 2023
 
Patients waiting at Al Aqsa hospital. 29 November 2023, Middle Area, Gaza.
Gaza-Israel war

Five things to know about the dire situation in southern Gaza

In the Gaza Strip, as a million people are forced to move into an ever-smaller space, the dire living conditions worsen and needs increase. Project Update - 30 Nov 2023
 
During their journey through the Darién, migrants must cross the Acandí and Tuquesa rivers.
Central American migration

Migrants left without protection as Darién Gap crossings reach half a million

Migrants crossing the Darién Gap straddling the borders of Colombia and Panama are left without aid and protection. We call on the governments of those countries through which migrants cross to ensure safe routes and access to basic services for people on the move. Project Update - 30 Nov 2023
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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