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How we work

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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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3451 Results
 
Three weeks after the massive explosion took place in Beirut, MSF is responding to the needs of the most vulnerable people along with those affected by the explosion. Part of MSF’s medical emergency response is conducting medical consultations at home for many people who are elderly or have NCDs or people with disabilities. MSF teams provide medical care and mental health support to the most vulnerable people living in Khankad Al Ghamik, Bachoura, Mar Mikhael, Karantina, Burj Hammoud, Geitawi and Rmeil. MSF also refers patients for specialized medical care or mental health care, and to other organizations providing shelter, food…
Lebanon

Migrant workers are abused and ignored under the Kafala system

Migrant workers in Lebanon are vulnerable to abuse and exploitation under the Kafala system, which restricts their access to healthcare. Our teams are adopting a multidisciplinary approach to attend to their needs. Project Update - 3 May 2023
 
Bullet wounded patients are treated at the MSF Emergency Center of Turgeau after heavy armed confrontations broke out in the center of Port-au-Prince.
Haiti

Violent clashes in Haiti capital leave people in severe danger

On 24 April, violent clashes swept across the centre of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Our teams treated 50 patients for gunshot or stab wounds in 24 hours while the fighting is still ongoing in Cité Soleil. Project Update - 27 Apr 2023
 
Landscape around the city of Kayna.
Democratic Republic of Congo

Urgent response needed for humanitarian disaster in North Kivu

The needs of people displaced by the fighting in North Kivu, DRC, remain largely unmet. We call on the international community and authorities to urgently scale up their response. Project Update - 26 Apr 2023
 
MSF’s Dr Muhammad Afiq Adnar performing an ultrasound scan on a pregnant woman from the Rohingya community who attends the MSF clinic in Butterworth, Penang.
Malaysia

Lack of maternal healthcare puts refugee women at risk in Malaysia

Access to maternal healthcare services for refugee women in Malaysia remains a challenge. Our teams provide sexual and reproductive healthcare services to refugee women at our clinic in Penang. Project Update - 19 Apr 2023
 
Nazlı Sinem Koytak, a psychologist from an MSF supported organisation conducts a psychosocial support session for women in Kayatepe (Rezip), on the outskirts of Adıyaman.
Türkiye and Syria earthquake response

After the dust settles: The mental health needs in Türkiye

Two months after the earthquakes that hit south Turkiye, people are now facing the psychological consequences of living through horrific trauma. Our teams on the ground continue to support local NGOs providing psychosocial support to people in affected areas. Project Update - 11 Apr 2023
 
Agustina and her grandson Clark watch as Trisha Thadhani, MSF TB doctor, conducts a medical evaluation of her other grandson, Ion, at one of MSF's active case finding sites for tuberculosis on March 13, 2023 in Tondo, Manila, Philippines.
Philippines

Tackling tuberculosis in the slums of Manila

Overcrowding in Manila's most populated slum is exposing people to a higher risk of tuberculosis. We are running an active-case finding programme to screen people and break the chain of transmission. Project Update - 10 Apr 2023
 
A displaced women prepares food at dawn in front of community shelters at the Rugabo Stadium informal IDP site in Rutshuru Centre, July 14, 2022, in North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Democratic Republic of Congo

Unfolding humanitarian disaster in North Kivu

A humanitarian disaster is unfolding in North Kivu where hundreds of thousands of displaced people are stuck in deplorable conditions. We call on the international community to urgently scale up efforts to meet people’s needs. Project Update - 4 Apr 2023
 
Mesfin Teshome calls the team at the base to let them know they will refer patients to the hospital.
Ethiopia

People in Omo Valley at high risk to kala azar 

MSF teams are providing medical assistance to the Mursi tribe, an indigenous group in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley, where an alarming number of kala azar cases have been identified.  Project Update - 28 Mar 2023
 
To ensure the continuity of essential services, the MSF team helped a local partner setting up tented wards next to the damaged hospital to offer emergency consultations, pediatrics and reproductive health services in addition to assisting normal deliveries. Over 1,000 patients were treated in this field hospital. (ER: 315 consultations, pediatrics: 452 consultations, SRH: 332 consultations and normal deliveries: 7). Patients in need of specialist care are transferred to hospitals elsewhere.
Türkiye and Syria earthquake response

Northwest Syria: Providing healthcare amongst the rubble in Jindires

In collaboration with local partners, MSF teams continue to provide medical assistance to people affected by the earthquakes in Jindires town, one of the worst affected areas in northwest Syria. Project Update - 27 Mar 2023
 
People standing on destroyed site of their village. Cyclone Freddy hit the southern region of Malawi on 12 March 2023 with heavy rains and strong winds. Chiradzulu was one of the hardest hit districts.
Malawi

People cut off from healthcare after cyclone Freddy batters Malawi

Cyclone Freddy has wrought havoc on southern Malawi. Entire villages have been engulfed by landslides and mudslides. Our teams are providing support, but thousands of people are in dire need of help. Project Update - 24 Mar 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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