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How we work

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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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Sarah*: Patiente VIH Habitante Kinshasa Je suis arrivée ici en juillet, dans un état critique, j’étais inconsciente. Je n’avais même pas d’argent et Je ne pensais plus retrouver l’état de santé que j’ai présentement. Avant mon admission ici, j’ignorais mon état sérologique. C'est après les examens ici à l'hôpital de Luyindu qu'on m'a informé que j’étais séropositive. Depuis, …J’ai été abandonnée par ma mère, en même temps mon mari est aussi parti. On l’a informé que j’étais séropositive. J’ai même été chassée de la maison familiale. Je vis actuellement dans une paroisse. …Heureusement pour moi, depuis le premier jour les médecins m’encouragent à bien suivre le traitement.J’ai reçu un bon traitement. Je garde espoir de retrouver toutes mes capacités, et la force de reprendre mes activités. L’accès aux soins et le suivi sont devenus faciles pour nous, du fait que les soins sont cette fois près de chez nous. Plus question de dépenser les frais de transport comme avant. C’est très bien pour nous qui vivons aux environs ici.
HIV/AIDS

DRC: People are still dying unnecessarily from HIV

Nearly half a million people are living with HIV in the DRC and thousands are dying unnecessarily - faced with this reality, we are strengthening the provision of HIV care in Kinshasa. Project Update - 1 Dec 2021
 
Annette Souffrant and her three children talk to MSF Medical Doctor, Cupidon Priscille, in Parc Celtique displaced persons camp in Solino, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. "I brought my three children for a consultation. MSF gives us medicines and takes care of us. MSF also gives us soap so we can wash our clothes and bathe."
Haiti

Thousands stranded and exposed as insecurity worsens in Port-au-Prince

As the political and economic crisis in Haiti worsens thousands of people have been displaced while hundreds have been injured by the violence in the capital. Project Update - 24 Nov 2021
 
Tents of displaced families. / Tentes de familles déplacées.
Burkina Faso

Healthcare centre burnt down amid surge of violence in Foube

Increasing violence in northern Burkina Faso has led to an MSF-supported health centre being burnt down in Foube, leaving people with no access to healthcare. Project Update - 23 Nov 2021
 
Woman uses a canoe to move through floodwaters in Wangchot village, Old Fangak. Since July 2020, severe flooding have affected an estimated 800,000 people across a wide swathe of South Sudan, inundating homes and leaving people without adequate food, water or shelter. As of beginning of December 2020, in Fangak county, Jonglei state, the water levels remain high, and in some areas continue rising, affecting people on a daily basis.
Climate emergency

The climate crisis is a health and humanitarian crisis

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is attending the COP26 Climate conference in Scotland this week. Here's why. Project Update - 5 Nov 2021
 
Members of the MSF mobile response team head towards a school building which was temporarily used to house people isolating with COVID-19.
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Providing support for COVID-19 in Manipur

Following a severe wave of COVID-19 in India, MSF teams responded in Manipur state, providing treatment to patients and supporting the local health system. Project Update - 5 Nov 2021
 
On the evening of the 23rd of October, a rubber boat with 95 people on board, was about to be intercepted by the Libyan Coast Guard, MSF teams arrived on time to carry out the rescue safely.
Mediterranean migration

Nearly 400 people rescued from the Mediterranean need a place of safety

Nearly 400 people have been rescued from the Mediterranean sea - with dangerous weather conditions forecast, we are calling on Italy to provide a place of safety for the people on board the Geo Barents now. Project Update - 26 Oct 2021
 
Mosul’s old town experienced intense shelling, aerial bombing and attacks with improvised explosive devices (IED) during the conflict to retake the city from the Islamic State group in 2016/17. Much of the old city is still inaccessible due to the destruction and presence of IEDs, unexploded ordinance (UXO) and booby traps. Between 5,000 and 7,000 people have returned to their homes in Mosul’s old city, despite the danger of explosive remnants of war. They face extremely difficult conditions, often living without water and electricity and in partially damaged houses.
War and conflict

Counter terrorism “adds salt to the wound” in providing medical care in conflict

A new report paints a bleak picture of the reality of trying to provide impartial medical care to people in conflict, often undermined by counter-terrorism measures. Project Update - 18 Oct 2021
 
At Hôpital Immaculée Conception in Les Cayes, MSF staff provide physiotherapy for patients injured in the earthquake, helping people regain strength and mobility.
Haiti

Two months after the earthquake, health needs remain high

Two months on from the 14 August quake in Haiti, which destroyed infrastructure and injured thousands, the number of people with earthquake-related and other medical needs remains high. Project Update - 15 Oct 2021
 
MSF clinic Hermel
Lebanon

Breaking barriers to mental health care in Lebanon

The economic crisis in Lebanon is affecting the health sector, leading to the deterioration of mental health services which are hugely underfunded and understaffed. MSF is supporting the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health to include mental health services under primary healthcare services. Project Update - 14 Oct 2021
 
On the streets, along railway tracks, in abandoned buildings and on the beach: this is where migrants and refugees live in Ventimiglia after authorities closed the transit camp near the Roja River last July. Despite its shortcomings, the camp was a place to stay for people on the move. Now there is nowhere official to receive them.
Mental health

Mental health care needs enormous around the world

In the past decade, MSF has shifted its approach to mental health care around the world, ensuring that it is at the forefront of our activities from Latin America to Africa and everywhere in between. Project Update - 10 Oct 2021
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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