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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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Boost hospital is the only referral hospital in the province and is a lifeline for those living in Helmand. MSF supports the emergency room, surgical unit, inpatient department, maternity department, neonatology unit, laboratory and radiology department, as well as the 82-bed paediatric department. The hospital serves a population of around 1.3 million people and in 2020 provided over 110,000 consultations, assisted over 17,000 births and performed over 4,900 surgical interventions.
Afghanistan

As violence soars across Afghanistan access to healthcare is dangerously limited

MSF insists that all working medical facilities must be respected as fighting surges in Afghanistan and hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes, while many others have been killed or wounded. Project Update - 10 Aug 2021
 
The Turquesa River flows through the village of Bajo Chiquito, in the Emberá-Wounaan comarca, or indigenous region, of Panama. Bajo Chiquito is one of the first populated places on the Panamanian side of the Darien Gap, a dangerous 60-mile (97-kilometer) stretch of roadless land that connects the North and South American continents between Panama and Colombia. Migrants heading north must travel for days through the jungle. They arrive in Bajo Chiquito either on foot, or, if they can pay a fee, by canoe for the last leg of the trip. Those piloting canoes have also rescued people in the jungle who were unable to continue the journey. Migrants arrive in Bajo Chiquito by the hundreds on a weekly basis. El río Turquesa a su paso por el pueblo de Bajo Chiquito (comarca Emberá-Wounaan), en Panamá. Las personas migrantes que cruzan el peligroso Tapón del Darién, de Colombia a Panamá, llegan a Bajo Chiquito por decenas y centenares de forma diaria después de haber superado la selva. Llegan o bien caminando penosamente, o bien en ocasiones pagando un pasaje en piraguas capitaneadas por vecinos, que también tienen que realizar rescates de gente incapaz de seguir avanzando por la selva, a 3 o 4 días todavía de la población y cuyas vidas corren peligro.
Central American migration

COVID-19 forces thousands of migrants to cross perilous jungle from Colombia to Panama

As COVID-19 forces people to risk their lives while crossing the Darién jungle from Colombia to Panama in search of safety, MSF calls for the protection of migrants and safe routes for those making the journey. Project Update - 5 Aug 2021
 
The Gemmayze area of Beirut, once packed with bars, cafes, galleries and other businesses, was heavily damaged by the blast that annihilated the nearby port area on August 4.
Lebanon

Beirut one year after the blast: Economic crisis and COVID-19 create the perfect storm

One year after the blast in Beirut ripped apart the city and left a country already in crisis on its knees, people continue to struggle with the added pressure of COVID-19, a lack of healthcare and an economic crisis. Project Update - 3 Aug 2021
 
MSF Emergency room supervisor Masood Khan treats a patient for a gunshot wound at the Boost hospital. Helmand province, Afghanistan
Afghanistan

Intense fighting causes severe trauma casualties in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan

Despite an increase in violence, MSF-supported Boost hospital remains operational in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan, as trauma needs have significantly increased over the past week. Project Update - 2 Aug 2021
 
MSF’s al-Wahda post-operative hospital in East Mosul
Iraq

Dire needs for healthcare remain years after Battle of Mosul

Years after the battle against the Islamic State group ended in Mosul, Iraq, the city’s health system has not yet recovered - in response MSF has been providing comprehensive post-operative care to patients from the city and surrounding areas.  Project Update - 29 Jul 2021
 
Doctors Without Borders medical staff conduct their rounds in Mamfe District Hospital, South-West Cameroon.
Cameroon

Access to healthcare in Cameroon severely limited as violence and unrest rule

As the political crisis that divides Cameroon continues and access to healthcare has become ever more evasive, MSF’s ambulance service remains an essential lifeline. Project Update - 29 Jul 2021
 
In KwaZulu Natal, an MSF team offered medical assistance and donated a tent, blankets and other essentials to a community after a fires destroyed their homes in Briardene, Durban.
South Africa

Supporting vulnerable communities in the aftermath of violence

After a week of unrest in South Africa, people are still feeling the effects of violence with many vulnerable communities reporting difficulties in accessing food and healthcare. Project Update - 23 Jul 2021
 
Tens of thousands of people from all over the nearby region prepare to receive their first distribution in many months in Thonyor, South Sudan. Many residents from Leer fled to Thonyor feeling saver there.
South Sudan

South Sudan: 10 years of independence, violence, disease and dire needs

After 10 years of independence, South Sudan – the youngest country in the world – has experienced civil war, bloodshed and disease, and remains in dire need of humanitarian support.

Project Update - 16 Jul 2021
 
Child receiving shot of measles vaccine.
Somalia

Increasing vaccination against measles in Lower Juba could prevent thousands of deaths

Measles remains highly prevalent in most parts of Somalia. In May 2021, MSF launched a measles vaccination pop up campaign for children in Dhobley town, Lower Juba region.
Project Update - 14 Jul 2021
 
Exploratory mission led by MSF to respond to the on-going nutritional crisis in Madagascar. In Fokontane (villages) Andrambaly I et Andrambaly II, in the municipality of Maheny, Beloha's distict, Androy's region, the teams set up a mobile clinic for children under five. They carry out nutritional screening and distribute Plumpy'nut (therapeutic food) rations for children suffering from severe acute malnutrition.
Madagascar

Food assistance urgently needed as nutrition crisis grips southern Madagascar

A drought in southern Madagascar has led to a severe malnutrition crisis where an immediate increase in food aid is urgently needed, as some places border on famine. Project Update - 9 Jul 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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