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How we work

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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 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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Ebola disease in DRC: find out how we're responding
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1993 Results
 
Temporary shelters in a camp for internally displaced people in Gedeb, Gedeo zone, in Ethiopia’s SNNP region.
Ethiopia

More aid needed for people caught in multiple displacement crises

MSF is ending one emergency response in the south of the country while preparing to respond wherever the next crisis arises. Project Update - 21 Dec 2018
 
MSF medical team also conducts regular mobile clinics in Niamey and provide on-the-spot consultations. Here on its way to one of the migrant sites.
Niger

Medical care for people on the move in Niamey

Between May and November 2018, MSF staff carried out about 4,500 consultations for people on the move in the capital of Niger, a hub of migration in Africa. Project Update - 19 Dec 2018
 
Gyumri, Armenie. Tremblement de terre : petite fille devant des décombres. Little girl in front of ruins caused by an earthquake. On December 7, 1988, a catastrophic earthquake struck Armenia. A tragedy of enormous proportions, the earthquake claimed the lives of at least 60.000 people. Three days after the earthquake, on December 10, MSF was one of the first international non-government organizations to arrive in Leninakan (Gyumri) to help.
Armenia

Earthquake response: 30 years of MSF in Armenia

The first in a three-part series commemorating 30 years of MSF activities in Armenia, which began when MSF was the first international organisation to respond to the 1988 Spitak earthquake. Project Update - 19 Dec 2018
 
Since early July, Niger has been battling the worst cholera outbreak in years, which affected over 3,800 people and caused 78 deaths. As the disease ebbs, Médecins Sans Frontières and local health authorities shift focus to preventing future outbreaks in the southern region of Maradi, most affected by the current epidemic and known as a hotspot for cholera along the border of Niger and Nigeria. These efforts include vaccination of over 145,000 people with an easy-to-administer oral vaccine in three of Maradi’s health zones: Tchadoua, Aguié and Gazaoua. MSF has provided local health authorities with logistic and technical support. Epicentre is supporting the intervention with a post-vaccination survey.
Niger

Preventing future outbreaks in a cholera hotspot

Since early July, Niger has been battling the worst cholera outbreak in years. As the disease ebbs, MSF and local health authorities shift their focus to preventing future outbreaks in the southern region of Maradi, most affected by the current epidemic and known as a hotspot for cholera along the border of Niger and Nigeria. Project Update - 17 Dec 2018
 
A health worker is seen putting on his personal protective equipment (PPE) before entering the red zone of a MSF supported Ebola Treatment Centre(ETC), where they will check up on patients on November 06, 2018 in Bunia.
DRC Ebola outbreaks

Ebola spreads further into urban communities and isolated areas in North Kivu

The Ebola epidemic continues to spread through the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s North Kivu province. The newest areas to be affected include the city of Butembo and a number of isolated areas. Project Update - 3 Dec 2018
 
Nurse Katerina Katopodi getting ready for the vaccination of a young boy at the MSF clinic next to Moria camp.
Greece

Vaccinating over 2,000 refugee children in Moria, Lesbos

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will conduct a multi-antigen vaccination campaign for all migrant children aged under 16 on Lesbos island from 21 to 23 November Project Update - 21 Nov 2018
 
5,000 still displaced in MSF-supported Batangafo Hospital
Central African Republic

More than 5,000 people sheltering in MSF-supported Batangafo hospital after violent clashes

Fighting between two armed groups in Batangafo, in northern Central African Republic, in late October drove more than 10,000 people to seek shelter in Batangafo hospital, where 5,000 still remain. Project Update - 14 Nov 2018
 
MSF psychologists during a group mental health session for children in a village in Guerrero state. Violence across the region is taking a toll on children’s mental health. In many cases, patients are suffering from night terrors and display aggressive or irritable behaviour. ESP Los niños sufren asimismo la violencia y la tensión del ambiente: en muchos casos los niños presentan miedos nocturnos, agresividad o irritabilidad constante.
Mexico

Mobile teams respond to escalating violence and trauma in Guerrero state

As violence escalates in Mexico’s Tierra Caliente region, north and central Guerrero state, we are expanding our mobile teams to provide medical and psychological assistance in more areas more quickly. Project Update - 26 Oct 2018
 
Juliet a resident of Glenview, Harare, the epicenter of the cholera outbreak takes the oral cholera vaccine during the mass vaccination campaign that took place in Glenview, Harare recently. The government of Zimbabwe with support from MSF and other partners rolled out the oral cholera vaccination campaign to protect people from cholera.
Zimbabwe

A collective response to cholera in Harare

MSF is supporting local authorities and mobilising community health clubs to implement a unique combination of emergency responses and longer-term solutions in the face of the country’s second biggest cholera outbreak to date. Project Update - 25 Oct 2018
 
Emergency tents established by the community affected by the 7.7 magnitude earthquake which hit Central Sulawesi on 28 September 2018, in Sigi Regency, Central Sulawesi.
Indonesia

Getting healthcare and safe water to remote areas in Central Sulawesi

An MSF team from Indonesia is helping health centres in remote parts of Central Sulawesi get back on their feet and working to ensure communities have access to safe water, having assessed the medical and humanitarian needs in areas affected by the earthquake and tsunami that hit the island on 28 September. Project Update - 11 Oct 2018
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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