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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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Hôpital de Tabarre, spécialisé dans les urgences traumatologiques, Port-au-Prince, Haïti, décembre 2019. Salle des urgences de l'hôpital MSF de Tabarre. Un patient victime d'une attaque à l'arme blanche est pris en charge par les équipes de l'hôpital.
Haiti

Port-au-Prince: Over 360 people admitted for lifesaving care in three months

In just three months, MSF teams have admitted over 360 people for lifesaving care in the Tabarre trauma hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, with over 200 of those with violence-related injuries. Project Update - 6 Mar 2020
 
Rumbidzai, 51, was assisted by MSF after abnormalities were found during her VIAC screening. Chatikobo district, Zimbabwe. Rumbidzai Mushayi is a widow and a mother of three living in Chatikobo, Gutu district, Zimbabwe. She first learned of the cervical screening programme, and its importance, through her local health centre. In Rumbidzai’s first VIAC screening, the nurse found precancerous lesions on her cervix and treated them using cryotherapy. During her next VIAC screening she was again VIAC positive with lesions that were too widespread for cyrotherapy. She was referred for LEEP at a specialist hospital in Harare. (At the time, LEEP was not available in Gutu, but MSF subsequently supported its introduction at Gutu Rural Hospital so it is available by appointment.) A biopsy was performed on the cells removed during LEEP, and investigation of the tissue cells confirmed they were cancerous. Rumbidzai was referred for a total abdominal hysterectomy (removal of the uterus through the abdomen). Since her hysterectomy, Rumbidzai has attended regular follow-up VIAC screenings and has had negative (no) findings since 2018. N.B. all acronyms are spelled out in the generic project blurb so have not been spelled out again in the individual captions.
Non-communicable diseases

Why are so many women dying of cervical cancer?

Over 310,000 women died of cervical cancer in 2018. Yet, it's a preventable disease with screening and curable if detected early enough. Yet most of the disease burden is found in countries where MSF works, where are preventing and treating the disease. Project Update - 5 Mar 2020
 
The Ocean Viking has been instructed to remain in quarantine for 14 days. Italian authorities say this is a precautionary measure in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Mediterranean migration

Ocean Viking arbitrarily quarantined by Italian authorities over COVID-19 fears

MSF's search and rescue boat, the Ocean Viking, has been arbitrarily put into quarantine by Italian authorities in Sicily, over discriminatory and unfounded fears that the ship and/or its crew are carriers of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Project Update - 28 Feb 2020
 
There is some noise outside! The family quickly stands up to check what is going on. / Les femmes et leurs enfants, intrigués par un évènement dans le camp, passent une tête hors de la tente.
Burkina Faso

Security and living conditions have deteriorated at ‘blistering speed’ for over 750,000 people

Attacks on villages and severe violence across parts of Burkina Faso have forced over 750,000 people to become displaced. Today most people live in conditions without access to healthcare or water. Project Update - 24 Feb 2020
 
Rohingya refugee Rashida feeds her two-year old son, who has been suffering from measles for the last week. He has now been admitted to the isolation ward at MSF Kutupalong field hospital, where an MSF nurse checks his condition every hour.
Measles

“These children shouldn’t be sick” – tackling measles in Rohingya refugee camps

MSF is responding to an outbreak of measles, a disease that's easily preventable with a vaccine, among Rohingya refugees - particularly children - in camps in Bangladesh. Project Update - 19 Feb 2020
 
Since 1 December, MSF teams have distributed in different locations in rural northern Idlib province essential relief items to respond to the needs of newly displaced people who had fled the offensive conducted by the Syrian armed forces.
Syria

People in Idlib race to flee airstrikes as safe area shrinks

Weeks of bombing by the Syrian government and their Russian allies, combined with a ground offensive that is pushing west in the last rebel-held province, Idlib, in northwest Syria, has forced 900,000 people to flee in miserable winter conditions.
 Project Update - 19 Feb 2020
 
Haroon and his friend are from Afghanistan. They have shared a tent for three months at the Porte d'Aubervilliers camp (Paris), which has nearly 2,000 people.
France

Left out in the cold: MSF provides emergency beds for teenage migrants

During the cold winter months, teenage migrants are being forced to sleep rough on France’s streets – despite the government having a legal obligation to provide shelter. MSF is having to step in and fill the gap. Project Update - 19 Feb 2020
 
The MSF team is conducting a health education session with street cleaners in Hong Kong on the importance of prevention measures, such as frequent handwashing and wearing face masks properly, to avoid infection with the novel coronavirus.
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Providing materials, engaging communities in the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak

MSF has sent medical equipment to a hospital in China, and teams are providing infection prevention information to people in Hong Kong, in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. Project Update - 14 Feb 2020
 
Doctors of Al-Hakim General Hospital examining two simulated patients during a mass casualty simulation at the hospital. The simulation was planned and supervised by MSF in collaboration with the directorate of health.
Iraq

Extending a helping hand in Iraqi health facilities

In the wake of protests across several cities in Iraq, MSF teams are providing training to local health staff and hospitals to help them cope with sudden influxes of wounded that the protests bring. Project Update - 14 Feb 2020
 
May Chan (in red), a street cleaner in Hong Kong, attends the MSF health promotion session on novel coronavirus. “It is the first time to learn that if I cough without tissue, I should cough into my elbow but not my hands. This helps keep my hands clean and I think it is important for a cleaner to know that,” says May. She believes the proper application of infection prevention measures can keep her stay healthy.
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

MSF update on COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak

Read more on what we know about COVID-19 coronavirus, including how contagious and dangerous it is, and how to prevent from becoming infected with coronavirus. Project Update - 14 Feb 2020
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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