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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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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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Nyakun Kuok and her family standing outside her house in Dagahaley camp
Kenya

Shut out and forgotten, refugees in Dadaab appeal for dignity

Kenya's Dadaab refugee camps have existed for decades and many people have spent their lives there. But long-term encampment has devastating consequences. Project Update - 18 Nov 2019
 
Yemen, Aden, 16 December 2018 – Entrance of OT and ICU of MSF trauma hospital in Aden. The hospital opened in 2012.
Antibiotic resistance

Why bacteria love war-wounds

Bacterial infections can be deadly, and antibiotics remain the best tool to treat them. But they are losing their effectiveness due to antibiotic resistance. We see this throughout our projects in the Middle East, where war-wounds are particularly susceptible. Project Update - 18 Nov 2019
 
Daily life in one of the squats near Velika Kladusa where migrans and asylum seekers stay. Migrants and asylum seekers are concentrated around Bihac and Velika Kladusa in Bosnia attempting to cross the border to Croatia. People there have to face extremely harsh living conditions and violence allegedly caused by border authorities. MSF in collaboration with the local medical authorities provide medical and mental health services to the people living in Vucjak camp. Our medical team sees in this clinic around 30 patients per day. MSF runs another small clinic in Velika Kladusa for people who stay in squats. The main morbidities our teams are treating are wounds, skin infections, upper and lower respiratory tract infections, hypothermia and frostbites. All symptoms are results of violence and bad living conditions.
Bosnia-Herzegovina

Beaten, cold, sick and stranded: migrants and asylum seekers in Bosnia

As temperatures drop, thousands of migrants and asylum seekers in Bosnia are living in tents with no access to the most basic services. Project Update - 15 Nov 2019
 
12-years old Houssam is suffering from diabetes type I. As part of the healthy lifestyle that the medical team recommends, Houssam was advised to exercise whenever he has Hyperglycaemia. Houssam’s favourite sports is football, he plays it with his brother in the surroundings of his tent in Aarsal.
Lebanon

Empowering children living with type 1 diabetes

In Lebanon, MSF diabetes programmes focus on the use of technologies to improve young patients' adherence to treatment and their quality of life. Project Update - 13 Nov 2019
 
Panoramic view of Alwand Camps (Alwand 1 in the frond and Alwand 2 behind it near the river) with the river in the background.
Iraq

For displaced people in Iraq, going home seems impossible

Some 827 displaced families have lived in Alwand Camps 1 and 2 in Diyala governorate for years. They rely on ever-decreasing humanitarian aid to survive. Project Update - 7 Nov 2019
 
Inside the compound of Mokha hospital.
Yemen

MSF hospital partially destroyed in Mocha attack

An aerial attack on nearby buildings, including a military warehouse, have partially burnt and destroyed an MSF hospital in Mocha, southwestern Yemen, leaving the hospital inoperative and people without medical care. Project Update - 7 Nov 2019
 
MSF doctor Djenabou Diallo examines her 76yo patient Maady Dabo in Bamako. During the consultation, which takes place at the patient’s home, Dr Djenabou Diallo checks on pain management, vital parameters, infections and any other pathologies the patient might have in addition to cancer. Maady has oral cancer (cystic adenois carcinoma in the cheek). Maady used to be a scrap dealer in Bamako. He is followed up by MSF team since April 2019 for support and palliative care. He contracted cancer several years ago, and turned to traditional healers in the hope to cure his disease, despite his family trying to convince him to go to hospitals. He eventually turned to a doctor and started chemotherapy but stopped. He has now resumed. He feels better and started to be able to talk and interact again with his whole family. Support and involvement of family members play a key role. Once repelled by the smell and aspect of his extensive wounds left without adequate nursing care, family members are now surrounding Maady, assist medics during the consultation, monitor his daily medication and support the best they could.
Mali

Supporting cancer patients in Bamako

MSF teams have begun support and palliative care services for cancer patients in Bamako, Mali, ahead of providing access to diagnosis and treatment for cervical and breast cancers. Project Update - 1 Nov 2019
 
On 04 June, a missile strike hit a town centre in Idlib Governorate, northern Syria, and between 3pm and 7pm 130 wounded patients arrived at the small 12-bed facility. 80 were treated in the hospital, and 50 were referred to another medical facility as the nearest hospital became overwhelmed. See the PR and the testimony for more info."
Syria

Blast in Syria’s Idlib region causes multiple casualties

A dozen people have been rushed to an MSF-supported hospital in Idlib province, northwestern Syria, after a blast in the town of Darkoush on 31 October. Project Update - 1 Nov 2019
 
Danny Haro, six years old, hears during his final appointment that he is discharged and free from tuberculosis. His mother Margaret helped him through nine months of treatment, coming to the health centre every month to get the medication.
Tuberculosis

Patients tackle arduous and lengthy tuberculosis treatment in Papua New Guinea

Access to a new TB drug combination has become available in Papua New Guinea (PNG). But most people are still on the difficult old treatment - where MSF teams are helping people adhere to treatment. Project Update - 30 Oct 2019
 
MSF mental health counselor talking to the newly arrived people who fled from NE Syria to Iraq.
Iraq

Mental health issues emerge amongst people fleeing northeast Syria

MSF teams are starting to see - and treat - mental health issues, including suicidal thoughts, among people who have fled the conflict in northeast Syria into camps in northern Iraq. Project Update - 28 Oct 2019
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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