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How we work

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How we're run

Discover our governance and what it means to be an association. Find a quick visual guide to our offices around the world.

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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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Mothers line up at the pharmacy window inside the MSF-supported Bay Regional Hospital in Baidoa to collect medication for their children. Access to timely treatment remains vital for recovery.
Somalia

Funding gaps undermine healthcare for women and children in Somalia

In Somalia's Bay region, MSF teams work at Bay Regional hospital to deliver maternal and paediatric care to people from underserved communities. Project Update - 11 Aug 2025
 
South Sudanese refugees queue to be registered with the DRC’s National Committee of Refugees. Once registration is complete, they become eligible to receive Non-Food Item (NFI) kits from MSF. They kits contain mosquito nets, buckets, soap and other essential items.
Democratic Republic of Congo

Fleeing conflict, facing crisis: South Sudanese refugees gather in Ituri, DRC

More than 33,000 refugees from South Sudan have fled violence to arrive in northern DRC, where they face difficult living conditions. Project Update - 6 Aug 2025
 
During a psychosocial session in the playroom, MSF staff, caregivers, and their children sit in a circle—children joyfully engaging with toys while mothers receive guidance on the impact of malnutrition on a child’s overall well-being. These sessions not only provide essential education on psychological support but also create a safe, nurturing space that strengthens the emotional bond between mother and child.
Nigeria

MSF treats the long-term consequences of malnutrition among children in Nigeria

Children who have survived malnutrition can have long-term health consequences that need to be addressed early enough so as to not cause irreversible damage. Project Update - 4 Aug 2025
 
Sandra, superviseuse en charge de la protection chez MSF, anime une séance d’information avec des femmes et jeunes filles survivantes de violences sexuelles dans la salle d’attente du centre de santé de Mugunga 3 à Goma. Elles attendent leur tour pour passer dans la tente de triage. Sandra, an MSF supervisor, leads an information session with sexual violence survivors in the waiting room of the Mugunga 3 Health Centre in Goma. The patients are waiting to enter the triage tent.
Democratic Republic of Congo

For women in eastern DRC, nowhere is safe from sexual violence

In Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), MSF teams continue to record alarming numbers of sexual violence cases, with hundreds of victims and survivors seeking care at health centres each week. Project Update - 29 Jul 2025
 
In the village of Anjara, west of Aleppo city, there are clear signs of the nearly 14-year-long war—destroyed buildings and a lack of signs of life. The MSF mobile team provides primary healthcare to people who have recently returned to Anjara and other rural areas in Aleppo governorate.
Syria

MSF expands support to respond to people’s unmet needs across Syria

Our teams provide assistance to people in need across Syria, including in areas previously under the control of the former government, where we had not been granted authorization to operate. Project Update - 24 Jul 2025
 
MSF doctor is conducting clinical examinations for measles patients in the MSF run isolation ward at Al-Wahda hospital. Dhamar governorate – Yemen.
Yemen

Measles threatens children's lives in Dhamar

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is responding to a measles outbreak in Dhamar, Yemen, where years of conflict have left people with limited access to healthcare. Project Update - 24 Jul 2025
 
MSF staff carried out patrols on the Rodolfo Robles International Bridge, which links Guatemala and Mexico, to identify individuals or families in need of medical-humanitarian services.
Guatemala

MSF concludes project for migrants in Guatemala

From late 2021 to June 2025, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ran a project for people migrating through Guatemala, seeking to reach the United States. Project Update - 23 Jul 2025
 
The MSF team arrive at the aid post at Mondumil, Jiwaka province, where MSF is working to strengthen healthcare services for survivors of violence MSF is working to strengthen existing healthcare services for survivors of all forms of violence in Jiwaka province, Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea

Supporting victims and survivors of violence in Papua New Guinea’s Highlands

In Papua New Guinea we are training health workers and engaging communities on care for victims and survivors of violence. Project Update - 22 Jul 2025
 
MSF logistic team are supporting with moving the medical boxes to the clinic in Jinba, Masafer Yata south of Hebron, Palestine
Palestine

Never-ending violence by Israeli settlers and military psychologically scars Palestinians in Hebron

MSF teams are providing mental health support to people in Hebron, in the West Bank, through mobile clinics. Project Update - 21 Jul 2025
 
A view of Bari Shakh canal in village Raees Golam Mustafa Golla, in Dera Murad Jamali, nearly 40km from the MSF facility in DMJ. The water from the canal is used by the community for multiple purposes, including drinking, which causes many different diseases.
Pakistan

Afghan refugees in Pakistan fear seeking medical care

Our teams in Pakistan are seeing how threats of deportation are affecting people's ability to seek medical care. Project Update - 10 Jul 2025
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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