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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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ENG 10,000 people displaced by the fighting that erupted last week in Batangafo (north of Central African Republic) are still sheltering in the compound of the hospital managed by MSF. The teams there have tried to improve water provision, sanitation and hygiene conditions. The displaced people were forced out of the camp in which they were sheltering after it was looted and burned down during the fighting. The hospital is considered just one of a handful of “safe spaces” left in Batangafo. MSF calls on those organisations responsible to facilitate the necessary conditions to ensure the safe return of the people to the camp. 11 people died, and nine wounded individuals were treated by MSF teams. SPA Alrededor de diez mil personas, desplazadas por los violentos enfrentamientos de la semana pasada en Batangafo, (en el norte de la República Centroafricana), siguen refugiadas en el recinto del hospital de la ciudad, gestionado por MSF. Los equipos están tratando de mejorar las condiciones de higiene y provisión de agua y saneamiento en la zona. La comunidad tuvo que huir del campo de desplazados en el que se refugiaban debido a la violencia. Buena parte del campo fue saqueado y posteriormente incendiado. El hospital es considerado como uno de los escasos lugares seguros en Batangafo: MSF hace un llamamiento para que se faciliten las condiciones necesarias para el retorno con seguridad de los refugiados en el recinto hospitalario al campo de desplazados.
Central African Republic

10,000 people sleep in Batangafo hospital after camp is looted and burned

Batangafo has once again been plunged into chaos, with a wave of killings and lootings. A number of aid organisations were robbed. Project Update - 10 Aug 2017
 
The nursing room of the paediatrics department in MSF’s primary healthcare clinic. The department provides around 800 consultations a month, with children suffering from upper respiratory tract infections, diarrhea, gastro intestinal diseases, and skin diseases.
Lebanon

Refugees and host community bound by suffering

Lebanese residents of the remote, high plateau area of Wadi Khaled are facing the same hardships as the Syrian refugees there. Project Update - 7 Aug 2017
 
A new born Syrian baby in the Neo-Natal care unit of the MSF Mother and Child Hospital in Irbid, Jordan.
Jordan

10,000 babies born as refugees

A maternity hospital run by MSF in Jordan’s Irbid governorate has witnessed the births of 10,000 babies – most of them Syrian – in just four years. Project Update - 4 Aug 2017
 
An MSF medics examines a patient close to the town of Horgos, Serbia, Friday, July 21, 2017.
Serbia

Children repeatedly abused by border authorities

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has exposed the violence that continues to be perpetrated on children and young people by European Union Member State border authorities and police on Serbia’s borders with Hungary, Bulgaria and Croatia in a new report titled Games of Violence. The report uses medical and mental health data and the testimonies of our young patients in detailing the violence.
 Project Update - 3 Aug 2017
 
Zakaria a 23-year-old from Sudan who tried to cross to France three times through the deadly mountain road but he got caught.in the end, he had been asked to leave the country and pay a fine.
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

The last frontier – migrants stuck in Italy risk all to reach France

“In Italy there is no interview to talk about our problems, or about why we left home. They just want us to be fingerprinted by force; but we are human beings.” Project Update - 3 Aug 2017
 
MSF cleaner while spreading chlorination at the shoes of one of the nurses as he was getting out of the cholera treatment center. This is one of the precautions taken to prevent the spread of the cholera outside the center.
Yemen

Crisis update – July 2017

The conflict in Yemen, which escalated in March 2015, has led to a full-blown humanitarian emergency. Project Update - 3 Aug 2017
 
The operational theatre after a surgery conducted in Tal Abyad general hospital, which MSF is working in partnership with the health authorities to support the hospital, Northern Syrian.
Syria

Raqqa’s besieged residents deprived of urgent medical care

“Patients tell us large numbers of sick and wounded people are trapped inside Raqqa city with little or no access to medical care and scant chance of escaping the city” Project Update - 31 Jul 2017
 
Ana Daniella aged 18, has come to the MSF mobile unit in Reynosa for psychiatric treatment due to suffering from paternal violence. This is her second visit and she has returned after having a really successful first visit. She say she's already feeling much better.
Mexico

“One in four patients we assist has experienced violence”

“The medical team is focusing on providing mental healthcare for victims of physical or sexual violence” Project Update - 24 Jul 2017
 
WINNIE ATIENO IS 25. SHE WAS TESTED FOR HIV IN 2015 AND PUT ON MEDICATION. SHE HAS BEEN GOING TO DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONS WHICH HAS DIFFICULTED A PROPER DIAGNOSIS. SHE WAS RECENTLY ADMITTED WITH CRONIC VOMIT AND DIAHREA. SHE WAS RECENTLY ADMITTED FOR THREE WEEKS AND RELEASED ON JUNE 8TH. SHE WAS MARRIED BUT NOW LIVES WITH THE MOTHER.
HIV/AIDS

MSF at IAS 2017

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is participating in the world's largest biannual scientific HIV conference, run by the International Aids Society (IAS). The conference will take place in Paris from 23 to 26 July. Project Update - 23 Jul 2017
 
18-year-old Abuk Akuoc, semi-conscious and still letting out soft moans of pain, receives an IV treatment of quinine for her severe malaria at the government-run health center in Panthou. Abuk's family brought her to the health center from their village, called Malithbuol, by motorcycle, which they hired for 30 SSP. The journey took 15 minutes, but it would have taken one hour on foot. This wasn't the first time she had been at the health center: the previous week they had brought her in, suffering from malaria. She had been prescribed ACT but at the time, the health center had none in stock. It had run out back on August 17th. So, they instructed her to purchase it in the market. But the family couldn't find any ACT there either. It wasn't in stock. So they bought only paracetamol. Last night, Abuk didn't eat and complained of a headache. This morning, when she was cooking, she collapsed. Her family had never seen anything like this and didn't know what malaria looked like until now. Panthou health care center is the only one in Aweil South county and is currently treating about 150 malaria patients per day. They had just received a supply of ACT oral medication for malaria; their previous stock had ran out on August 17. This new stock will likely run out in one or two weeks. They have quinine, but not a lot, so they reserve it for serious cases. They have no RDT (rapid detection tests), so diagnosis is only done clinically based on observed symptoms.
South Sudan

Malaria preparedness vital as rains begin

Hundreds of thousands of people in South Sudan are at risk of contracting malaria in the coming months during the annual peak of the disease, which begins in the country’s rainy season. Project Update - 12 Jul 2017
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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