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How we work

See what triggers an intervention and how supply and logistics allow our teams to respond quickly.

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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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Access Campaign

We set up the MSF Access Campaign in 1999 to push 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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389 Results
 
Niger. Thousands of newly displaced people in Diffa Region
Lake Chad Crisis

Testimony of Falmatou, a Nigerian refugee in Niger

Falmatou lives alone with her eight children in a refugee camp in southern Niger after having fled her village in northern Nigeria, during a violent attack by ISWAP (Boko Haram). Voices from the Field - 31 Mar 2016
 
Suar and his daughter
Syria

My story could easily be the plot of a movie

Suar, a Kurdish refugee from Syria, describes his journey that involved people smugglers, minefields and the loss of his most precious possessions. Now settled in Domeez camp, where he works for MSF as a nurse, Suar is upbeat about the opportunities afforded him by life as a refugee. Voices from the Field - 14 Mar 2016
 
Najah
Syria

I have a roof over my head and good people around me. It’s better than living under bombings

Voices from the Field - 14 Mar 2016
 
Mass-casualty influx northern Syria
Syria

The fear is constant

Voices from the Field - 10 Mar 2016
 
East Damascus - voice from the field
Syria

Everyone is fatigued with the fear and deaths – a doctor in a Damascus suburb

Voices from the Field - 10 Mar 2016
 
Barrel bombing of MSF Supported Hospital
Syria

The feeling of powerlessness is excruciating, but I cannot abandon my people

An MSF-supported surgeon working in rural northern Homs governorate tells of the pervasive fear of permanent aerial threat, but also the commitment to stay and provide surgery. Voices from the Field - 9 Mar 2016
 
Northern Yemen, Oct15-Feb16
Yemen

Practising medicine under fire

"Even though conditions here are not easy, and the work can be challenging, I am pleased to be working here," says Dr Mariela Carrara. Voices from the Field - 26 Feb 2016
 
Iraq - Domiz Syrian refugee camp
Iraq

Seven months in an endless race to provide access to aid

"A number of our staff left Iraq to go to Europe in search of a better life, especially staff who were themselves refugees in Iraq. Some left with their families – despite knowing the risks they faced they saw no alternative," says Robert Onus, MSF logistics team leader. Voices from the Field - 25 Feb 2016
 
Ahmed, Pharmacy Manager
Syria

“Our own staff have had to gather their families and flee”

Ahmed is the manager of the MSF pharmacy in Kilis, Turkey. At present he is working on MSF’s donation programme, which provides donations of drugs and medical supplies to more than 15 hospitals and health centres inside Syria, and distributes essential household goods to internally displaced people caught up in the conflict. Voices from the Field - 11 Feb 2016
 
Syria

So close to front lines, these people – families with children and elderly people – might be in danger

"We can confirm, however, that the hospitals were hit by bombs," says Muskilda Zancada, MSF head of mission in Syria. "We also know that in Syria, hospitals and healthcare structures are regularly targeted: a disturbing trend that escalated in 2015." Voices from the Field - 10 Feb 2016
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
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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