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How we work

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How we're run

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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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462 Results
 
Kaguro
Project Update

After a decade of conflict, there are still medical needs

Voices from the Field - 26 Mar 2013
 
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Guinea

For André, treating malaria is a 'personal commitment'

Voices from the Field - 3 Feb 2013
 
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Mauritania

Alarming malnutrition and mortality among malian refugees

Voices from the Field - 9 Jan 2013
 
HIV/Aids in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe

"We cannot normalise a situation that is not normal"

Mari Carmen Viñoles and Jean François Saint-Sauveur landed in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe in April 2009, after several previous assignments with MSF. Mari Carmen arrived to start work as general coordinator of MSF programmes, while Jean François took on the role of medical coordinator. They talk about their experiences working in a country that is being badly hit by the HIV pandemic. Voices from the Field - 21 Dec 2012
 
Congo - Yasuyoshi Chiba - MSF Delivers 2011
Democratic Republic of Congo

Ethnic violence in Masisi limits access to treatment

While people living in Goma and sheltering in nearby camps continue to live in fear of new clashes between an armed group called theM23 and loyalist forces, MSF is witnessing increased violence in Masisi some 80km to the north-west. In this isolated area of North Kivu, the medical emergency organisation is providing support to the region’s primary hospital. Voices from the Field - 19 Dec 2012
 
Mortality study, region around Boguila
Central African Republic

"As many children die here as in a war zone"

In the forests of Central African Republic, children under five are dying in numbers normally seen only in wars or natural disasters. MSF nurse Margarete Sepùlveda is doing her bit to change this.
By Nils Mork Voices from the Field - 10 Dec 2012
 
Visit by Dr. Unni Karunakara to Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea

Victims of sexual violence must not suffer in silence

Every day, a woman in Papua New Guinea suffers the consequences of being raped and beaten by a member of their own family. Voices from the Field - 7 Dec 2012
 
Swaziland - Figthing HIV and TB dual epidemic
Eswatini

Trying out new approaches to treat HIV

Thirty years into the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and more than a decade into antiretroviral (ARV) treatment being introduced in developing countries, the latest scientific evidence shows that treatment both keeps people healthy, and prevents the virus from spreading to others. Micaela Serafini,MSF medical referent, speaks about MSF’s work in Swaziland. Voices from the Field - 28 Nov 2012
 
Health Corner Doro Refugee Camp
South Sudan

Story of a mental health patient

Athena Viscusi has recently returned from South Sudan, where she was working as MSF’s mental health officer in Jamam refugee camp in Maban county. Here, Athena tells the story of one particular patient who left an indelible mark on the team. Voices from the Field - 31 Oct 2012
 
preventive strategy against malaria (Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention)
Malaria

'We may have found a real arm to fight malaria' in Mali and Chad

Since July, MSF has been employing seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) for the first time in two Sahelian countries. The initial results are encouraging. Dr Estrella Lasry, malaria specialist at MSF, reflects on the different aspects and future prospects of this strategy. Voices from the Field - 24 Sep 2012
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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