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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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Excluded women: the severe limitations of access to sexual and reproductive health
Honduras

Addressing the dangerous gap in sexual and reproductive healthcare in Honduras

Due to a severe lack of sexual and reproductive healthcare in northern Honduras, pregnant adolescents cannot receive much-needed care. Our teams are empowering the community to bridge the gap. Interview - 2 Sep 2022
 
Women and girls prevented from having a safe abortion
Safe abortion care

Putting patients first for safe abortion care

How MSF integrated safe abortion care into our medical projects around the world Interview - 18 Nov 2021
 
Pink October campaign in Bamako
Mali

Three questions on the challenges of treating cancer in Mali

In Bamako, Mali, MSF screened thousands of women for cervical and breast cancer during October, in a bid to raise the profile, and reduce deaths, from the diseases. Interview - 11 Nov 2021
 
Mental health in Yemen: “The number of severe cases is astonishingly high”
Yemen

The rise of severe mental health conditions in Yemen

The crisis in Yemen is in its seventh year and conflict continues to have a devastating impact on people’s wellbeing - especially their mental health. Interview - 10 Nov 2021
 
Inpatient Therapeutic Feeding Centre (ITFC) at Herat Regional Hospital
Afghanistan

Malnutrition soars in Herat as healthcare reaches breaking point

Malnutrition in Afghanistan is becoming a cause for concern, and already increasing numbers of cases have been exacerbated by the Taliban’s takeover and uncertainty in the country. Interview - 10 Nov 2021
 
Haiti earthquake - Jérémy
Haiti

After the earthquake, a surgical team works nonstop

The 14 August earthquake in southern Haiti caused significant damage to infrastructure, killing over a thousand people and injuring many. MSF surgical team continues to provide care in its health facilities. Interview - 23 Aug 2021
 
Measles vaccination campaign - Niger May 2021
Measles

Niger: “If vaccinations fail to happen, the effects will be felt for years to come”

Insecurity and the knock-on effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have led to a soaring number of measles cases in Niger. MSF teams are currently vaccinating more than 700,000 children in response. Interview - 21 May 2021
 
EBOLA GUECKEDOU CONAKRY GUINEA 2014
Guinea

Five questions on the Ebola outbreak in Guinea

After authorities in Guinea declared a new outbreak of Ebola in mid-February, MSF's Anja Wolz outlines the current situation and response in five questions. Interview - 19 Feb 2021
 
“SECOND WAVE” OF COVID-19
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Malawi is overwhelmed by second wave of COVID-19

Faced by an increase in the number of people with the more contagious South Africa strain of coronavirus COVID-19, MSF teams are assisting an overwhelmed health system in Malawi. Interview - 27 Jan 2021
 
Ebola intervention in Equateur province
DRC Ebola outbreaks

New strategies at work in eleventh Ebola outbreak in DRC

In an interview, Guyguy Manangama who is leading MSF's Ebola response in Équateur province, describes the eleventh outbreak, which has lower levels of mortality than the previous outbreak. Interview - 4 Nov 2020
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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