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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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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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Ebola disease in DRC: find out how we're responding
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View of the vicinity of Jabal Amel hospital, heavily damaged following an Israeli strike on 1 June.
Lebanon

Testimony from an injured nurse in Sour (Tyre), Lebanon

Jamila*, a nurse at Jabal Amel hospital in Lebanon, shares her testimony following an Israeli strike in the vicinity of the hospital on 1 June 2026. Voices from the Field - 11 Jun 2026
 
View of the damage at Jabal Amel Hospital following an Israeli strike carried out on 1 June in Sour (Tyre), southern Lebanon.
Lebanon

Israeli airstrike causes death, injury and damage in Sour (Tyre)

Israeli airstrikes have killed and injured people, and severely damaged an MSF-supported hospital in southern Lebanon. Press Release - 2 Jun 2026
 
MSF car in Lankien, Jonglei state, South Sudan, was was vandalized and shot at by unknown assailants following the bombardment on 3 February. One MSF staff member suffered minor injuries.
South Sudan

Report: Escalating violence in South Sudan

MSF's latest report on South Sudan describes escalating violence, attacks on healthcare and civilians, rape, and hunger. Report - 19 May 2026
 
Market at the Lankien town, Jonglei state, South Sudan, was hit in an airstrike by the government of South Sudan forces on 4 February 2026.
South Sudan

Attacks on healthcare and civilians, rape, hunger: South Sudan is at a breaking point

In South Sudan, escalating violence is increasingly harming people and undermining access to lifesaving care. MSF's latest report details the violence people face in the country, including attacks on healthcare. Press Release - 19 May 2026
 
The MSF flag flutters in the wind at MSF’s clinic in Al-Tanideba camp for Tigray refugees, in Eastern Sudan.
Lebanon

Healthcare under attack in Lebanon: MSF condemns the killing of paramedics by Israeli forces

MSF condemns attacks on paramedics and healthcare workers in Lebanon after a drone strike killed two rescuers, warning that ongoing violence is delaying lifesaving aid. Press Release - 14 May 2026
 
Dr. Javid Abdelmoneim, International President of MSF, visits the Daba Naira camp of Tawila, North Darfur state, to meet with community leaders and displaced families. The visit aims to gain a deeper understanding of the living conditions and medical needs of the displaced communities.
Conflict in Sudan

Crisis in Darfur: “This is a war against civilians”

Dr Javid, MSF's International President, shares what he witnessed while visiting displacement camps and hospitals across Darfur, Sudan. Interview - 13 May 2026
 
MSF vehicle on the way to one of the Health Centers where MSF does the outreach activity, doing MUAC and providing plumpy’nuts for children under 5
Democratic Republic of Congo

Eastern DRC: MSF staff have safely returned to Bukavu following security incident in Mwenga

Following a security incident in Mwenga territory, South Kivu province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, all involved MSF staff have safely returned to Bukavu. Press Release - 8 May 2026
 
What remains of the pharmacy at Old Fangak now rusts away after it was destroyed in the 3 May 2025 bombardment. On 3 May 2025, MSF hospital in Old Fangak, Jonglei State, was deliberately bombed by government forces, despite being clearly marked with MSF flags, and GPS coordinates shared with authorities. The attack began at around 4:30am, when two helicopter gunships first fired a missile on the pharmacy, burning it to the ground, before continuing firing on the town for the next 30 minutes. At approximately 7am, a drone bombed the Old Fangak market. At least seven people were killed, and 27 injured, including four MSF staff and two patients. 18 patients were receiving care during the time of attack.  Since late December 2025, at least 26 health facilities in Jonglei have reportedly been damaged or looted, alongside the seizure of humanitarian compounds and vehicles. This attack occurred in an increasingly volatile context, with rising tensions between government forces and opposition groups since late April 2025. Neighboring New Fangak fell under the government forces control, while the rest of Fangak County remained under opposition groups' control, creating a new frontline in Jonglei State.
Attacks on medical care

“Attacks on healthcare are today a standard feature of war”

Claude Maon, MSF's intersectional legal director, addressed the UN Security Council during an Arria formula meeting on the protection of medical care in armed conflict. Speech - 5 May 2026
 
Medical and health aid centre in Davydiv Brid village, Kherson Oblast. 31 January 2023.
Attacks on medical care

Joint call by the ICRC, WHO & MSF for states to uphold Resolution 2286

On the 10th Anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 2286, the ICRC, WHO, and MSF call on states to uphold the protection of medical care in armed conflict. Statement - 3 May 2026
 
Damage inside and outside the MSF-supported Al Daqaq hospital after two bombings occured nearby.
Attacks on medical care

Attacks on healthcare: Medical staff deserve more than empty words

Ten years after the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2286, MSF is calling on states to respect their commitment made in the resolution, and protect medical care. Press Release - 30 Apr 2026
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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