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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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Chatuley Hospital Ermsolida Linot, 17 years old is waiting to give birth.
Women's health

International Women's Day: Early pregnancy poses risks for mother and baby

In many countries where MSF works, pregnancy during adolescence is extremely common – and often unsafe. Project Update - 4 Mar 2015
 
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Nigeria

International Women's Day: Delivering comprehensive obstetric care for young mothers in Nigeria

eenage pregnancy is the norm in Jahun, Nigeria, leading to high maternal mortality rates. Project Update - 4 Mar 2015
 
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Kenya

International Women's Day: “If he asks me to get pregnant again, I will advise him to wait until our baby is two or three years old.”

Nineteen-year old Laventa lives in Kibera, a slum area in Nairobi, and discusses the importance of family planning with her husband. Voices from the Field - 3 Mar 2015
 
Asina Excerpt from IWD 2015 communications package available on MSF Connect: Adolescent women often miss out on the family planning they need to plan their pregnancies and their lives. Asina was still in high school when she fell pregnant with her first child in Kibera, a slum settlement in Nairobi, Kenya. She dropped out of school and ran away from home due to the shame she felt around the pregnancy. After coming to the Médecins Sans Frontières clinic for antenatal care and to deliver her baby, she finally received some crucial information about family planning. “I listened carefully and I am now on a three-month contraception method in injection form. It is important to plan myself as the cost of living is high. I cannot afford to raise many children,” says Asina, now 19. Médecins Sans Frontières established programmes in Nairobi’s Kibera slum in 1997. The Kibera Project now provides comprehensive outpatient care for HIV, tuberculosis and non-communicable diseases (e.g. hypertension, diabetes, asthma), mother and child care including family planning and maternity services, nutritional diagnosis and treatment, mental health services, and referrals of emergencies.
Kenya

International Women's Day: Negotiating family planning during the teenage years

Adolescent women often miss out on the family planning they need to plan their pregnancies and their lives Project Update - 3 Mar 2015
 
Tane Luna Ramirez, MD Obstetrican and Gynaecologist Women’s Health Advisor OCP Based in the Medical Unit Sydney, Tane supervises women’s health activities in countries including Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Pakistan. She also advises on sexual violence.
International Women's Day

Why adolescent health?

As a medical humanitarian organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières values International Women’s Day (IWD) as an opportunity to reflect on the medical needs facing women in the countries where we work. Project Update - 2 Mar 2015
 
*** Local Caption *** Since May 2011, MSF runs a gynecology and obstetrics 30-beds hospital in Peshawar. The neonatology unit now has 15 inpatients beds for newborns with serious medical complications. The care offered by MSF are totally free. If there are many private maternity hospitals in the district of Peshawar, specialist obstetric services are not very accessible to the most vulnerable women (refugees, displaced, poor) or from FATA (Federal Administration Tribal Areas) as often expensive or of poor quality when they exist in public structures. In 2013, 374 new born and 3 717 women were admitted to the MSF hospital in Peshawar, nearly 40% with complications during pregnancy. Every week, an average of 62 deliveries were attended (the figure has doubled since 2012), 10 by caesarean section.<br/> Depuis mai 2011, MSF gère un hôpital gynéco-obstétrique de 30 lits à Peshawar. L’unité de néonatalogie dispose désormais de 15 lits d’hospitalisation pour les nouveau-nés présentant de graves complications médicales. Les soins offerts par MSF sont totalement gratuits. S’il existe de nombreuses maternités privées dans le district de Peshawar, les services obstétriques spécialisés sont très peu accessibles aux femmes les plus vulnérables (réfugiées, déplacées, démunies) ou originaires des FATA (zones tribales sous administration fédérale), car souvent coûteux ou de mauvaise qualité quand ils existent dans les structures publiques. En 2013, 374 nouveau-nés et 3717 femmes ont été admises à l’hôpital MSF de Peshawar, dont près de 40% présentant des complications lors de la grossesse. Chaque semaine, 62 accouchements ont été assistés en moyenne (le chiffre a doublé par rapport à 2012), dont 10 par césarienne.
Pakistan

Six months at Peshawar’s neonatal unit

A look back at Dr Ley's experience heading up the neonatal unit at MSF’s obstetrics and gynaecology hospital. Voices from the Field - 9 Feb 2015
 
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Sierra Leone

Adama - a mother saved against all odds

This is the first day of her new life. Voices from the Field - 29 Jan 2015
 
MSF Midwife Ruth Kauffman with Kumba at the Kailahun Ebola Treatment centre in Sierra Leone, October 2014. Kumba was fighting infection with the Ebola virus and at seven months pregnant it was feared she would not survive. Midwife Ruth Kauffman worked to provide care that supported Kumba through the critical period of delivery. The feotus was still born, having died due to the effects of the virus however Kumba made a full recovery.
Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone: "This has been the hardest but also the best thing that I have done"

“In all of my years with MSF, this has been the hardest but also the best thing that I have done.” Voices from the Field - 29 Jan 2015
 
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Malawi

Daughter of the floods – a new life amidst chaos

Berita didn't run when the floods hit. She was eight months pregnant, and there was nowhere to go. Voices from the Field - 29 Jan 2015
 
Parents, bonding with their newborn.
South Sudan

Maternal and Child Health in Yambio, South Sudan

Western Equatoria has the highest maternal mortality (2,327 deaths per 100.000 live births) in South Sudan, which in turn has one of the highest rates of maternal deaths in the world (2,054 deaths/ 100,000 live births). Photo Story - 20 Jan 2015
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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