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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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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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An interior view of the MSF Trauma Centre, 14 October 2015, shows a missile hole in the wall and the burnt-out remians of the the building aftera sustained attack on the facility in Kunduz, northern Afghanistan..
Afghanistan

The attack on Kunduz trauma centre

First published in the International Activity Report 2015 Voices from the Field - 1 Jul 2016
 
A surgery at MSF´s Al Salamah hospital in Azaz district in northern Syria. The 52 bed hospital includes an ER, an operating theatre,outpatient and inpatient services, including maternity care. It is the largest directly run MSF facility still inside Syria, managed by nearly 150 Syrian staff. Azaz district has seen new waves of displaced people arrive in recent months, and now an estimated 100,000 people are trapped in the area between shifting frontlines and the closed Turkish border. MSF teams travel out to displaced persons camps and surrounding areas to bring back patients, and MSF also provides distributions of emergency relief items. In May the hospital was forced to close when frontlines came too close, since June it has reopened only for emergency cases and surgeries.
Syria

MSF staff on working at Al Salamah hospital, Azaz

“I had the opportunity to work in Germany but I refused,” says Thurayia Zein Al Abideen, a paediatrician at MSF’s Al Salamah hospital in Azaz district, northern Syria. “I want to work in Syria, because people need us and we are facing a huge shortage of doctors.” Voices from the Field - 23 Jun 2016
 
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Yemen

Treating gunshot, grenade and mine injuries in Aden

“This was the first time I was confronted with injuries caused by gunshots, grenades and mines – and they were often horrific injures,” reflects Helmut Shoengen, an anaesthetist/doctor who recently returned from working in Aden, Yemen with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Voices from the Field - 15 Jun 2016
 
Injured patient being carried to the MSF-Supported ER in Al-Thawrah Hospital in Taiz - Yemen.
Yemen

In the two months of ‘ceasefire’, at least 700 civilians injured by heavy fighting in Taiz

Press Release - 14 Jun 2016
 
In January 2016 MSF opened a PHCC in Al Shuada, a very poor neighbourhood in the district of Abu Graib, west of Baghdad. In the first month 4.000 consultations were carried out by our medical team. The organisation offers medical services in 3 other locations in the district. Another mobile team is active in camps close to Bzibiz bridge on the border with Anbar. In Baghdad OCG employs 72 national staff 13 expatriate staff
Iraq

There is a lack of humanitarian actors in Baghdad area

By Robert Onus, field coordinator for the MSF project in Abou Ghraib, Baghdad Voices from the Field - 10 Jun 2016
 
Makhmood is a taxi driver. He had brought his wife to the clinic in Hutheima who is complaining of strong headaches. "We went to Dohuk to see a specialist, he says. She had a scan and was given medication but it didn't work. It's not easy to go to Dohuk, you need a referral and permission from the police unless it's an emergency. We asked the only local doctor for a referral and were granted one. Then we went to the police and we got permission in a few hours. The journey to dohuk was smooth and we had no problems at the checkpoints".
Iraq

I left all my memories in Mosul

"People started to flee. I didn’t know what to do: I was torn between the need to get my family to a safe place and my commitment to the hospital. It was a time of great uncertainty," says Baroj, assistant coordinator of MSF’s project in Ninewa, Iraq. Voices from the Field - 10 Jun 2016
 
Yahya Jarad, nursing supervisor at MSF´s Al Salamah Hospital: "We hope the war will come to an end and the bloodshed will stop. but, it seems it´s not likely to happen soon."
Syria

We hope the bloodshed will stop, but it’s not likely to happen soon.

Yahya Jarad, nursing superviser at MSF's Al Salamah hospital in Azaz, speaks about practising medicine in a community under siege. Voices from the Field - 2 Jun 2016
 
MSF teams carry out distributions of emergency relief items to displaced people in Azaz district, northern Syria, following an offensive by IS which also forced MSF to close its Al Salamah hospital as frontlines came too close. 100,000 people are estimated to be trapped in Syria, between active IS frontlines, the Turkish border and areas under Kurdish control.
Syria

People trapped in Azaz urgently need safe haven - Turkey and the EU must open their borders

An estimated 100,000 people trapped in the Azaz district of Syria, between the frontline with the Islamic State group and the Turkish border, must be allowed to reach safe haven in Turkey. Europe must also honour its moral and legal commitments by granting asylum to those fleeing from this conflict. Press Release - 2 Jun 2016
 
The MSF health post in Yebi before it was completely destroyed on 19 May 2016. It served a population of about 20,000 people. In the site of Yebi, in Bosso district, thousands of people displaced from the Lake Chad area have settled looking for refuge.
Niger

Deadly attack on Lake Chad refugees and MSF health post in Yebi

“We are very concerned about the impact of these attacks on the population and also about the lack of respect for the medical facilities which could jeopardise the already limited access to healthcare in Diffa,” says Elmounzer Ag Jiddou, MSF’s Head of Mission in Niger. “We are planning to resume activities as soon as possible.” Project Update - 25 May 2016
 
Situated in the Lake Chad region, the site of Koulkimé in Chad hosts approximately 1,800 displaced people according to OCHA. They have fled Islamic State's West Africa Province (ISWAP), also known as Boko Haram, as well as military operations carried out by the Chadian government. MSF is working together with the Chadian Ministry of Health to support the primary health centre in Koulkimé.
Global

A call for action beyond summits - reflections on the World Humanitarian Summit

The report "Emergency Now: A call for action beyond summits" explains further the reasons why MSF decided not to participate in the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) and shares a report on its reflections on the WHS. Report - 23 May 2016
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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