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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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Fajimatou is 33 years old and has four children. She had been suffering from an obstetric fistula for three years ever since her last child was born. Thanks to the listening space set up in her village, she finally had the confidence to speak openly about her pain and MSF was able to help her get the necessary surgery.
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In Diffa, listening spaces have been set up for and by women from the community

Three years ago, Fajimatou gave birth to her fourth child. Since then, she had been suffering from incontinence and regular urinary infections. Too embarrassed to raise this problem with the staff at the health post, she had kept it to herself. When she heard about the listening space for women set up by MSF in her village, it was a real relief. msf.lu - 4 May 2018
 
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Women's health

Malaria in pregnancy: a call for a safe, efficient, and patient-centred approach to first-trimester treatment

World Malaria Day 2018 is themed “Ready to beat malaria”, but circulated key talking points ignore an important group: pregnant women. Unpublished reports from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) programmes, in contexts where up to 50% of women attending antenatal care routinely test positive for malaria, suggest that current WHO recommendations on malaria in pregnancy cause confusion and may risk poor outcomes in this highly vulnerable population. The Lancet Global Health - 24 Apr 2018
 
MSF staff giving vaccinations in Douentza.
Mali

Medical services in northeastern Mali

Photo Story - 13 Mar 2018
 
Half of the Syrian population has been forcibly displaced. Salma (* a pseudonym) fled with her children and brother-in-law from outside Damascus in Syria, south to Daraa, then crossed the border into Jordan. After a brief stay in Zaatari refugee camp, they moved to Irbid. A teacher, she left behind a “beautiful” life in Syria before the war. Five years later she and her family have adjusted to life in Jordan, assisted by the psychological care she sought for her youngest son and then herself at MSF’s mental health clinic. Salma’s video is featured in the IWD 2018 package. See becauseimawoman.msf.org and, on the database, MSFSTO21277 for the video and transcript.
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Because I'm a woman

Women and girls forced to flee face health risks and further danger on their journey, simply because they are women. becauseimawoman.msf.org
 
Farmin, aged 15, has been a refugee in Bangladesh since September. Her mother Nour al-Nahar died in the camp at the age of 35, in December 2017. The mother had been suffering from severe stomach pain for nearly two months. She is survived by five sons and two daughters. Her husband — Farmin’s father — was arrested in Myanmar in September. The family have not heard from him since.
International Women's Day

Caring for displaced women

For International Women’s Day 2018, against the backdrop of record levels of displacement, MSF is highlighting how health needs are exacerbated for women and girls on the move. Press Release - 6 Mar 2018
 
Pediatric nurse Isabelle Arnould examines a baby in the neonatal ward at the MSF Maternity Hospital in Khost, Afghanistan.
Afghanistan

Treating mums and babies in Khost, Afghanistan

Obstetrician/Gynaecologist Severine Caluwaerts blogs from a maternity hospital in Afghanistan, where MSF is working to provide women with a safe place to give birth. blogs.msf.org - 26 Jan 2018
 
Old Fangak, South Sudan, the river gate of the MSF hospital, through which patients arrived during mass casualty events.
South Sudan

“I left my namesake in Old Fangak”

Judith Elavian is a midwife from Kenya. She recently completed her first MSF assignment in Old Fangak, South Sudan. She shares the story of a patient she will never forget. blogs.msf.org - 23 Jan 2018
 
Providing care to displaced communities, Tikrit district, Iraq.
Iraq

Crisis update – December 2017

MSF has seen an increasing number of families leaving the camps and returning home but more than 2.9 million remain displaced. Crisis Update - 18 Jan 2018
 
Nine-day-old Mohammad was born at the Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) maternity unit in Domiz Refugee Camp, northern Iraq. His parents left Syria when the incessant bombing became too much. “I have three daughters and one son,” Mohammad’s mother Seva says. “Mohammad was born here at the maternity centre, as well as one of my daughters. The maternity unit [in Domiz camp] is much better than the other places where I gave birth.” “The staff were really good [when I gave birth to Mohammad]. I feel relaxed when I know there are people from my community providing the services. It feels better than going outside.” MSF launched the sexual reproductive health and maternity project in Domiz Refugee Camp in 2013. We initially provided check-ups for women before and after birth and family planning services. In 2014, the project was expanded to a full maternity unit with a 24-hour delivery room, triage and gynaecological consultations. Over the past four years, MSF medical staff have delivered more than 3,400 babies and provided more than 27,400 gynaecological consultations. MSF completed the project in Domiz Refugee Camp in November 2017 and has handed over the maternity unit to the Dohuk Directorate of Health. We currently have projects across Iraq in the governorates of Erbil, Diyala, Ninawa, Kirkuk, Salaheddin, Anbar and Baghdad and will continue to set up new projects where the needs are greatest.
Iraq

Giving Syrian refugees a safe place to give birth

The services here are really good and they take care of us. Voices from the Field - 18 Jan 2018
 
Humanitarian assistance in East Daraa, Syria
Syria

MSF reports show more assistance is needed to meet healthcare needs

Our data shows women and children have the most difficulty in accessing adequate healthcare. Humanitarian assistance must be increased. Report - 20 Dec 2017
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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