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How we work

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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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Press Conference SAR relauch, Paris
Mediterranean migration

MSF resumes search and rescue operations with Ocean Viking

MSF International President Dr Joanne Liu's speech in Paris on 22 July on MSF's decision to rejoin partner SOS MEDITERANNEE in search and rescue operations in the Central Mediterranean sea with new boat, the Ocean Viking. Speech - 22 Jul 2019
 
Ocean Viking - Search and Rescue Activities New Ship
Mediterranean migration

MSF resumes search and rescue amid deteriorating conditions in Libya

We have announced that, in partnership with SOS MEDITERRANEE, we are returning to save lives in the Central Mediterranean Sea with a new ship, the Ocean Viking. Press Release - 21 Jul 2019
 
Medical needs of Venezuelan migrants overwhelm the capacity of the Colombian health system
Colombia

The uncertain lives of Venezuelan migrants on the Colombian border

Venezuelans who have fled their country's severe economical and political crisis are struggling to have their healthcare needs met in Colombia. There, MSF teams are plugging the gaps in a system which is struggling to cope with the new arrivals. Project Update - 17 Jul 2019
 
Migrants and refugees in Zintan and Gharyan detention centres in Libya
Libya

Out of sight, out of mind: refugees in Libya's detention centres

Up to 6,000 refugees and migrants are being held in horrendous conditions in Libya’s detention centres, in an increasingly perilous situation as the country descends into conflict. Photo Story - 12 Jul 2019
 
Ethiopia: The constant cycle of displacement
Ethiopia

The constant cycle of displacement

Thousands of people have shuttled back and forth between the Gedeo and Guji areas of southern Ethiopia. Displacement camps have closed, but many are unable to return home, and are surviving in difficult conditions. MSF is providing assistance. Project Update - 12 Jul 2019
 
Kids’Zone at MSF Thalassemia programme
Lebanon

Treating Syrian children suffering from thalassemia

Thalassemia is a hereditary blood disorder which affects primarily people from the Mediterranean basin, including Syria. In Lebanon, MSF is treating Syrian refugee children with the disease, who usually lack access to treatment. Project Update - 5 Jul 2019
 
Health at risk in Haiti as crisis and violence worsen
Haiti

People’s healthcare in danger amidst worsening anger and despair

The streets of Haiti have spiralled even deeper into violence in recent weeks, jeopardising the ability of both MSF teams and the Haitian healthcare system to provide emergency medical care. Project Update - 5 Jul 2019
 
NUEVO LAREDO, NOT A SAFE PLACE
Central American migration

Northern Mexican city too dangerous to send back people seeking asylum

MSF has denounced the extension of a US and Mexican policy that sees refugees and asylum seekers from Central America, hoping to find a new life in the US, sent back to Nuevo Laredo, a dangerous border city in Mexico. Press Release - 3 Jul 2019
 
Emergency response in Ituri
Democratic Republic of Congo

Urgent humanitarian response needed on unprecedented crises in northeast DRC

We are urging international organisations to come the aid of people in Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, as hundreds of thousands are people are in need of assistance following four concurrent humanitarian crises. Press Release - 27 Jun 2019
 
PERALTA INTERVENTION
El Salvador

La Peralta: a community organised by health

La Peralta, a community in the capital of El Salvador, has been affected by violence, which has hindered access to health services. MSF teams began making regular visits to the neighbourhood and the community has organised a health committee, which has managed to get healthcare activities starting again. Project Update - 27 Jun 2019
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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