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How we work

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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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MSF flag blowing in the wind at Aweil project base.
Gaza-Israel war

Statement on Israeli military’s decision to deny a criminal investigation into MSF killings and injuries

MSF strongly condemns the decision by the Israeli Military Advocate General to close the cases we submitted for review. Statement - 20 Aug 2026
 
19 DECEMBER 2025 / PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI: In Bel Air, a neighborhood of Port-au-Prince controlled by armed groups and marked by frequent gunfights, women seeking maternal and other healthcare wait at a mobile clinic in an abandoned school operated by Médecins Sans Frontières. The clinic opens just for a few hours when the security situation allows for it. Access to the community is negotiated with the armed groups controlling the area.
Haiti

Women risk their lives to reach sexual and reproductive healthcare in Port-au-Prince

Ongoing violence is restricting people's access to sexual and reproductive healthcare in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Project Update - 19 Aug 2026
 
Women sit at around pots of food at one of the largest IDP camps in El Obeid where an MSF emergency team have begun working to expand capacity building, health promotion, and cholera response.
Conflict in Sudan

Half a million people in El-Obeid face limited services as drone attacks intensify

Half a million people in El-Obeid, North Kordofan state, Sudan, are facing limited basic services as drone strikes from the Rapid Support Forces intensify. Liesbeth Aelbrecht details the impact on people. Interview - 20 Jul 2026
 
A child's toy outside Ashraf's tent. His children were inside when and Israeli drone struck their tent.
Gaza-Israel war

Testimony from an injured MSF colleague in Gaza, Palestine

Ashraf Afifi, MSF radio operator, shares his account of being wounded by an Israeli quadcopter in June 2026. Voices from the Field - 17 Jul 2026
 
Drawings from the short-doc Beneath the surface
War and conflict

North Kivu: Beneath the Surface

Funding cuts, armed groups, and limited healthcare have left communities vulnerable in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. Documentary - 16 Jul 2026
 
Employees of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine and medical staff evacuate medical equipment from a maternity hospital destroyed by a Russian missile attack in the town of Selydove, Donetsk region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 16, 2024. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP) (Photo by ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images)
Ukraine

The destruction of healthcare in Ukraine is deliberate and calculated

MSF's latest report documents attacks on healthcare in Ukraine, indicating a deliberate strategy to destroy the medical system. Press Release - 13 Jul 2026
 
KOSTIANTYNIVKA, UKRAINE - JULY 18: Ukrainian emergency service workers extinguish a fire in an evacuated nursing home in the city of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, 18 July 2025. (Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Ukraine

No Safe Place to Heal

MSF's latest report details attacks on the medical system in Ukraine. Report - 13 Jul 2026
 
An Israeli checkpoint near Ramallah, occupied West Bank. Ramallah recorded 319 military and settler attacks in May 2026 alone, severely compromising patient safety and civilian access to healthcare.
Palestine

Palestinians are left reeling by the violence of Israeli occupation in the West Bank

Israeli checkpoints and military and settler violence are restricting the movement of Palestinians in the West Bank, blocking their access to medical care. Photo Story - 9 Jul 2026
 
Damaged ambulance station, injured medical personnel: the aftermath of the Russian military’s attack on Kyiv On the night of July 2 2026, the Russian military carried out yet another massive attack on Kyiv, where Médecins Sans Frontières staff live and work. Official reports so far confirm 20 deaths and at least 86 wounded have been reported. Among the targets was an ambulance station, where six personnel were injured: three paramedics and three driver-technicians. The attack also damaged a hotel and residential buildings. People who were sleeping at night got trapped under the rubble. Emergency services are still searching for the dead and wounded. The city’s healthcare system was overwhelmed — there are reports that 110 ambulance crews were working simultaneously to respond to emergencies. “In the dark, from basements and the bottom of stairwells, we heard the Russian jet drones passing overhead in central Kyiv, not knowing what they would target, but fully expecting that yet again civilians and civilian infrastructure would be hit - and they were”, says Robin Meldrum, Country Director for MSF in Ukraine. “We start a new day yet again with shock and horror - the idea that ambulance and emergency-response teams have to dig people out from the remains of destroyed residential blocks – and save the lives of their own colleagues who have been targeted.” MSF once again emphasizes that medical workers and healthcare facilities throughout Ukraine remain unprotected, working under constant threat and on the verge of resource depletion. We condemn the attacks by Russian forces, which endanger not only the civilian population but also their ability to receive medical care after being wounded.
Ukraine

Russian attacks in Kyiv damage Ukrainian ambulance station and injure medical personnel

On the night of 2 July 2026, the Russian military carried out another massive attack on Kyiv, Ukraine. Statement - 2 Jul 2026
 
Edwin Moshi, MSF medical activity manager, provides a consultation to a patient in Eduardo Mondlane, in Palma district, Cabo Delgado province, northern Mozambique. Between 2021 and 2026, MSF provided more than 76,000 outpatient consultations across Palma district, supporting communities affected by conflict, displacement, and the collapse of healthcare services following the March 2021 attack on Palma. MSF activities included treatment for malaria, respiratory infections and diarrhoeal diseases, as well as maternal healthcare, mental health support, and HIV and TB care. “At the beginning, nobody was paying attention to HIV,” says Edwin Moshi. “We had patients who knew their status but were unable to continue treatment for different reasons, and others who denied their diagnosis. Inadequate follow‑up led to patients being lost from care.”
Mozambique

MSF concludes activities in Palma, Mozambique, five years after deadly attack

In Palma district, Mozambique, MSF is concluding activities after providing five years of care following a deadly attack. Project Update - 2 Jul 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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