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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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Once a week, an MSF team composed of a medical doctor, nurse, dispenser, social worker, health educator and crowd controller sets up a tent in Cheikh Othman to provide medical services to displaced families.
Yemen

Five things to know about the situation in the south of Yemen today

MSF teams are providing care to people affected by the recent escalation of fighting in the south of Yemen. Project Update - 8 Oct 2026
 
The severely damaged Kamal Adwan hospital in Gaza city. The three main hospitals in the north Kamal Adwan, Al Awda and Indonesian hospital were under siege since October 2024 and the ceasefire and were the theatre of relentless attacks which largely destroyed the facilities.
Gaza-Israel war

MSF urges release of detained Palestinian medics in Israel as World Medical Association begins General Assembly

Dr Javid Abdelmoneim, MSF International President, urges the World Medical Association to call for the release of detained Palestinian doctors. Opinion - 6 Oct 2026
 
A women pours water into a cup from a storage tank. The water supply in Al Salam Camp is currently considered highly critical and unstable. Access to clean drinking water is insufficient for many families. The poor water supply poses several risks, including the spread of waterborne diseases such as cholera and diarrhea, difficult hygienic conditions, and additional risks for malnourished and sick people.
Conflict in Sudan

Why we could not stop cholera in Sudan

In 2024 and 2025, Sudan endured the deadliest cholera outbreak in its modern history. Dr Micaela Serafini, President of MSF in Switzerland, reflects on the lessons learned from the outbreak. Opinion - 6 Oct 2026
 
Une membre des équipes MSF regarde ses collègues en consultation avec un patient qui souffre d’Ebola. Centre de traitement Ebola de Kitatumba à Butembo. Septembre 2026.
DRC Ebola outbreaks

Ebola disease outbreak spreads like a megafire in North Kivu as new hotspots multiply

In Butembo, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo, MSF teams are supporting the health authorities in responding to the Ebola disease outbreak. Project Update - 5 Oct 2026
 
IDPs informal shelter in Gaza City
Gaza-Israel war

Three years on, Israel is asphyxiating Gaza and dismantling the means of survival

In Gaza, Palestine, Israel continues to systematically destroy the conditions people need to survive. Press Release - 5 Oct 2026
 
MSF ETC in Goma admitted its first patients
Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF staff member tests positive for Ebola disease and is medically evacuated

MSF confirms that one of our staff members who had been working on the Ebola response in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has tested positive for Bundibugyo virus disease. Statement - 1 Oct 2026
 
Dr Rupa Narra, pédiatre au CTE de Kitatumba, suit scrupuleusement les étapes du déshabillage, à sa sortie de consultations de patients pédiatriques suspects.
DRC Ebola outbreaks

What will it take to end the Ebola disease outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo?

Stopping the spread of Ebola disease requires multiple coordinated actions to be carried out at the same time. Project Update - 30 Sep 2026
 
MSF doctor Daniel Garang with his stethoscope at Aweil project base.
Ethiopia

Renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia as MSF teams scale up medical response to increase in war-wounded

MSF teams are scaling up our response to an influx of war-wounded patients across northern Ethiopia as fighting resumes in Tigray. Project Update - 28 Sep 2026
 
Commune of Ranobe, Amboasary District. People in the south-east of Madagascar are facing the most acute nutritional and food crisis the region has seen in recent years. MSF began setting up mobile clinics in Amboasary district in late March to screen and treat acute malnutrition in remote villages like those of Ranobe commune, providing ready-to-use therapeutic food and medical care.
Somalia

People and healthcare must be protected amid escalating violence in Baidoa, Somalia

Wounded people are arriving at Bay Regional hospital in Baidoa, Somalia, after fighting erupted on 28 September. Press Release - 28 Sep 2026
 
Conflict in Gaza
Gaza-Israel war

Testimonies and statements from our social media on the Gaza-Israel war

A curation of testimonies and statements from our @MSF account on X, formerly Twitter. Project Update - 28 Sep 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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