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How we work

See what triggers an intervention and how supply and logistics allow our teams to respond quickly.

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How we're run

Discover our governance and what it means to be an association. Find a quick visual guide to our offices around the world.

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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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MSF Websites

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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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outreach team wound care moving to PHCC Bureij
Gaza-Israel war

Five things to know about life for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank

In Gaza and the West Bank, Palestinians continue to be affected by violence and mental trauma. Project Update - 20 May 2026
 
MSF car in Lankien, Jonglei state, South Sudan, was was vandalized and shot at by unknown assailants following the bombardment on 3 February. One MSF staff member suffered minor injuries.
South Sudan

Report: Escalating violence in South Sudan

MSF's latest report on South Sudan describes escalating violence, attacks on healthcare and civilians, rape, and hunger. Report - 19 May 2026
 
Market at the Lankien town, Jonglei state, South Sudan, was hit in an airstrike by the government of South Sudan forces on 4 February 2026.
South Sudan

Attacks on healthcare and civilians, rape, hunger: South Sudan is at a breaking point

In South Sudan, escalating violence is increasingly harming people and undermining access to lifesaving care. MSF's latest report details the violence people face in the country, including attacks on healthcare. Press Release - 19 May 2026
 
The MSF flag flutters in the wind at MSF’s clinic in Al-Tanideba camp for Tigray refugees, in Eastern Sudan.
Lebanon

Healthcare under attack in Lebanon: MSF condemns the killing of paramedics by Israeli forces

MSF condemns attacks on paramedics and healthcare workers in Lebanon after a drone strike killed two rescuers, warning that ongoing violence is delaying lifesaving aid. Press Release - 14 May 2026
 
Dr. Javid Abdelmoneim, International President of MSF, visits the Daba Naira camp of Tawila, North Darfur state, to meet with community leaders and displaced families. The visit aims to gain a deeper understanding of the living conditions and medical needs of the displaced communities.
Conflict in Sudan

Crisis in Darfur: “This is a war against civilians”

Dr Javid, MSF's International President, shares what he witnessed while visiting displacement camps and hospitals across Darfur, Sudan. Interview - 13 May 2026
 
Close-up of an MSF speakerphone during an emergency medical aid response in Samos island, Greece. MSF has been responding to requests for emergency medical assistance to people arriving by boat on the island of Samos since August 2021. MSF’s emergency response has shown the high medical and humanitarian needs amongst new arrivals. During our interventions, most people we assist are exhausted and severely distressed. A lot of them are dehydrated after spending a long time, sometimes several days, in the bush without access to food and water.
Haiti

Haiti: MSF forced to evacuate hospital and temporarily suspend activities in Cité Soleil

After more than 24 hours of intense fighting in the Citè Soleil neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, MSF had to evacuate staff and suspend activities. Press Release - 11 May 2026
 
Lebanon, Beirut, 2026. Msf doctors during medical consultation in the Azarieh in central Beirut, where displaced families took shelter in an abandoned building. With over a million people registered as displaced, Lebanon is facing a deepening humanitarian crisis. Thousands have fled their homes under threat of fire - often with nothing.
War and conflict

MSF’s response to war in the Middle East

MSF teams are responding to the war in the Middle East in Lebanon and Iran, and are preparing responses in other countries. Project Update - 11 May 2026
 
An MSF water and sanitation staff member collects water from the Shebelle River for testing in Kelafo district, Somali region, Ethiopia. Communities in the town now rely directly on river water after interruptions to the usual treatment process due to fuel shortages, increasing the risk of water-borne diseases.
Natural hazards

Drought and displacement push millions to the brink in Somalia and Ethiopia’s Somali Region

Millions of people face acute food insecurity and displacement due to a drought in Somalia and Ethiopia's Somali Region, after consecutive failed rainy seasons. Project Update - 11 May 2026
 
Mothers and their children waiting for the malnutrition consultations at the MSF-supported Kishinji health center located in the Minova health zone, 3km from the Bugeri IDP site. It welcomes both displaced persons and local people. Cases requiring more extensive medical support are referred to the Minova general referral hospital, also supported by MSF.
Democratic Republic of Congo

DRC: Minova is on the brink of a healthcare crisis

Obstetric care has become inaccessible to women in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, as donor organisations have recently withdrawn from the area. Press Release - 8 May 2026
 
Through the shattered roads of southern Lebanon, our teams move between villages devastated by Israeli bombardment, this time in Jebshit, families return under a fragile “temporary ceasefire.” Inside one mobile medical unit, care comes together: primary healthcare, essential medication, mental health support, and stress relief sessions, bringing not just treatment, but a sense of presence where it’s needed most.
Lebanon

A ceasefire in name only: People are still being killed by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon

MSF teams in southern Lebanon are working in hospitals, alongside the Ministry of Public Health, treating people who have been wounded during the ceasefire. Project Update - 6 May 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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