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How we work

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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 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.

GeoMSF
Ebola disease in DRC: find out how we're responding
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Starting in March 2022, MSF and South Sudan's Ministry of Health have jointly carried out a hepatitis E vaccination campaign in Bentiu in South Sudan's Unity State. This is the first time anywhere in the world that the only available hepatitis E vaccine (Hecolin©) is being used in a mass vaccination campaign and in response to an active outbreak of hepatitis E. Hecolin, has been shown in clinical trials to be highly effective at preventing disease, and the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that it be considered for use in outbreak responses since 2015.
South Sudan

South Sudan implements world-first outbreak response vaccination campaign for hepatitis E

MSF and the South Sudan Ministry of Health have used a hepatitis E vaccine for the first time ever in the world in response to an outbreak of the disease, which is particularly fatal for pregnant women. Press Release - 21 Jul 2022
 
Volunteers serve food to a community in Kharkiv that was already facing challenges before the conflict, and now those difficulties have been exacerbated. Dmitry Zakharov, the owner of a local restaurant and car wash in Kharkiv converted the adjoining buildings into a center for humanitarian aid. MSF runs mobile clinics, providing medical and mental health care, at the former restaurant. Zakharov also provides free meals to the community every day, provides food donations, and gives space to nurses who administer infusions to cancer patients.
Ukraine

“Together we can do so much more”: Partnering with local organisations in Kharkiv and throughout Ukraine

In Ukraine, MSF is working closely with local volunteer groups, civil society organisations, and local authorities to help meet the needs of communities impacted by the conflict and cut off from care and services. Project Update - 18 Jul 2022
 
Before this photo of Abangma Celestine was taken in Mamfe District Hospital in South-West Cameroon, she had experienced complications in her pregnancy, and when she began bleeding, she sought medical attention. Without any treatment available nearby, she walked for a full day from her home in Bache village, to Saatum, where people called her a Doctors Without Borders ambulance.
Cameroon

MSF closes project bases in Kumba and Mamfe in South-West Cameroon

MSF is taking the difficult decision to close project bases in Kumba and Mamfe, South-West region of Cameroon, following the suspension of our activities three months ago. Statement - 18 Jul 2022
 
Raed Riad Hanouna, 46, on the stairs from his apartment. Raed lost a leg after being shot at the Great March.
Palestine

Gaza: Reconstructing lives after amputations

Three patients injured at the Great March of Return and one by an Israeli rocket in the May 2021 conflict show how they managed to prosper despite their amputations. Photo Story - 18 Jul 2022
 
A home surrounded by stagnant water during monsoon season in Ah Nauk Ye internal displacement camp in Pauktaw township, Rakhine state, on 9 June 2021
Myanmar

Ten years in dire conditions perpetuates severe mental health problems for Rohingya

10 years after being forced to flee violence, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya are still living in horrendous conditions with serious mental health conditions. Project Update - 14 Jul 2022
 
With the support of MSF physiotherapist Rula Marahfeh Ahmed Darwesch learns how to walk again. The 11 years old boy was injured in an explosion in Yemen.
About MSF

International Activity Report 2021 (PDF, 5.5 MB)

msf.org - 13 Jul 2022
 
An MSF staff physician shows a projectile they extracted from a patient who was shot in his neighborhood. Stray bullets, mostly large caliber, are becoming a growing problem in Port-au-Prince.
Haiti

Thousands of people trapped by deadly armed clashes in Cité Soleil

MSF calls on armed groups to spare civilians and allow aid into Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, amid grisly battle for control of the area. Press Release - 13 Jul 2022
 
An MSF team distributes kits of essential items such as tents, jerrycans and mosquito nets in Ntele, in Montepuez district, in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province.
Mozambique

Three new developments in the Cabo Delgado crisis

The northern province of Cabo Delgado is one of Mozambique’s most volatile regions. An intense conflict began in the region in October 2017, which has resulted in some 800,000 people fleeing from their homes. These are the latest developments. Project Update - 11 Jul 2022
 
Medical activities at the Senda de Vida 2 shelter in Reynosa, Tamaulipas. Actividades médicas en el albergue Senda de Vida 2 en Reynosa, Tamaulipas.
Mexico

More assistance urgently needed for people arriving in Mexico’s northern border cities

The situation for migrants in Mexico's northern border cities is sharply deteriorating as expulsions under Title 42 continue and hundreds of people arrive from the south each day seeking safety in the US. MSF is calling on authorities and other organisations to expand their services to meet the needs of migrants and internally displaced people. Press Release - 11 Jul 2022
 
MSF mental health activity manager Ariadna Pérez works with attendees during training about sexual and gender-based violence for psychologists, health staff and first responders at a school in Holovanivsk, central Ukraine. The participants are creating a spider web of string to simulate the bureaucratic challenges survivors of sexual violence face when they try to get assistance.
Ukraine

Supporting healthcare in a rural town in Ukraine

Project Update - 8 Jul 2022
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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