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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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Ebola disease in DRC: find out how we're responding
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Since the implementation of The Migration Protection Protocol in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, MSF has seen around 100 people re-entry the country daily, in a city with no capacity to receive this population. Asylum seekers are forced to sleep in tents established right next to the bridge by the border, without any access to potable water and sanitation services; which may lead to different health issues, such as digestive and skin diseases.
Central American migration

US migration policy endangers lives of asylum seekers in Tamaulipas state

Asylum seekers from Central America trapped in Mexico, endangered by US and Mexican immigration policies that leave them exposed and vulnerable to violence and exploitation. Press Release - 6 Sep 2019
 
Two afghan boys sit in a tent they have to share with unknown to them families in the Olive Groove next to Moria camp on Lesbos island.
Greece

Greek and EU authorities deliberately neglecting people trapped on islands

People, especially children, are suffering in horrendous conditions in camps for refugees and migrants on the Greek islands. Meanwhile, the Greek government and EU member states are deliberately turning a blind eye to the crisis. Press Release - 5 Sep 2019
 
Yemen, Amran governorate, Khamer, 24 April 2019 - Dahadh camp is located in Khamer, Amran governorate, 1 km southeast of the city centre, near the Qat market. 410 families, around 3430 persons, have been living inside the camp since 2015, the beginning of the war. Some of these families were displaced several times, they are mostly coming from Saada (280 families), the most heavily bombed governorate by the Saudi and Emirati-led coalition (SELC) since March 2015. New waves of displacements to Khamer occurred during the offensive on Hodeidah, launched in June 2018 by SELC backed troops against Ansar Allah forces to take over the city. Following clashes in Kuchar (north Abs), located in Hajjah governorate, new IDP recently arrived in Khamer. In March 2019, over 18,000 newly displaced people were forced to flee looking for safety in Abs and surrounding areas after several days of intense fighting. More than 50,000 people are now displaced in North Abs because of these fighting. In Dahadh camp, MSF teams have been supporting IDPs with NFIs (blanket, soap, kitchen tools, etc), water tanks and water trucking until Oxfam took over at the end of 2015. We also started two mobile clinics, one of them visiting Dahadh camp twice a week. Mobile clinic activities were stopped when the lands’ owners prohibited teams to go to Dahadh. In July 2016, we provided scabies treatment in the camp.
Yemen

Last stop, Khamer: displaced people in exile in northwestern Yemen

The conflict Yemen has displaced thousands of people. Some of them have sought safety in Khamer, in the country's northwestern Amran governorate, where MSF teams are providing medical and surgical care. Photo Story - 3 Sep 2019
 
Yemen, Aden, 17 December 2018 - A building of Aden destroyed by fighting in 2015. On 25 March 2015, Ansar Allah troops took over the airport of Aden. Intense fighting occurred inside the city from March to August 2015, between Ansar Allah and the former President Ali Abdallah Saleh against the Southern resistance, backed by the Saudi and Emirati-led coalition. During this period, MSF teams in Aden hospital mainly treated war wounded patients, being one of the very few remaining surgical hospital in Aden city.
Yemen

Chaos and fighting in Aden as over 50 wounded admitted in just a few hours

A sharp increase in fighting in Aden, in southern Yemen, resulted in over 50 people being admitted to MSF's hospital in the city in the space of just a few hours. Press Release - 29 Aug 2019
 
Yemen, Hodeidah, 1 May 2019 - on the road to Sanaa.
Yemen

A population on the frontline, indiscriminate attacks on civilians, and still no sign of change

Three years after Abs hospital bombing, MSF’s head of mission in Sana’a calls on combatants to finally respect international humanitarian law and protect civilians. Voices from the Field - 27 Aug 2019
 
The pneumonia vaccine from GSK used for vaccination in refugee camps in Greek islands was made available at a special reduced price of US$9 while its retail price is $168 in Greece.
Access to medicines

Gavi should stop awarding special funds to Pfizer and GSK for pneumonia vaccine

MSF urges Gavi to reserve its special funds for pneumonia vaccine for a new manufacturer offering a more affordable version, not Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline. Press Release - 26 Aug 2019
 
In the West Bank, MSF provides psychotherapy in Nablus and Qalqiliya. While three of our psychologists in the project are local Palestinians, two are foreigners who do not speak Arabic. This means our interpreters play a vital role in our work there.
Palestine

Mental healthcare in translation

MSF is providing psychotherapy services in Nablus and Qalqiliya. While three of our psychologists in the project are local Palestinians, two are foreigners who do not speak Arabic. This means interpreters play a vital role in our work there. Project Update - 25 Aug 2019
 
A message from the Ocean Viking as it remains stranded in the Mediterranean Sea for the 12th day since the first rescue. There are 356 men women and children onboard.
Mediterranean migration

Ocean Viking rescue survivors finally offered place of safety

After 14 days at sea with 356 vulnerable men, women and children aboard, MSF is relieved Ocean Viking has been offered a place of safety to disembark in Malta Press Release - 23 Aug 2019
 
Over a week since Ocean Viking's first rescue, there are 356 people on board. MSF are still expecting to be assigned a place of safety for the disembarkation.
Mediterranean migration

“He just kept running, despite the wound and the bleeding”

MSF doctor tells the story of a 20-year-old Libyan man who had shrapnel removed from his torso on the search and rescue ship Ocean Viking in the Mediterranean Voices from the Field - 22 Aug 2019
 
Franck Ale - MSF regional epidemiologist based in Dakar.
Cholera

How to identify the causes of an epidemic and respond strategically

Epidemiologist Franck Ale explains the cholera situation in the Lake Chad region and how surveillance and investigation are helping to identify the causes of epidemics and guide strategic responses by MSF and others. Interview - 21 Aug 2019
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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