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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 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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A view of the tents set up for the mobile clinic in Girbanat, Renk County, where thousands of displaced people have sought refuge after fleeing the conflict in Sudan. The mobile clinic includes several tents, each designated for specific purposes.
United States of America

One year later: How US policies are reshaping global health and humanitarian aid

A series of executive actions from the United States of America have upended global health and humanitarian programmes around the world. Press Release - 21 Jan 2026
 
Amina Tahila (27), a new mother,reaches her home in Shinkafi town after being discharged. “I am happy that I was taken to the hospital. And both my baby girl and I are doing fine now. I am grateful and I am wishing others well. Whoever is pregnant needs help.  I am advising women to please take good  care of themselves. They should always go to the hospital for care because  the hospital takes care of people. “ MSF covers several needs of the pregnant women coming to give birth —from food and medicine to surgery when needed. Transport is also provided, both to the hospital and back to their communities
Women's health

The shared challenges of giving birth

Women living in Central African Republic, Bangladesh, and Nigeria, can share the same challenges in giving birth. Photo Story - 20 Jan 2026
 
MSF doctor Daniel Garang with his stethoscope at Aweil project base.
South Sudan

Movement restrictions prevent people from accessing lifesaving medical care in Jonglei state

Patients’ lives are at risk in Jonglei state, South Sudan, due to delays in referring them to specialised medical care. Press Release - 16 Jan 2026
 
MFS cars next to Kajo Keji airstrip.
Iran

MSF is following developments in Iran

MSF currently runs three projects in Iran. Statement - 16 Jan 2026
 
A MSF staff in front of the camp
Burundi

The humanitarian situation for refugees in Burundi remains alarming

MSF teams are providing water and medical care to Congolese refugees who have newly arrived in Burundi. Project Update - 14 Jan 2026
 
An old man with cholera like symptoms receives oral rehydration solutions to recover from the disease.
Haiti

MSF calls for protection of civilians as violence in Bel Air forces suspension of activities

An alarming escalation of clashes between armed groups and the police in the Bel Air neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, has killed one person and forced the suspension of activities. Press Release - 8 Jan 2026
 
An MSF vehicle passes in front of ruined buildings in Jabalia.
Gaza-Israel war

Israel’s threat to withhold NGO registrations is a blow to humanitarian aid

MSF refutes Israeli allegations and condemns the withholding of registration as a cynical attempt to block vital humanitarian aid and medical care in Gaza and the West Bank, Palestine. Statement - 2 Jan 2026
 
A view of mud houses in Raees Golam Mustafa Golla, in Dera Murad Jamali, nearly 40km from the MSF facility in DMJ. These homes are often damaged when rains put residents' lives at risk during the monsoon season, which typically runs from July to September.
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Harsh winter conditions deepen humanitarian crisis for Afghans in Pakistan

Mass deportations and winter conditions are pushing Afghan refugees in Pakistan into a deepening humanitarian and health crisis. Project Update - 2 Jan 2026
 
MSF flag blowing in the wind at Aweil project base.
South Sudan

MSF evacuates staff from Lankien healthcare facility following airstrikes

Following airstrikes in Lankien town, South Sudan, MSF has evacuated some key staff members from its healthcare facility. Statement - 31 Dec 2025
 
Maria, the newborn, is lying next to her mother in the postnatal care ward at the Nawa National Hospital. Since July 2025, MSF is supporting the maternity department at the Nawa National Hospital, providing maternal and inborn neonate care, health promotion, and mental health support.
Syria

Addressing people’s medical needs in Dara’a after years of conflict

MSF teams respond to people's medical needs in Dara'a governorate, Syria, after years of conflict. Project Update - 24 Dec 2025
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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