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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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2094 Results
 
On 20 November, five MSF vehicles parked in front of our clinic in Gaza city were destroyed by the intervention of the Israeli forces. The clinic was also damaged as a result and part of the building was engulfed by fire for a few hours. The cars and the clinic were clearly identified with the MSF logo. This happened while 21 people, including an MSF staff and his family members, were sheltered in the clinic and more than 50 others were in the guesthouse across the street: luckily, they survived unscathed. The cars that were destroyed were the ones used in the aborted evacuation of our staff and their relatives on 18 November, resulting in the killing of two people. Some of the staff sheltering in the MSF premises that day were witnesses to the incident.
Gaza-Israel war

Strikes, raids and incursions: Over a year of relentless attacks on healthcare in Palestine

A timeline of attacks on MSF or MSF-supported medical facilities and medical practitioners in Palestine since 7 October 2023. Project Update - 7 Jan 2025
 
Palestine, Khan Younis, sud de Gaza, 22 avril 2024. Khan Younis est difficilement reconnaissable méconnaissable après le retrait des forces israéliennes de la zone, laissant un vaste champ de ruines. Palestine, Khan Younis, south Gaza, April 22, 2024. Khan Younis has become completely unrecognizable after the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the area, leaving a vast field of ruins behind them.
Gaza-Israel war

Gaza: Life in a death trap

In Gaza, Palestine, MSF has witnessed 14 months of repeated attacks on civilians and the dismantling of healthcare facilities, seemingly underpinning Israel’s campaign to unravel the very fabric of society in Gaza. Report - 19 Dec 2024
 
A patient’s wounded arm, Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk region. An elderly patient is sitting in a wheelchair next to her husband. Her whole face is covered with small scratches. She is crying. Her husband leans over and whispers something in her ear, trying to comfort her. "My brother is under the rubble," she says, repeating this phrase over and over again.
Ukraine

Providing care to people fleeing from the frontline in Ukraine

Come on the scene at a transit centre in Pavlohrad, eastern Ukraine, as an MSF team provides care to recently arrived evacuees. Project Update - 28 Nov 2024
 
In Arsal, an arid town along the Lebanese-Syrian border, thousands of people have fled Israeli bombardments on the Baalbek-Hermel governorate. MSF's mobile medical unit is visiting collective shelters that have opened up in the town to deliver primary healthcare, essential medications, health promotion, and sexual and reproductive health services to those in need. MSF also has a long-standing presence in Arsal through our primary healthcare clinic, which provides vital services to the community.
Lebanon

War and economic strain worsen health conditions in Lebanon

Before the escalation between Hezbollah and Israel on 8 October 2023, Lebanon was already facing an economic crisis that impacted people. Project Update - 26 Nov 2024
 
On the evening of 17 November, a densely populated area in Sumy city, northeastern Ukraine was bombed. The explosion struck a courtyard surrounded by residential buildings, damaging 13 structures and dozens of apartments. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) emergency ambulance teams provided medical assistance to injured residents. According to preliminary information from local authorities, 84 people were wounded, including 11 children. Eleven fatalities were reported, among them two children: a nine-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl.
War in Ukraine

MSF provides medical support following Russian strike in Sumy

Following Russian airstrikes in north-east Ukraine, MSF teams have responded by providing medical care. Press Release - 18 Nov 2024
 
Mr Yurii has been in hospital for a month and a half, following a mine-blast injury that resulted in amputation. "I was in trauma for a month, trying to save my leg, but the infection was severe. Initially, I was very worried, but I accepted it. They showed me how to train and the types of prostheses available, and I realised I could walk again. Now I’m actively working with MSF psychologists and physical therapists. They listen, offer advice, and bring me interesting books. I enjoy historical and professional ones; the last ones were about Genghis Khan and the Cossacks. I still want to learn to drive, so I have work ahead of me." Mr Yurii is focusing on balance exercises to expedite his progress with the prosthesis.
Ukraine

Providing holistic care to Ukraine’s war injured

In Cherkasy hospital in central Ukraine, MSF is working with the Ministry of Health to provide war-wounded patients with physiotherapy and psychological support. Project Update - 18 Nov 2024
 
Following the explosion of a fuel tanker on 14 September in Miragoâne, injured people began to arrive at the MSF hospital in Carrefour.
Haiti

MSF outraged by police attack on ambulance and execution of patients in Haiti

At least two patients have been executed and MSF staff attacked by police and members of a self-defence group in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Press Release - 13 Nov 2024
 
Illustration images from Bekaaa Valley, Lebanon. September 25, 2024
Lebanon

Seeking refuge from Israeli bombardment in Baalbek, Lebanon

At a school in Baalbek, Lebanon, our team met women sheltering with their families. Voices from the Field - 4 Nov 2024
 
Um Mohammad, a 40-year-old Syrian refugee displaced from Qsaibeh, in South Lebanon, has three daughters. She used to maintain her employer's garden, landscaping and building fences around his land. The night she fled Qsaibeh, an airstrike landed dangerously close. She recalls joining the community with buckets of water to put out the fire, and then her employer told her it was time to leave. With her daughters, aged 18, 6, and 4, she packed a change of clothes for each and grabbed only a blanket, leaving behind the groceries she had just bought that day on her kitchen floor.
Lebanon

“Whatever we lose, we will come back”

In the southern Lebanese city of Saida, our mobile clinic teams are visiting people who have been displaced by Israeli bombardments. Photo Story - 24 Oct 2024
 
An MSF staff member organizes activities for the children of the Azareh shelter. Beirut, Lebanon, October 11, 2024.
Lebanon

Beyond survival: Helping children and adults cope with the traumas of war in Lebanon

Our teams are running a mental health hotline and visiting displaced people in Lebanon, helping them learn practices for coping with the ongoing war. Project Update - 22 Oct 2024
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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