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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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Someone shows a bullet that landed on France's property in Damala, a neighbourhood parallel to the road where the fighting happened on 13 January 2021. France Beldo, 31, was wounded during this clash between rebel groups and the national forces supported by their international allies on the outskirts of Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic. Another bullet is still lodged in her shoulder. France says: "We cannot stay in such violence all the time, with the sounds of guns. Fear is winning people over. We cannot go out, if we do, we are always fearful."
Central African Republic

A journey of healing in CAR amid post-electoral violence

France Beldo was hit by a stray bullet in Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR), which is in the midst of violence following elections. MSF teams at SICA hospital tended to her recovery. Photo Story - 9 Feb 2021
 
Emergency department of the District Headquarter (DHQ) Hospital in Timergara. To improve day-to-day patient care in the emergency department, MSF has implemented a routine triage system. Upon arrival, every patient receives an initial screening, where staff measure blood pressure, heart rate, and clinical conditions, to help prioritise patients’medical needs. MSF has been working the DHQ Hospital in Timergara, Lower Dir district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province, in northwestern part of Pakistan since 2009. MSF provides emergency care, emergency surgeries, post-operative care, as well as mother-and-child health care in the hospital.
Pakistan

After 12 years of support, MSF hands last hospital activities over in Timergara, Pakistan

After more than 12 years of providing support, including emergency room and maternity services, MSF hands over the last of our activities in Timergara district hospital, Pakistan. Project Update - 8 Feb 2021
 
Drucille eating porridge in Paoua Hospital. In addition to her treatment, Drucille also needs to follow a very strict low sugar diet. « I do not drink juices and sweetened coffee and I do not eat biscuits and sweets. If there is too much sugar in the mush, I cannot eat it either. Even bananas are dangerous. I can only eat bitter and sour food. I cannot touch sweet things » said Drucille. In Paoua, a city of the Central African Republic (CAR) close to the border with Chad and Cameroon and home to 17,000 inhabitants, MSF team has built a special bond with Drucille, a nine year old girl who has spent most of her days at the MSF-supported hospital over the past six years. Drucille has been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and needs daily treatment. She is a patient followed up by the clinic for chronic diseases set up by MSF in partnership with local health authorities at Paoua hospital.
Non-communicable diseases

No fridge, no problem, to store insulin for people with diabetes

An MSF study has found that some insulin can be stored in temperatures of up to 37C for up to four weeks, changing lives for those with diabetes without access to refridgeration. Project Update - 5 Feb 2021
 
Members of the community are gathered at the home of community health volunteer Esua Etienne for a medical consultation. South-West Cameroon
Cameroon

Healthcare in the community, by the community in Cameroon

With conflict and insecurity a feature of life in South-West Cameroon, MSF teams have found ways to ensure local communities can access medical care - by training them to give aid. Project Update - 4 Feb 2021
 
MSF in Agok, South Sudan. South Sudan faces many challenges, including ongoing conflict, displacement, food shortages/malnutrition, lack of social services including health care, and insecurity. MSF hospitals have been under attack from different armed groups, putting the medical staff and patients at risk.
Cameroon

Ambulance fired on in South-West Cameroon

MSF reiterates that medical staff and facilities are not a target for attacks, following shots that were fired at an ambulance in South-West Cameroon. Statement - 4 Feb 2021
 
Members of various civil societies gathered outside the embassies of the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Brazil, and other countries which opposed a temporary patent waiver on COVID-19 vaccines which was proposed to the World Trade Organization by South Africa and India. Picketers stood outside embassies and handed over letters calling on these countries to support the TRIPS Waiver to allow for more drug manufacturers to have access to vaccine designs.
Access to medicines

MSF urges wealthy countries not to block COVID-19 patent waiver

MSF urges wealthy countries which are opposing a proposal to waive patent rights on COVID-19 tools not to block it and ruin its lifesaving potential for billions of people in the rest of the world. Press Release - 3 Feb 2021
 
MOH medical stuff fulfilling daily activities at JMH . Maputo. February 2020
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Ravaged by new strain, southern Africa must get COVID-19 vaccines

As Eswatini, Mozambique, Malawi are being overwhelmed by the second wave of COVID-19, these countries are yet to receive any doses of vaccines, leaving their frontline health workers exposed. Press Release - 3 Feb 2021
 
MSF staff transport a patient during a mobile clinic in Hawzen, northeast Tigray.
Ethiopia Tigray crisis

Ethiopia: “If seriously ill people can’t get to hospital, you can imagine the consequences”

Albert Viñas, the recently-returned emergency coordinator in Tigray, Ethiopia, describes the situation of people who've had to leave their homes, and the difficulty faced in trying to access medical care. Voices from the Field - 1 Feb 2021
 
A sexual assault survivor working on her body map during MSF's Body Mapping workshop, Rustenburg, June 2018. MSF facilitated a 2-day Body Mapping workshop attended by adolescent survivors of sexual violence from across the Rustenburg area. In Rustenburg, South Africa, a 2016 MSF survey revealed that 1 in 4 women between the age of 18-49 has been raped in her lifetime. As part of MSF's comprehensive sexual violence project in Rustenburg, Body Mapping is used to help survivors of sexual violence identify the internal and external scars and hardships that they are living with and working through. Body Maps comprise a life-size outline of the body, which the survivor "maps" with their experiences and emotions.
Safe abortion care

MSF welcomes reversal of the Global Gag Rule on safe abortion

The new United States government has rescinded the 'Global Gag Rule', which restricted rights and access to safe abortion care. MSF urges the US to expand access to services. Statement - 29 Jan 2021
 
An Afghan family try to cross the border between Italy and France.
Italy

Abandoned at the borders: stories of people on the move during winter

The numbers of migrants and refugees at Italy’s borders has increased in recent months. Their only assistance is from volunteer groups supported by MSF. Voices from the Field - 28 Jan 2021
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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