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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 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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Woman and children walk past makeshift showers and latrines in Metuge camp for displaced people.
Mozambique

“It was like the end of the world” during attack in northern Mozambique

A little-known violent conflict in the northern Mozambique province of Cabo Delgado is leaving people caught in the crossfire; an MSF staff member recounts a terrifying experience of being forced to flee. Voices from the Field - 30 Jun 2020
 
Abu Fadel, Hassan and Iman… all three are living in Idlib Governorate in northwest Syria. Like 2.7 million other Syrians, they’d been displaced within the country several times, and a part of them ended up in Idlib. The last rebel stronghold, bombed in massive airstrikes led by the Syrian army and its allies, Idlib has become home to a population nine years of war have left shattered, impoverished and without hope for the future. Their backs against the Turkish border, Abu Fadel, Hassan and Iman recount similar stories of everyday life­­—the interminable waiting, fear and horror of war in what is an open-air prison. In mid-June, the airstrikes resumed in Idlib Governorate, the target this time the zone west of Maarat-al-Numan. Most people in opposition-controlled areas in this Governorate are living in poverty, and many have moved from towns to camps around Dana, Sarmada and Atmeh where MSF teams provide assistance. The displaced talk of an environment of corruption, crime and social violence, and the area where they have taken refuge continues to shrink with the passing months and the Syrian regime’s relentless attacks.
Syria

Life in an open-air prison: living under the bombs in Idlib

In mid-June 2020, the airstrikes resumed in Idlib governorate, Syria. Abou Fadel, Hassan and Iman, three displaced within the country several times, recount similar stories of life in an open-air prison. Voices from the Field - 29 Jun 2020
 
Patients wait at San Vicente clinic. San Vicente clinic, in Andrés Eloy Blanco Municipality of Sucre State, is one of the five "hot spots" where there is a high incidence of malaria cases. The health centre operates 24 hours a day and serves an agricultural community. MSF provides assistance in not only the area of malaria diagnosis, treatment and prevention, but also in training of medical and non-medical staff, data registration, water and sanitation, provision of supplies and health promotion. El Ambulatorio de San Vicente, del Municipio Andrés Eloy Blanco del Estado Sucre, es uno de los cinco puntos calientes donde hay alta incidencia de casos de malaria. El centro de salud atiende a una comunidad exclusivamente agrícola. MSF proporciona ayuda no solo en el área de diagnóstico, tratamiento y prevención de paludismo, sino también en capacitación de equipos médicos y no médicos, registro de datos, agua y saneamiento, rehabilitación de infraestructuras, dotación de insumos y promoción a la salud.
Venezuela

MSF helps fight against malaria in Venezuela’s Sucre state

MSF teams are providing support to healthcare centres in Sucre state, on Venezuela's northern coast, where malaria is endemic and health structures are in need of improvement. Project Update - 29 Jun 2020
 
MSF supports the Ebola Transit Center in Bunia
DRC Ebola outbreaks

Six lessons learned as Ebola outbreak in northeastern DRC ends

With the DRC Ministry of Health announcing the end of the country's tenth Ebola outbreak - while still tackling the eleventh - valuable lessons have been learned for all involved in the response. Project Update - 26 Jun 2020
 
“This is my first time in an MSF hospital. I was told by other patients that this hospital has good quality care, but also that I wouldn’t need to pay any money,” says 18-year old Shorouq, looking relieved and happy. “This hospital is not the closest facility to my house. It took us five hours to reach here,” she says. None of the closer clinics could provide the maternity services she needed, says Shorouq.
Yemen

Behind the conflict in Yemen

The six-year long conflict in Yemen has restricted people's movements and severely compromised their access to essential healthcare, exacerbating the vulnerability of Yemenis, as they are left with very few options for affordable and accessible medical services. MSF Storymaps - 25 Jun 2020
 
A health worker waits to receive a new unconfirmed ebola patient, at a newly build MSF supported ebola treatment centre(ETC) on November 07, 2018 in Bunia.
DRC Ebola outbreaks

DRC's tenth Ebola outbreak

On 1 August 2018, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared an outbreak of Ebola in the northeastern North Kivu province, which has become the country's largest-ever. Crisis Update - 25 Jun 2020
 
“The camp setting is not a conducive environment and is very worrying. It is far too congested” continues Lojana Augustino Ngorok. “What I am worried about is the lack of hygiene and water for the population. Food is also a really big concern. Most people are short on food, some do not have any and have arrived with nothing to trade or buy food with.”
South Sudan

Intense fighting in eastern South Sudan once again forces thousands to flee

A resurgence of intense violence between communities in Greater Pibor Administrative area in eastern South Sudan has once again forced thousands of people to flee into the bush, leaving people - and especially children - without access to medical care. Statement - 24 Jun 2020
 
Dr. Maria Guevara conducts an Infection Prevention and Control training on how to stop the spread of COVID-19 for both the medical and non-medical staff at the Samaritan Community Center in Detroit, Michigan.
United States of America

MSF helping to curb COVID-19 in nursing homes in US

After having worked in nursing homes across Europe to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 amongst the elderly and staff, MSF is now working in nursing homes in Michigan, the United States. Project Update - 23 Jun 2020
 
PPE including N-95 masks, eye/face protection, gloves and high quality body protection being stocked at the COVID treatment center in Patna, Bihar
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

MSF opens 100-bed COVID-19 treatment centre in Bihar, India

With over 380,000 people diagnosed COVID-19 in India, MSF is stepping in to help provide treatment and care to people with moderate forms of the new coronavirus, starting in Bihar state. Press Release - 19 Jun 2020
 
View of Nduta refugee camp.
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

“No one chooses to be a refugee”

Barthelemy is a Burundian refugee and staff member with MSF in Nduta camp, northwestern Tanzania. He embarked on an extraordinary journey to reach safety and begin a new life. Voices from the Field - 19 Jun 2020
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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