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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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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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Libya

MSF reiterates its calls for urgent unhindered access to the wounded

“We are currently looking at all possibilities to increase support to health facilities in order to respond to urgent medical needs, both inside and outside government-controlled areas,” said Laurent Ligozat, MSF’s director of operations. “As the frontline keeps shifting, our priority is to gain access to areas where the needs are greatest.” Statement - 1 Apr 2011
 
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Côte d'Ivoire

Conditions worsening in Ivory Coast

MSF is responding to the intensifying post-election violence. Insecurity due to the fighting and international sanctions on Ivory Coast have driven hundreds of thousands of people from their homes and severely hindered access to essential services—including health care. Length:10:30 Project Update - 31 Mar 2011
 
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Côte d'Ivoire

Ivory Coast civilians must not be targeted - must have access to medical care

"The population is yet again suffering the consequences of fighting," said Renzo Fricke, MSF emergency coordinator. "Our teams transfer patients who need emergency surgery but there are many other patients facing problems, ranging from severe malaria to complicated labor and deliveries. They require urgent treatment too, but the difficulty of moving from one place to another is threatening patients' lives.” Press Release - 31 Mar 2011
 
Women wait in line to have their eyes checked at the MSF Hospital in Galcayo South, Somalia on March 20, 2011. Eye problems such as the common cataract (clouding in the lens of the eye), can all too often lead to blindness if left untreated. The impact on lives is devastating, especially in a country where many people face a daily struggle to survive.
Somalia

MSF suspends operations in Medina area, Mogadishu, following direct attacks on its compound

“Following these incidents, we need to re-engage with local authorities and communities to re-evaluate if acceptable security conditions can still be guaranteed,” added Delville. “MSF calls upon all parties in Somalia to respect the lives of the civilian population and to ensure that humanitarian workers can safely access people in need”. Project Update - 30 Mar 2011
 
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Libya

MSF returns to Benghazi

“Since we first entered on February 24, our aim has been to reach areas where the ongoing fighting has left the most needs,” explained Simon Burroughs, MSF Emergency Coordinator in Libya. MSF is also trying to enter Libya from Tunisia. But, in spite of continuous efforts since February 23, the teams have still not received authorization to cross the border. Project Update - 26 Mar 2011
 
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War and conflict

Support to health facilities in the Middle East and North Africa

Ever since civil unrest and violence erupted in countries across North Africa and the Middle East, teams from Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) have been supplying and assisting hospitals and health structures where medical staff are facing increased numbers of injured people. Teams are also assisting people who are fleeing to neighbouring countries. Project Update - 23 Mar 2011
 
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Libya

Normal health needs clearly go on despite the war in Libya

"In the few weeks that we spent in Benghazi, we managed to provide more than 30 tons of medical supplies to different hospitals including surgical kits and external fixators that are desperately needed for people with gunshot wounds." - Simon Burroughs: MSF emergency coordinator for Libya Voices from the Field - 23 Mar 2011
 
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Côte d'Ivoire

MSF responding to latest violence in Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Increasingly intense confrontations have had serious repercussions for the population at large, much of which has been trapped in the conflict. Over the two weeks prior to March 16, the teams treated 129 patients. However, seeking treatment is not a simple matter for people who require care but are afraid to leave their homes. Travel within the city is risky because of fighting and because groups of young men have erected blockades in the streets. The instability makes it difficult to access populations, particularly in areas close to the front lines. Project Update - 19 Mar 2011
 
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Côte d'Ivoire

Ivory Coast population trapped in conflict

Increasingly intense armed confrontations over recent weeks in Ivory Coast, together with political gridlock, have had serious consequences on the country’s population. Fighting has led to new displacements of people in the capital, Abidjan, and in the western region of the country. Insecurity and shortages of medicine resulting from international sanctions have made it very difficult for victims of violence - and all those in need - to obtain care. Project Update - 16 Mar 2011
 
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Libya

Even less access to those trapped in the fighting in Libya

The security conditions make it now effectively impossible for medical teams to travel safely to areas where the ongoing fighting has left the most needs. On two different occasions last week, an MSF team headed for Ras Lanuf, one of the areas most affected by the ongoing violence, was forced to turn back due to insecurity. Project Update - 16 Mar 2011
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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