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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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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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About 8,000 people live in the overcrowded Vathy refugee camp on the island of Samos, which is supposed to offer space for 650 people. Most of the people therefore live outside the official camp in tents and crates made of plastic sheets and pallets in an olive grove. The living conditions are unacceptable, the people lack everything. MSF provides water and toilets on site, in a small clinic in the village the team treats mainly victims of violence and pregnant women.
Greece

EU must address migration emergency as Greek islands reach breaking point

MSF urges the EU to immediately address the migration emergency, as the situation on the Greek islands has reached breaking point in the wake of harsh new Greek government policies. Statement - 4 Mar 2020
 
MSF in Nariño
Social violence and exclusion

Violence in southwestern Colombia leaves people struggling to access assistance

Violence has broken out in Nariño department, southwestern Colombia, which has left people displaced, but without access to assistance. MSF is providing support but urges the Colombian government to step in and help. Statement - 3 Mar 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

Thousands flee into the bush as conflict intensifies in east South Sudan

Following an outbreak of violence in eastern South Sudan, thousands of people have fled for their lives and are seeking refuge inside the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) site in Pibor town. Statement - 2 Mar 2020
 
General view of Deir Hassan overcrowded camp. The primary healthcare centre supported by MSF in Takad (Western Aleppo countryside) had to be moved mid-February to a safe place when the frontline got close. It is now in Deir Hassan camps which are overcrowded with 120 000 displacled people and where basic services are insufficient. In Deir Hassan settlements, living conditions are dire as there is a severe lack of basic services with the influx of IDPs. As the offensive conducted by the Syrian governmental forces with their Russian allies intensified in Idlib province, 900 000 people have fled since 1 December, northwards and towards the Turkish border. Some could settle in existing camps, like Deir Hassan camps in Al-Dana district. Some settled in the neighbourhood of existing camps which are overcrowded, and others continued further north.
Syria

People in northwestern Syria forced to move as frontlines move

As frontlines in northwestern Syria move, people are displaced and having to move multiple times to find safety. Dr Mustafa Ajaj describes the situation among the displaced people he’s treating. Voices from the Field - 2 Mar 2020
 
In the Dahr-el-Jebel detention centre, between the towns of Zintan and Yefren, nearly 500 people, most from Eritrea and Somalia, remain locked up. The majority is stranded in this mountainous region, south of Tripoli, after being transferred there in September 2018 during armed clashes in the capital. Away from the immediate danger of the fighting, they were forgotten by almost everyone. When MSF began working there in May 2019, we were horrified to discover that at least 22 migrants and refugees had died of diseases, mainly tuberculosis. IOM and UNHCR were supposed to provide assistance, including medical care and protection services. Today the medical situation remains worrying. Our teams working in this detention centre may not see widespread abuses committed by the guards that are common in other centres, but the protracted detention and the uncertainty are becoming every day more unbearable for our patients. More than a hundred of those held in the Dhar-el-Jebel detention centre are unaccompanied children.
Libya

Arbitrary detention in Libya must end as asylum seeker dies in detention centre fire

A fire in a detention centre in western Libya has resulted in the death of a young man, as MSF calls for the end of arbitrary detention of migrants and asylum seekers in Libya and to immediately evacuate and resettle people. Press Release - 2 Mar 2020
 
Two displaced little boys are playing on the ground in Deir Hassan camp. The primary healthcare centre supported by MSF in Takad (Western Aleppo countryside) had to be moved mid-February to a safe place when the frontline got close. It is now in Deir Hassan camps which are overcrowded with 120 000 displacled people and where basic services are insufficient. In Deir Hassan settlements, living conditions are dire as there is a severe lack of basic services with the influx of IDPs. As the offensive conducted by the Syrian governmental forces with their Russian allies intensified in Idlib province, 900 000 people have fled since 1 December, northwards and towards the Turkish border. Some could settle in existing camps, like Deir Hassan camps in Al-Dana district. Some settled in the neighbourhood of existing camps which are overcrowded, and others continued further north.
Syria

MSF to scale up response in Idlib, Syria as tensions reach a new peak

As conflict continues in Syria's northwestern Idlib province, displacing hundreds of thousands of people, MSF is requesting Turkey to enable passage of staff and essential supplies to scale up our response. Statement - 28 Feb 2020
 
The Ocean Viking has been instructed to remain in quarantine for 14 days. Italian authorities say this is a precautionary measure in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Mediterranean migration

Ocean Viking arbitrarily quarantined by Italian authorities over COVID-19 fears

MSF's search and rescue boat, the Ocean Viking, has been arbitrarily put into quarantine by Italian authorities in Sicily, over discriminatory and unfounded fears that the ship and/or its crew are carriers of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Project Update - 28 Feb 2020
 
Qadimoon camp (Northwest Syria) on February 17, 2020.
Syria

Horrific day of indiscriminate attacks on civilians in Idlib, Syria

Indiscriminate attacks continue in civilian areas in northwestern Syria's Idlib province. Three hospitals near the frontlines that are supported by MSF received 185 wounded, and 18 patients dead-on-arrival. Press Release - 26 Feb 2020
 
There is some noise outside! The family quickly stands up to check what is going on. / Les femmes et leurs enfants, intrigués par un évènement dans le camp, passent une tête hors de la tente.
Burkina Faso

Security and living conditions have deteriorated at ‘blistering speed’ for over 750,000 people

Attacks on villages and severe violence across parts of Burkina Faso have forced over 750,000 people to become displaced. Today most people live in conditions without access to healthcare or water. Project Update - 24 Feb 2020
 
Rohingya refugee Rashida feeds her two-year old son, who has been suffering from measles for the last week. He has now been admitted to the isolation ward at MSF Kutupalong field hospital, where an MSF nurse checks his condition every hour.
Measles

“These children shouldn’t be sick” – tackling measles in Rohingya refugee camps

MSF is responding to an outbreak of measles, a disease that's easily preventable with a vaccine, among Rohingya refugees - particularly children - in camps in Bangladesh. Project Update - 19 Feb 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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