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How we work

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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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Ebola disease in DRC: find out how we're responding
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Parents and their children are waiting for the vaccination in Etebe health area Des parents et leurs enfants attendent la vaccination dans l’aire de santé d’Etebe.
Democratic Republic of Congo

A deadly measles outbreak is spreading like wildfire

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is experiencing its deadliest measles epidemic since 2011-2012. Without the necessary assistance, it is only getting worse. Project Update - 16 Aug 2019
 
A patient at the MSF clinic in Moreh receives medication from a nurse at hospital pharmacy. MSF started providing specialised care for HIV and TB in Manipur in 2005 and 2007, respectively. At its three clinics in Chakpikarong, Churachandpur and Moreh, MSF provides screening, diagnosis and treatment for HIV, TB, Hepatitis C and co-infections. MSF, which is the only international NGO in Manipur, has put a patient-focused model of care at the heart of its operations in order to improve outcomes and minimise the spread of the diseases.
Tuberculosis

Promising new tuberculosis drug pretomanid approved, but will it be affordable?

Pretomanid – the third new tuberculosis (TB) drug to be approved in over half a century – could be a lifesaver for people with extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB), but it must be affordable to make a real difference. Press Release - 15 Aug 2019
 
Tents located behind Boa Vista’s bus station, where Venezuelan migrants and asylum seekers – who are not in shelters or in another type of housing – stay at night. They are allowed to access this site every day late afternoon and they must leave it in the following day by 6.a.m.
Brazil

The struggle of Venezuelan migrants and asylum seekers in northern Brazil

Thousands of people who have fled crisis-ridden Venezuela are now living in precarious conditions and struggle to find proper medical care in the Brazilian state of Roraima. Project Update - 14 Aug 2019
 
On board of the Ocean Viking, two rescued children are drawing together. The MSF medical team triage all those coming on board, treating the most immediate medical cases first.
Mediterranean migration

Place of safety needed for 356 people rescued in Central Mediterranean

With 356 vulnerable men, women and children on board the Ocean Viking, MSF and SOS MEDITERRANEE are calling for a place of safety that meets the requirements of international law. Press Release - 13 Aug 2019
 
In Fori, in the south of the state capital Maiduguri, MSF runs an inpatient therapeutic feeding centre (ITFC) with more than 70 beds. The centre opened in January 2017 and treats severely malnourished children with medical complications such as tuberculosis, cerebral malaria, acute watery diarrhoea and respiratory tract infections. Severely malnourished children without medical complication and children with moderate acute malnutrition are enrolled in MSF’s outpatient feeding programme, which admits 130-300 children each month. From January to June 2019, MSF provided inpatient nutritional treatment for 1,161 children, ambulatory nutritional treatment for 1,216 children, and treated 1,436 patients with malaria and 555 with measles.
Nigeria

Children in displacement camps need immediate protection

Severine Courtiol Eguiluz, MSF advocacy manager in Nigeria, talks about the urgent needs of displaced people, especially children who have lived most of their lives in the protracted conflict that broke out in northeast Nigeria a decade ago. Voices from the Field - 13 Aug 2019
 
Maiduguri, the capital city of Borno state, hosts around one million displaced people from across the region. Many of them live in the camps informally set up where basic needs such as shelter, food, hygiene facilities and healthcare are insufficient and people are living in dire conditions.
Nigeria

Crisis Info: Borno and Yobe states, August 2019

Read the latest update on the crisis unfolding in northeast Nigeria after a decade of conflict and MSF’s response. Crisis Update - 13 Aug 2019
 
Maiduguri, the capital city of Borno state, hosts around one million displaced people from across the region. Many of them live in the camps informally set up where basic needs such as shelter, food, hygiene facilities and healthcare are insufficient and people are living in dire conditions.
Nigeria

Ten years and counting: Needs in northeast Nigeria remain dire after a decade of conflict

The decade-long conflict in northeast Nigeria is far from over and hundreds of thousands of people remain entirely dependent on humanitarian aid for survival. Project Update - 12 Aug 2019
 
A doctor tends to a patient in Aden, Yemen, 1 August 2019.
Yemen

Hospital in Aden overwhelmed by wounded in intense fighting

In less than 24 hours, Médecins Sans Frontières has treated 119 people in its hospital in Aden, Yemen, and the wounded continue to pour in. Press Release - 10 Aug 2019
 
MSF staff providing treatment
Niger

MSF teams forced to leave Maïné Soroa after two years

After two years working in Maïné Soroa, in Diffa region, northeastern Niger, teams have been forced to leave after a number of security incidents. Head of Mission, Abdoul-Aziz O. Mohammed, explains more. Interview - 9 Aug 2019
 
The Aquarius and its 58 survivors spent five days waiting in international waters off the coast of Malta under poor weather conditions. On Sunday morning, 30 September 2018, the strong winds and choppy water finally abated and allowed for the safe and secure transfer of all 58 people – and a dog – to Maltese authorities. The survivors were then disembarked in Malta and will be distributed to four European countries in the coming days: France, Germany, Portugal and Spain. Following the transfer, the Aquarius set course for Marseille, France in order to address its flag registration after the news a week prior that Italy had pressured Panama into removing the Aquarius from its register. Without the Aquarius, there are no search & rescue vessels in the area to conduct rescue operations and witness to the grave humanitarian needs on the Central Mediterranean. Meanwhile, people continue to flee Libya and die attempting to cross the world’s deadliest maritime route.
Mediterranean migration

Europe must act now to end preventable deaths in Libya and at sea

MSF International President Dr Joanne Liu implores European leaders to find better solutions to prevent people dying, trapped in Libyan detention centres, or from drowning at sea. Op-Ed - 6 Aug 2019
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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