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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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As the epidemic emerged in Kagera, MSF mission officially offered our services and expertise to the MoH on three main pillars of the response: 1. Health Response Capacity: Deployment of medical teams and logistical resources to support case management, contact tracing, and health facility strengthening. 2. Training and Capacity Building: Collaborating with healthcare professionals on infection prevention and control (IPC) measures, as well as the management of patients in critical care. 3. Medical Supply : Providing Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) and other useful medical and non-medical devices. Following this, an experienced team in Oubtreak management was invited by the MoH to take part in the assessment of local response capacities that took place in January in Kagera, together with the WHO and other partners.
Tanzania

MSF team supports response to outbreak of Marburg virus in Tanzania

The outbreak was declared on 20 January 2025. Press Release - 3 Feb 2025
 
MSF staff offloading the truck to prepare for the distribution in outskirts of Nyala / South Darfur
United States of America

Freezing US foreign aid will result in humanitarian disaster

The loss of services supported by USAID will affect millions of the world’s most vulnerable people. Statement - 2 Feb 2025
 
The MSF supported Al Nao hospital in Omdurman, to the northwest of Khartoum, where intense fighting is taking place.
Conflict in Sudan

Sudan: MSF condemns Omdurman market attack

The emergency room of Al Nao hospital became a scene of carnage after an attack on a nearby market. Statement - 1 Feb 2025
 
Before the fighting broke out in the Goma, MSF teams were working in Kyeshero hospital, located in the western part of the city, supporting the Ministry of Health. They were providing care for malnourished children; most of whom came from the displaced people camps near the city. When fighting broke out in the city in the last week of January, MSF quickly put in place a plan for a mass influx of wounded, in particular to support the International Commitee of the Red Cross’s (ICRC) work in Ndosho hospital.
Democratic Republic of Congo

A chaotic situation and many war-wounded in Goma

Virginie Napolitano, MSF emergency coordinator in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, describes the situation in the city. Voices from the Field - 31 Jan 2025
 
People living in camps, like Nzulo camp, are fleeing to Goma as fightings take place some kilometers away.
Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF appeals for humanitarian access in Goma as casualties seek medical care

Wounded people are arriving at medical facilities in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, after armed clashes hit the city in recent days. Press Release - 29 Jan 2025
 
After 15 months Israel‘s war on Gaza, Palestine, and the implementation of the ceasefire on 19 January 2025, displaced Palestinians are attempting to return home to the southern city of Rafah. While people try to rebuild the ruins, Rafah is totally destroyed, with homes, shops, streets and healthcare facilities in ruins and electricity and water systems damaged – and unsafe due to scattered unexploded ordnance in the ruins of buildings. In May 2024, Rafah had the largest concentration of displaced Palestinians in the Strip with an estimated 1.5 million Palestinian living in tents and makeshift shelters. People were living in inhumane conditions, facing disease outbreaks, malnutrition, and the psychological impact of being forcibly displaced multiple times. Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders teams working in Rafah were providing primary health care, mental health support in the Shabboura clinic and supporting pediatric and maternity care in the Ministry of Health Emirati hospital in Rafah. Eventually, MSF teams were forced to close activities and evacuate the area after continuous bombings and evacuations orders by Israeli forces, as the looming threat of a ground invasion by Israeli forces, which began on May 6, 2024. The military operations by Israeli forces led to the emptying of Rafah, mass destruction of the city, and to the closure of the Rafah crossing, severely hindering the delivery of humanitarian aid into the Strip. Rafah was also the home to many of MSF colleagues, many who had fled other parts of the Gaza Strip.
Gaza-Israel war

Destruction of life and homes leaves people unable to return safely to Rafah

Nearly 70 per cent of all structures in Gaza have been destroyed or damaged. Now, people are attempting to return home in the southern city, Rafah. Project Update - 27 Jan 2025
 
People living in camps, like Nzulo camp, are fleeing to Goma as fightings take place some kilometers away.
Democratic Republic of Congo

Three questions on the intensification of the armed conflict in North and South Kivu

Emmanuel Lampaert, MSF's representative in the Democratic Republic of Congo, provides an update on the situation and MSF's response. Interview - 25 Jan 2025
 
The executive orders on migration from the new U.S. administration leave hundreds of thousands of people along the Latin American migration corridor in great uncertainty, exposed to even greater dangers on a route already marked by extreme violence. MSF teams in Mexico are already witnessing the direct impact of these political measures on the well-being and mental health of some of their patients.
Mexico

MSF highlights increased risks for migrants following closure of the US asylum process

Governments in the region of the Latin American migration corridor must adopt humane migration policies. Press Release - 23 Jan 2025
 
A volunteer with Humane Borders inspects an area east of Sasabe, Arizona, where the border wall ends and smaller barriers are set up to prevent people from crossing into the US. Since people seeking asylum are not permitted to present themselves to Border Patrol at official points of entry without an appointment, they often must enter through areas like this which are much more dangerous and have no access to basic services like food, water, and shelter.
United States of America

US President’s new orders on migration are an alarming step backward

Among a flurry of executive actions taken yesterday by US President Donald Trump, MSF is particularly alarmed by the expected humanitarian impacts of measures intended to shut out asylum seekers and refugees. Statement - 21 Jan 2025
 
As a global financial hub, Hong Kong projects an image of prosperity and resource abundance. In its shadows however, consistently marginalised groups fall outside of the well-developed healthcare system’s reach. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has provided free primary healthcare to the homeless communities in Hong Kong’s Yau Tsim Mong and Shum Shui Po districts, the majority of whom are aged 50 or above, since August 2023. People experiencing homelessness in Hong Kong do not receive adequate medical care most often due to their lack of health literacy and inability to prioritise their own health and well-being. Responding to these unmet needs, MSF initiated a model of social-medical partnerships with local NGOs to deliver holistic patient-centred care, which MSF teams provided by offering regular basic health screenings, health promotion sessions and psychosocial support for people experiencing homelessness, while collaboration partners offered ongoing case follow-up. These local partners also received support in capacity-building to ensure continuity of care for people in the programme as MSF’s project came to an end in December 2024.
Hong Kong

MSF completes healthcare project for people experiencing homelessness in Hong Kong

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) provided free basic healthcare to communities of people who are experiencing homelessness in Hong Kong’s Yau Tsim Mong and Shum Shui Po districts between August 2023 and December 2024. Project Update - 17 Jan 2025
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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