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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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"This is the first time MSF has been able to access Bama, but we already know the needs of the people there are beyond critical,” said Ghada Hatim, MSF head of mission in Nigeria. “We are treating malnourished children in medical facilities in Maiduguri and see the trauma on the faces of our patients who have witnessed and survived many horrors.” During its assessment, the MSF team counted 1233 cemetery graves located near the camp which had been dug in the past year. Many of those graves—480—were of children “Bama is largely closed off,” said Hatim. “We have been told that people including children there half starved to death. According to the accounts given to MSF by displaced people in Bama new graves are appearing on a daily basis. We were told more than 30 people are dying a day due to hunger and illness.”
Nigeria

At least 24,000 displaced people in dire health situation in Bama

Critical humanitarian needs identified for displaced in Bama, Borno State, Nigeria Press Release - 22 Jun 2016
 
Malakal: MSF teams in Malakal worked through the nights of Wednesday and Thursday to deal with injured patients after fighting erupted in the Protection of Civilians (PoC) site on Wednesday that resulted in 18 people dead, two of them MSF South Sudanese staff members. Seventy-three patients have been admitted so far to the hospital, 46 of them with gunshot wounds. One of MSF’s main concerns is the fate of 43,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) who took shelter in the UNMISS compound. They have been squeezed into a very tight area and access to water and sanitation is of real concern. MSF does not know how long they will be permitted to remain in the facility.
South Sudan

Report details UN's failures in protecting civilians in Malakal

MSF releases a report on the response to February Malakal PoC attack Press Release - 22 Jun 2016
 
MSF mobile clinic in Gari Wanzam where thousands of newly displaced people from Bosso district have have sought refuge in the last days.
Niger

Humanitarian aid is barely in place in the Diffa region

MSF delivers water supplies and provides healthcare to people recently displaced by violence in the southeast of Niger. Project Update - 21 Jun 2016
 
95% of the patients who are coming to the health facilities in Pawa and Boma-Mangbetu areas are tested positive to malaria. After one month of intervention, 40000 patients have been taken care of.
Democratic Republic of Congo

40,000 people treated for malaria as disease surges

Project Update - 21 Jun 2016
 
Portrait of Hussein Shuhaib, 27 from Syria. 'Here we have suffered a lot. For example, in this camp there are 12,000-13,000 human beings. My children are getting sick. I’m a father, I have two children, my family are with me. We’ve been here for 9 days is this not shameful? We demand they open up this border crossing, we have children, families, women, babies. The most difficult thing is the children’s illnesses. I have a one year old child, and another who is two and a half years old they cannot handle this weather, this rain, this sun See, they are staying in small tents These are summer tents, not for the winter. My children don’t understand why the border crossing is closed. My son always asks: “Dad, when are we going home? Dad, when are we going home?” Of course! We left the war as refugees, not as tourists, or a vacation. If there was nothing happening in Syria, we wouldn’t have left.
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Refugee Day 2016: Don't let this be the #LastRefugeeDay!

More than 60 million people are displaced around the world in search of safety and protection. They come from conflict zones and places where they are persecuted for their thoughts, their religion, their sexual orientation, their political opinions. Photo Story - 20 Jun 2016
 
08 June. Three boats containing approximately 150 people each were rescued in the Mediterranean Sea by the Bourbon Argos and taken to Sicily, Italy.
Mediterranean migration

EU Migration Crisis Update - June 2016

Since 1 January 2016, 200,000 people have arrived on European shores by sea. The great part of them arrived through the Aegean Sea before the closure of the so called Balkan road and around 50,000 arrived in Italy through the dangerous Central Mediterranean route. At least 50,000 are stuck in Greece after the closure of the Balkan route, with the extremely dangerous Central Mediterranean becoming one of the few remaining opportunities to reach Europe for thousands of people. Crisis Update - 17 Jun 2016
 
Idomeni, border between Greece and Macedonia domeni, frontière entre la grèce et la macédoine. 1 200 refugees arestuck since the closing of the border, waiting for an agreement between Europe and Turkey (which happened on March 18th 2016) Gas station turned into a refugee camp, 20 km upstream the border.
Greece

I’ve met the people the EU has decided to no longer welcome and protect

By Dr. Conor Kenny, in collaboration with Ifigenia Anastasiadi and Elisa Compagnone Voices from the Field - 17 Jun 2016
 
Abu Jaber, 36, came to the Greek island of Samos with his 31-year-old wife Madiha and their young children. They were fleeing Syria's Aleppo after their house was destroyed. "We were lucky because we weren't home when a Russian air raid flattened our home three months ago," Abu Jaber told MSF. "I thought we would find mercy in Europe, but it's even harder for us than it was in Syria. That's because when your expectations are high and you then face disillusionment, it's harder than when you had nothing at all to hope for." For more details see: https://lc.cx/4BCK
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

EU States’ dangerous approach to migration places asylum in jeopardy worldwide

“Deterrence policies sold to the public as humanitarian solutions have only exacerbated the suffering of people in need. There is nothing remotely humanitarian about these policies.” Press Release - 17 Jun 2016
 
Samos hotspot which became a detention center since 20 of March 2016 where more than 700 asylum seekers and migrant are detained there.
Greece

Refugees arrive often cold, scared, unsure, confused and in distress

Interview with Elspeth Kendal-Carpenter, nurse, superving MSF's Mobile Landing Rescue Team Voices from the Field - 15 Jun 2016
 
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Yemen

Treating gunshot, grenade and mine injuries in Aden

“This was the first time I was confronted with injuries caused by gunshots, grenades and mines – and they were often horrific injures,” reflects Helmut Shoengen, an anaesthetist/doctor who recently returned from working in Aden, Yemen with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Voices from the Field - 15 Jun 2016
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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