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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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7996 Results
 
Patients wait for a consultation at MSF's primary health centre in Jamtoli.
Rohingya refugee crisis

The 5 things we've found after one million consultations in Cox’s Bazar

Between August 2017 and December 2018, MSF staff provided more than 1 million consultations to Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, after fleeing violence in Myanmar. Medical coordinator Jessica Patti reflects on the five things we've found in that time. Project Update - 5 Feb 2019
 
2014 International General Assembly of MSF in Athens, Greece.
About MSF

MSF Associative History: 1971 - 2011 (PDF, 7Mo)

https://www.msf.org/sites/default/files/2022-06/msf-associative-history-evolution-of-an-international-movement.pdf - 1 Feb 2019
 
“We were seven women in the courtyard when we understood, by seeing the smoke coming from the burned houses, that massacres were happening. We ran away in the bush with our children to hide behind trees and we staid there 3 days. We walked more than 50km to arrive up to here. The village? I don’t want to hear about it anymore. Our husbands were killed. Our children’s notebook were all burnt.” Haibata / « Nous étions sept femmes dans la cour lorsqu’on a compris que des massacres avaient lieu, à cause de la fumée qui venait des maisons brûlées. Nous nous sommes enfuies en brousse avec nos enfants pour nous cacher derrière des arbres, nous y sommes restées 3 jours. Nous avons marché plus de 50 km pour arriver jusqu’ici. Le village ? Je ne veux plus en entendre parler. Nos maris ont été tués. Les cahiers d’école de nos enfants ont tous été brûlés ». Haibata
Burkina Faso

Escalating violence leaves displaced with significant needs

In the wake of violence which has displaced thousands of people from northern Burkina Faso, water, hygiene and medical needs in camps are significant. MSF is providing help. Project Update - 31 Jan 2019
 
Cross River as it passes through Abgokim, in the border between Nigeria and Cameroon (in the other side of the river). Since internal unrest in the North West and South West regions of Cameroon intensified in late 2017, large numbers of refugees have crossed into Nigeria through border points like this. Around 30,000 Cameroonians are living in the villages, hosted by the local community. Before the Cameroonian skirmishes, there used to be informal trade exchanges between both river banks, mainly fuel from Nigeria and food from Cameroon. Due to on-going unrest trade is minimal compounding difficulties faced by both host and refugee communities.
Nigeria

Cameroonian refugees in Nigeria

Tens of thousands of people flee the North-West and South-West regions of Cameroon to seek refuge in southern Nigeria’s Cross River State. Teams from MSF have launched an emergency response to provide aid to the refugees and the communities hosting them. Photo Story - 25 Jan 2019
 
An x-ray shows the bone gap and external fixators in the leg of Yousri*, who was shot by the Israeli army during protests in Gaza in July 2018. Al-Awda Hospital *name has been changed
Palestine

The challenge of filling gaps in the legs of Gaza’s wounded

Since the March of Return protests in Palestine, over 2018, MSF has treated half of the 6,000 people injured by Israeli gunfire. The injuries are devastating. We're providing surgical and post-operative care - but there's a huge gap in the treatment needs of these many patients. Project Update - 24 Jan 2019
 
Men in the detention centre cells. On September 2nd, 276 people were brought by the Libyan coast guard to Khoms (120 km east of Tripoli). They were then transferred to detention center where MSF works. Reportedly, they were in two rubber coats, one stopped due to engine failure, while the other boat continued to navigate for several hours before deflating and sinking. Survivors told MSF teams that over a hundred people died in the shipwreck.
Libya

Refugees returned to overcrowded Libyan detention centres

Over recent weeks, vulnerable refugees have been intercepted or rescued in the Mediterranean Sea and brought back to Libya - in violation of international law - and are now locked up in dire conditions in overcrowded detention facilities. Project Update - 23 Jan 2019
 
Mental health consultation in the MSF hospital in Nduta refugge camp, Tanzania.
Mental health

Displaced and distressed: people’s mental health in East Africa

MSF teams in Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda are seeing the numbers of patients seeking treatment for mental health issues is increasing – in some cases even doubling – because of violence and displacement. Project Update - 22 Jan 2019
 
MSF staff at the Beni transit centre get ready for their round in the high risk area.
DRC Ebola outbreaks

Ebola patient care increases amid growing tensions in North Kivu

Conflict and instability in the North Kivu region of Democratic Republic of Congo has made it difficult for people to access healthcare in a region that is in the grip of the second-largest ever Ebola outbreak. MSF teams though are expanding our response to the epidemic. Project Update - 18 Jan 2019
 
Honney Maymor Pannes, MSF Filipino nurse responsible for the Lassa isolation ward, briefing her team members about patient and staff flow inside the ward, decontamination of medical instruments and strict procedures for handling patients suspected of Lassa.
Neglected diseases

Lassa fever: A challenging disease to diagnose and treat

Despite affecting up to 300,000 people a year across West Africa, and causing more than 5,000 deaths annually, Lassa fever is a poorly understood disease that is challenging to diagnose and treat. Research is urgently needed to develop more effective and affordable diagnostics and treatments. Project Update - 18 Jan 2019
 
MSF carried out an emergency intervention in the rural area of Dessa, in Tillabéry region. Our teams assisted more than 1,280 displaced people, victims of double violence: community conflicts on the one hand and the threat of armed groups considered as jihadists on the other. MSF carried out 170 primary health consultations, 20 prenatal consultations and 131 measles vaccinations for children. Our teams also distributed essential items (blankets, cooking utensils, washing kits, mosquito nets and jerry cans) to 220 families of displaced persons.
Niger

“These displaced people live in fear of being attacked at any time”

After increased insecurity in the Tillabéry region of Niger caused large numbers of people to flee their homes, MSF carried out an emergency response in early January 2019. Interview - 17 Jan 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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