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How we work

See what triggers an intervention and how supply and logistics allow our teams to respond quickly.

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How we're run

Discover our governance and what it means to be an association. Find a quick visual guide to our offices around the world.

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Reports and financials

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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Accountability

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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Tatiana was held imprisoned by armed men in her hometown of Bambari after her husband was killed. She was raped over the course of several days until she was able to flee to Bangui. She has been receiving treatment at the clinic for 3 months.
Central African Republic

“The tip of the iceberg”: Stream of patients offer glimpse into scale of sexual violence

In December 2017, MSF responded to the clear need for medical and psychological care for survivors of sexual violence by opening a clinic at the Hopital Communautaire in Bangui. Project Update - 7 Sep 2018
 
Damaged building in Bin Ashour area consequence of a rocket fired by unknown militia during the fighting that erupted in Tripoli on 26th of August.
Libya

Evacuation of refugees and migrants out of Libya is urgently needed

Thousands of refugees, migrants and asylum seekers arbitrarily held in Libyan detention centres must be immediately released and evacuated to safety out of the country. Press Release - 7 Sep 2018
 
Mosquitoes caught with the traps are analyzed under the microscope to understand what specific species they belong to.
Ethiopia

Catching mosquitoes to fight malaria

MSF entomologist Jeanine Loonen describes the research she undertook in Gambella, Ethiopia to find out how to better protect people from mosquitoes and contracting malaria. Photo Story - 7 Sep 2018
 
Staff getting dressed in full PPE in the ETC (Ebola Treatment Centre) in Bikoro.
DRC Ebola outbreaks

New Ebola outbreak declared in North Kivu

On 1 August 2018, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared an outbreak of Ebola in the northeastern North Kivu province. Project Update - 5 Sep 2018
 
A large number of those attempting the crossing, especially the minors, have no information about the extent of the route, the available assistance and their rights during transit. Here Anabel, an MSF social worker, explains basic information to a group of newly arrived migrants.
Mexico

Abductions and violence, the price to pay to cross Mexico

Eight years after the San Fernando massacre, a 22-year-old Honduran patient in the Coatzacoalcos shelter where MSF works shares his story of violence and abductions as he attempts to cross Mexico. Project Update - 3 Sep 2018
 
A church in an abandonned administrative building near the Alternatif IDP camp, Bambari. A group of IDP believers meet once a day to pray.
Central African Republic

Suffering mounts as armed groups return to Bambari

Following an upsurge in violence in May, indiscriminate criminality has increased in Bambari, affecting civilians and medical facilities. Project Update - 31 Aug 2018
 
Men detained in Abu Salim detention centre, in Tripoli, Libya.
Libya

Conflict in Tripoli puts lives in danger, demonstrating that Libya is not a place of safety

MSF calls on European governments to acknowledge that Libya is not a place of safety. More must be done to help people trapped within its borders to find a safe and dignified way out. Press Release - 31 Aug 2018
 
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Colombia

Suspended grief

In 50 years of war in Colombia, 83,000 people disappeared at the hands of guerrillas, paramilitaries, criminal groups and state forces. Giulia Panseri, MSF’s project coordinator in Puerto Asís and Cali, explains what MSF is doing in Puerto Asís and Cali to accompany the family members of those disappeared. Project Update - 30 Aug 2018
 
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Palestine

MSF statement regarding the death of a staff member in Gaza

Hani Mohammed Almajdalawi worked as a nurse at one of MSF’s post-operative clinics in Gaza since 2014. MSF representatives have met with Israeli authorities but have not yet received information clarifying the circumstances surrounding Hani's death on 20 August 2018. Statement - 29 Aug 2018
 
MSF staff registers the number of displaced families from the village of Tindinbawen, northern Mali, for the upcoming distribution of non-food item kits. MSF staff distributes non-food items kits to the 80 displaced families from the Tindinbawen village in northern Mali.
Mali

“People arrived exhausted; they ran out of water and food during the journey”

MSF provides emergency medical care after an attack on Tindinbawen village, Ansongo district, in northern Mali. Project Update - 27 Aug 2018
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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