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How we work

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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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Patrick Durrant is the Project Coordinator for Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Sulaymaniyah, northern Iraq. MSF started working in Sulaymaniyah in 2015 when a huge influx of people escaping violence in their towns and cities arrived in the area. Initially, we provided water and sanitation services in Arbat camps for displaced people, and then extended the project to provide mental health services in Ashti camp and rehabilitation and staff support for the Sulaymaniyah Emergency Hospital. The project finished on 30 November 2017. “Iraq has a decent health system – but after years of conflict, instability and economic hardships, the system is under a lot of strain,” Patrick says. “Although the Islamic State group areas have been re-taken, Iraq remains a volatile place – bombings and conflict are still a regular occurrence. Hospitals in Iraq must always be prepared. You never know what will happen the next day, hour or minute.”
Iraq

“Hospitals must always be prepared; you never know what will happen”

MSF started working in Sulaymaniyah in 2015 when a huge influx of people escaping violence in their towns and cities arrived in the area. Voices from the Field - 25 May 2018
 
Staff getting dressed in full PPE in the ETC (Ebola Treatment Centre) in Bikoro.
DRC Ebola outbreaks

MSF response to second Ebola outbreak in DRC since 2016

Our teams are responding to an Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo. It's the second outbreak of Ebola in DRC since the West African epidemic ended in 2016. Update as of 22 May 2018. Project Update - 23 May 2018
 
MSF has trained a group of young women to spread messages about surviving sexual violence. The presence of Rohingya women in our outreach team is vital.
Bangladesh

“This feels more like an emergency room than a normal delivery room”

In the makeshift settlements in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, many Rohingya women give birth in their tents, limiting their medical options in case something goes wrong. MSF’s new maternity ward in Kutupalong, which will be able to withstand extreme weather, offers private rooms for new mothers and their babies, who face an uncertain future in Bangladesh. Project Update - 23 May 2018
 
A young Syrian boy was hit by an astray bullet while being home.The bullet landed in his chest and went straight through his lungs. MSF medical teams in the ER of Tal Abyad hospital are trying to save his life.
Syria

Seeking to assist Syrians, wherever they are in need of help

After seven years of being denied access, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) once again requests the Syrian government to grant us access to all areas to provide medical treatment to Syrians in dire need, wherever they are. Press Release - 23 May 2018
 
A newly installed submersible pump brings water to the community in an expansion area of the Kutupalong-Balukhali Rohingya refugee camp, April 18, 2018. MSF has provided hundreds of hand pumped wells and drilled 25 deep bore holes for motorised pumps, bringing over 32 million litres of water to the camp so far. The provision of safe drinking water in the camp is as much a life-saving priority as medical care.
Rohingya refugee crisis

Crisis update – May 2018

May 2018 update on activities in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, providing care for Rohingya refugees who have fled Myanmar. Crisis Update - 23 May 2018
 
Bonaventure Ndjekpe, 14, is being kept under surveillance at Paoua Hospital, northwestern Central African Republic, supported by MSF. He would have been bitten on the heel by a snake on Christmas Eve, but there is no sign of blood poisoning.
Snakebite

Governments slated to vote on first-ever resolution at World Health Assembly

Snakebite is a hidden health crisis and has always been low on the public health agenda at national and international levels. Though the exact number of global snake bites is unknown, estimates put the number of envenomings at 2.7 million people per year. More than 100,000 people die and around three times as many amputations and other permanent disabilities are caused by snakebites each year. More than 20,000 people die from snakebites each year in sub-Saharan Africa alone. Statement - 23 May 2018
 
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What we do

We treat patients suffering from a wide array of illnesses and health needs. Discover the main needs we see and what we do about them. Explore some of the main crises we work in, the consequences faced by affected people and the challenges in delivering care.
 
Traditional birth attendants in discussion with MSF Doctors. These trusted community representatives, are usually present during births in the home. By creating a dialogue, MSF is able to ensure that they refer women before and after birth for check ups and if there is a complication.
Sudan

Dreams of returning home remain distant for displaced in Darfur camp

Two years ago, fighting erupted in Jebel Marra, southwestern Sudan, forcing nearly 160,000 people to look for protection. Over 23,000 settled around the small village of Sortoni and clustered together to form a camp for displaced people. But many are still reluctant to return home despite the difficulties of life in the displaced people’s camps. Voices from the Field - 18 May 2018
 
Yemen, gouvernorat de Saada, Haydan, mars 2018. Les enfants de la famille Ghani posent devant l'entrée de leur maison, bombardée pendant la guerre de Saada, entre 2004 et 2010. Saada governorate in Yemen, Haydan, March 2018. Ghani family children posing in front of the entrance of their house, bombed during the war of Saada, between 2004 and 2010.
Yemen

Living under daily coalition airstrikes

In March 2017, Médecins Sans Frontières teams returned to the hospital in Haydan that had been bombed and destroyed by Saudi warplanes in October 2015. MSF teams provide healthcare to isolated communities in Haydan as well as the remote surrounding area. Photo Story - 18 May 2018
 
Nurse Salma attends to a patient in the maternity ward of MSF's hospital in Dagahaley camp, Dadaab.
Kenya

MSF responds to cholera outbreak amid heavy rains and flooding

Over the last two months, Kenya has been receiving heavy amounts of rainfall, causing floods, which have so far claimed the lives of over 170 people and displaced more than 300,000. Project Update - 18 May 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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