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How we work

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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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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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During 2016, MSF expanded its activities in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, and its sister city Comayagüela, where it provides mental healthcare for victims of various types of violence, including kidnapping, extortion, assault, threats and other high-impact violent events. MSF’s mental health teams provide individual sessions, group sessions and activities such as psychosocial workshops. “We try to work on the emotions, feelings and thoughts that people experience as a result of what happened to them,” says MSF mental health supervisor Edgard Boquín
Mental health

Healing minds - MSF and mental health

In a gallery of images, MSF highlights our work in providing people with mental health and psychosocial support after experiencing crisis or conflict. Photo Story - 9 Oct 2017
 
The 45 years old Mr Abdi Wolle Ilmewore was one of the patients treated for AWD at Kebridhar Case Treatment Centre (CTC). Now he has been recovering from his illness and ready to leave the centre
Ethiopia

Crisis update – September 2017

Three rainy seasons in a row without substantial rains have led to a humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia. People in the Somali region are particularly affected by acute malnutrition and disease outbreaks. Crisis Update - 6 Oct 2017
 
One of the wards inside the ITFC, part of the paediatric unit in Magaria hospital.
Niger

“Treating children as quickly, and as close to home, as possible”

The lean season before the harvest is when the number of cases of malnutrition is at its highest; this can be lethal for young children. Press Release - 6 Oct 2017
 
Absatou is giving Fassouma her medicine. Before leaving the hospital, Absatou was given the treatment to be completed at home for Fassouma to be completely healed. Here sitting in front of her house.
Niger

Ten days with Absatou and Fassouma

In September 2017, in Niger, 2,226 children were admitted to Magaria hospital’s paediatric unit. Among them was Fassouma, accompanied by her mother Absatou. We followed them from the observation room in Dantchiao to the paediatric unit in Magaria, and then back to their village of Zazari Foulani. Photo Story - 6 Oct 2017
 
The MSF team prepares to move from one location to the other, Thaker, Leer County, South Sudan, March 21, 2017.
South Sudan

Continuing displacement is the new reality for many along northern frontier

“An older man came and dropped to the ground on his knees... he did not know what to do anymore. He just wept, in the middle of the group, like he had run out of hope.”
Project Update - 6 Oct 2017
 
A man looks at the view of Kutupalong Makeshift Settlement, one of the main pre-existing settlements where some of the 507,000 new arrivals have sought shelter. Kutupalong and Balukhali, the largest two settlements, have effectively merged into one densely populated mega-settlement of nearly 500,000 people, making it one of the largest refugee concentrations in the world. The situation in the camps is so incredibly fragile, especially with regard to shelter, food and water, and sanitation, that one small event could lead to an outbreak that may be the tipping point between a crisis and a catastrophe, MSF says. There is an acute need for a massive humanitarian intervention focusing on food, clean water, shelter, and sanitation, and a solution is needed to reduce the size of these massive, congested camps.
Rohingya refugee crisis

“If this is the better option, the other must have been a living hell”

"I’ve heard the most horrific stories from women who have lost their husbands just trying to get here...you start to understand how harrowing this situation is." Voices from the Field - 6 Oct 2017
 
People in a wooden boat are rescued by Vos Prudence, in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya, on June 9, 2017. MSF vessel Vos Prudence rescued a total of 726 people from the Mediterranean Sea over 2 days on June 8th and 9th, including 52 children.
Mediterranean migration

MSF ends mission of search and rescue boat Prudence

We remain fully engaged to respond to the humanitarian needs of people fleeing violence and will continue to regularly reassess the situation in this volatile and uncertain context. Statement - 5 Oct 2017
 
Savien Robert Zoulemati, 25, father of a week-old baby, from Yakidi village, near by Ippy. “Because me don’t have money, we went hunting. We were a group of five. After the hunt, we came back to the camp, fixed dinner and get some rest. I was lying down when heavily armed Peuhls (Fulanis) attacked us. They came by the river to not be noticed and started shooting at us. My four companions escaped and I got the bullets, one broke my arm, the second went through my hip, the third wounded my right leg. They took us by surprise, hence it was difficult to know how many they were. My companions had abandoned me and I was left with no help. I held my broken arm to my chest. It took me a lot of energy to get head back to the village, I vomited and bled, I was tired, worn out. My hunting companions had alerted the village and by the evening, my parents came to look for me and bring me back home on their bicycle. Peuhls attack us because they see us as FPRC and anti-balaka.”
Central African Republic

Crisis update - September 2017

Violence has led to over 600,000 people being internally displaced within CAR; MSF is providing medical assistance in several areas throughout the country. Crisis Update - 3 Oct 2017
 
At least 164,000 people have now crossed into Bangladesh, fleeing violence in Rakhine state, Myanmar that started on 25 August. This massive influx, coming on top of 75,000 people who have arrived since violence began in October 2016, represents one of the largest influxes ever of Rohingyas into Bangladesh.
Rohingya refugee crisis

Rapid influx of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar into Bangladesh

Rohingya arriving in Bangladesh have shared stories with Médecins Sans Frontières about their villages being systematically raided and burnt by Myanmar military and by mob groups targeting Rohingya. Report - 1 Oct 2017
 
MSF conducts drawing and play sessions with kids at five informal evacuation sites in Iligan City as part of its mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) program. According to Nur Jannah Barandia, MSF psychosocial worker, it’s important for kids to play and have a sense of normalcy especially in difficult situations.
Philippines

Helping people cope amid conflict in Mindanao

Counselling and water will only get these communities so far, and while Marawi has dropped from international news, the needs of people will last and expand. Voices from the Field - 29 Sep 2017
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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