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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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7998 Results
 
Dr. Nasr Al Deen Al Omari, a Psycho-Social Counsellor in MSF hospital in Amman: ’ Our aim is to bring back mental health stability to their lives, and help them re-assimilate with their communities, both throughout and after treatment. They suffered severe traumas caused by the violent events they witnessed, which led to the loss of their loved ones, or destruction of their property, or eviction and displacement.’’ Said Dr. Naser
Jordan

Staff testimonies from the reconstructive surgery hospital in Amman

Voices from the Field - 14 Jul 2016
 
Erfan Amari, 35 Year- old had a severe leg injury by a shell that was dropped on his village (Namer) in Daraa. ‘’The war in Syria did not leave us much hope; all I hope for is for my leg to be saved, so I can reunite with my Family at Al Zaatari camp. The living circumstances there are extremely difficult, and they need me by their side.” Said Erfan
Jordan

Patients testimonies from the reconstructive surgery hospital in Amman

"The Gaza war taught us that the price of preparing a breakfast meal can prove to be very costly; we are surrounded by danger every single second," says Nora Abdullah, 28 year-old from Gaza. Voices from the Field - 14 Jul 2016
 
Mandera County in Kenya’s North Eastern Region is the latest county to be affected by a cholera outbreak that has been ongoing in the country for approximately 17 months. Since April, almost 800 cases have been reported in Mandera including 11 deaths. The outbreak is mainly concentrated in Mandera Township, home to around 90,000 people. At the same time, an outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease chikungunya is placing further pressure on already stretched health services. There are an estimated 260 suspected cases according to the Ministry of Health, seven of which have been confirmed by laboratory tests. Several health staff are among those affected. Mandera Referral Hospital has been quickly overwhelmed with cholera patients, and teams from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are now urgently supporting the Ministry of Health to respond. MSF has constructed an 80-bed cholera treatment centre in the grounds of the hospital which started receiving patients on 26 May.
Kenya

Double cholera and chikungunya epidemic in Mandera town is under control

“The number of cholera patients has been reduced thanks to the combined efforts of the County health authorities and other organisations involved in the response,” says Liesbeth Aelbrecht, Head of Mission for MSF in Kenya. “The smooth collaboration with the local authorities and the other actors was a key element in tackling this outbreak, and we are grateful to all partners for their support. However, we have not yet reached zero cases. Only with sustained efforts to improve hygiene and living conditions, future outbreaks can be avoid Project Update - 14 Jul 2016
 
A mother and her child in the Mother and Child hospital that MSF opened in Al-Houban, Taiz in November 2015. The hospital has a capacity of 100 bed for obstetrics and gynecology and pediatrics. the hospital receives at least 300 women and children every day since then.
Yemen

Crisis update - July 2016

Crisis Update - 14 Jul 2016
 
Since 2006, the hospital has admitted over (4224) cases and conducted over (9000) surgeries. Cases are identified by a network of Medical Liaison Officers in the patients’ countries of origin. Such numbers are just a drop in the ocean in the numbers of war victims suffering the consequences of regional turmoil.
Jordan

Hundreds of war wounded are on the waiting list at MSF hospital for reconstructive surgery in Amman

Project Update - 14 Jul 2016
 
Hulud has her children vaccinated at a vaccination campaign organized by MSF at a camp near Evzeni, Greece. 37 year old Hasim, and Hulud, 32, together with their four children and Hulud's brother, Hassin are camping in a forest near a BP petrol station in Evzeni, Greece. They left their home in Der Alsor, in Syria, about 1 year ago deciding to leave when the bombings were getting closer. They left everything behind. Hulud says: "We did not bring anything from home, only our children". She is an English teacher, while Hasim used to work as electrician. "We used to have money, now we have lost it all. Before the war 1 euro was about 60 Syrian pounds, Now you need 700". The family hopes to find someone who will lend them the money to pay smuggler and cross into Macedonia. "You need to find someone who is reliable, we hope that some friends have crossed already will give us some names". Hulud adds: "We don't want to go to Germany if that is not possible. We would be happy anywhere, as long as it is a safe place for our children, that they can go to school, and we can find a job for my husband". In Syria they made a comfortable living - so seeing ther children playing in the mud, with no clean clothes is very upsetting. For all the everyday difficulties that simple chores bring, from buying tomatoes to doing the washing. They have met several smugglers. To leave Syria and cross into Turkey, the smuggler told them to leave all their bags behind. The parents carried the smaller children, the others had to walk by themselves. Hulud recalls: "It was night, we were told not to talk, and we were afraid of children making noises. If they cried, Turkish police would have shot at us. Then the smuggler told us to run, we ran, without seeing where we were going. Only after we reached a safe place we realized that some of us lost their shoes and that our feet were all cut by thorns".
Greece

Expensive pneumonia vaccine key barrier to vaccinating refugee children

Project Update - 14 Jul 2016
 
2nd anniversary of the ARV programme in Khayelitsha, a township near Cape Town, South Africa.
HIV/AIDS

No valley without shadows

‘No Valley Without Shadows’ is a personal account and tribute– as remembered by MSF staff and others - of how activists and people dying from AIDS started the biggest health revolution South Africa has ever seen: free HIV treatment for all. From 1998 to mid-2003, they used mass protests, defiance campaigns and legal action, first against profiteering pharmaceutical companies and then painfully against their former ally the South African government. Photo Story - 13 Jul 2016
 
An MSF doctor in Ethiopia takes a photo of an x-ray to send to the telemedicine service.
Medical resource

Telemedicine helps to bridge the gap between remote areas and large hospitals

Telemedicine helps to bridge the gap between remote areas and large hospitals Project Update - 13 Jul 2016
 
MSF South Sudan
South Sudan

MSF responds to medical needs after intense fighting in Juba

Project Update - 12 Jul 2016
 
La Liniere refugee camp, Grande-Synthe- North France
France

Grande-Synthe: Humanitarian camps are supposed to offer refugees shelter, not turn them away

Project Update - 12 Jul 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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