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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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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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View across the rooftops in the city of Zwara, Libya. The health situation has deteriorated sharply in Libya since 2011. Before, the health care system was efficient. Yet today, hospitals are closed or at reduced because they are damaged and have few resources. MSF is now one of the very few international organizations present. But it was not easy to set up such operations. Libyans discovered humanitarian aid in 2011 and there is a great mistrust of NGOs. The coexistence of three governments also complicates matters for transport medicines, medical supplies and sending teams on the ground. We try to meet the needs of health facilities in the east and the west. MSF works in the Jedi Ibrahim clinic in Zwara as well as in the center of Abu Kammah. MSF also conducts drug donations to the marine hospital Zwara.
Libya

Zuwara is peaceful, but health is a major concern

Because of the conflict, Libya’s health care system is in disarray. MSF has set up operations in the east and west of the country to provide people access to medical services. Issiaka Abdou, project coordinator in Zuwara, describes the situation in this town in west Libya. Voices from the Field - 27 May 2016
 
A cholera epidemic that has been spreading in Kenya for over a year hit Dadaab refugee camp complex in November 2015. As at 16 December, around 541 people in Dadaab had reportedly been affected, the majority of whom are living in Dagahaley camp. MSF has expanded its regular hospital activities in Dagahaley and has constructed a cholera treatment centre to deal with the influx of patients. In the space of three weeks, MSF admitted 307 patients to its treatment centre.
Kenya

Double outbreak of cholera and chikungunya placing huge strain on Mandera medical services

Crisis Update - 27 May 2016
 
Affected areas in Pedernales
Ecuador

One month after earthquake, MSF finishes its activities

Four teams from MSF travelled to the country after the first major earthquake and spent a month working in the Manabi and Esmeralda provinces, two of the worst affected areas. After an initial assessment, they focused their efforts on providing mental health support and distributing shelter kits, cooking and hygiene items. Project Update - 27 May 2016
 
In Mangaize, Tillabery region, western Niger, around 15000 people have been vaccinated against measles. The priority to prevent outbreaks from multiplying is to vaccinate in areas where mobile populations are living alongside indigenous people. In addition to vaccination activities, MSF is supporting the health authorities to prepare the response to new measles and meningitis outbreaks by strengthening epidemiological surveillance and providing free treatments to health facilities.
Niger

MSF teams respond to two epidemics and ward off a third

With simultaneous epidemics of meningitis and measles in Niger, teams from MSF have been supporting the Ministry of Health in its efforts to bring them under control, while taking steps to prevent cholera spreading from neighbouring Nigeria. “In the struggle to prevent the epidemics from spreading, our current priority is to administer vaccinations in areas where displaced people are coming into contact with the local population,” says MSF emergency coordinator Augustin Ngoyi. Project Update - 26 May 2016
 
On the 24th of May, the Greek police started to evacuate the camp of Idomeni, a transit camp where thousands of refugees have been stranded for over two months without adequate humanitarian assistance and with no access to asylum procedures. In the first hours of the morning, several hundred riot police started to slowly fill buses with the first groups of people to leave. According to Greek authorities at least 37 buses carrying more than 1780 people were evacuated in the first 12 hours. The situation is currently calm and whilst volunteers have been prevented from accessing the camp, MSF still has restricted access and continues to carry out our medical activities with a reduced team of 8 people (medical and deputy fieldco). MSF is not opposed to the movement of people from Idomeni to other locations, if they will be provided with better conditions, and if this is done on a voluntary basis by providing the refugees with sufficient information about the destination so they can take an informed decision. MSF asks the authorities to ensure that volunteers and NGOs are allowed to continue to access the people living at Idomeni camp for as long as they are there.
Greece

Involuntary eviction from Idomeni creates further hardship for refugees

“Moving refugees from informal camps to formal camps is not the solution. In Europe, in 2016, refugees should not be living in tents, they should have their claims for asylum heard and be provided with homes so that they can restart their lives in safety,” concluded Jaeger, MSF’s Head of Mission in Greece. Press Release - 26 May 2016
 
On the 24th of May, the Greek police started to evacuate the camp of Idomeni, a transit camp where thousands of refugees have been stranded for over two months without adequate humanitarian assistance and with no access to asylum procedures. In the first hours of the morning, several hundred riot police started to slowly fill buses with the first groups of people to leave. According to Greek authorities at least 37 buses carrying more than 1780 people were evacuated in the first 12 hours. The situation is currently calm and whilst volunteers have been prevented from accessing the camp, MSF still has restricted access and continues to carry out our medical activities with a reduced team of 8 people (medical and deputy fieldco). MSF is not opposed to the movement of people from Idomeni to other locations, if they will be provided with better conditions, and if this is done on a voluntary basis by providing the refugees with sufficient information about the destination so they can take an informed decision. MSF asks the authorities to ensure that volunteers and NGOs are allowed to continue to access the people living at Idomeni camp for as long as they are there.
Greece

I am tired of being here and I’m tired of living in fear

"I am tired of being here and I’m tired of living in fear"
Siham, 30, is from Halab in Syria. She was still in the camp of Idomeni, in Greece, on Wednesday morning when our staff collected this testimony by phone. Voices from the Field - 26 May 2016
 
The MSF health post in Yebi before it was completely destroyed on 19 May 2016. It served a population of about 20,000 people. In the site of Yebi, in Bosso district, thousands of people displaced from the Lake Chad area have settled looking for refuge.
Niger

Deadly attack on Lake Chad refugees and MSF health post in Yebi

“We are very concerned about the impact of these attacks on the population and also about the lack of respect for the medical facilities which could jeopardise the already limited access to healthcare in Diffa,” says Elmounzer Ag Jiddou, MSF’s Head of Mission in Niger. “We are planning to resume activities as soon as possible.” Project Update - 25 May 2016
 
Mohammad and his family arrived in Elliniko camp for 3 months. “We don’t have any information about what will happen to us. We are lost here and no one cares… We left everything behind, I had a job, I was a tiler, we had a house… But no security: we were living in fear in Kabul were suicide attacks are happening everyday everywhere. I paid thousands of dollars to reach Greece and save the life of my family members. We want to go to erany where my cousin’s wife live for 15 years. We are just looking for peace. We are not numbers, we are human beings who need your solidarity…!”
Greece

Voices from Elliniko

Voices from the Field - 25 May 2016
 
View of Elliniko “Base-ball camp”. Elliniko camp, located on the former airport site, converted into 3 sports stadiums for the Olympic games in 2004. These 3 sites are welcoming between 900 and 1500 people each. Most of the 3500 refugees in Elliniko are from Afghanistan and live there for sometimes more than 3 months in tents, inside or outside the buildings.
Greece

Anxiety and depression in Elliniko sports stadium

Project Update - 25 May 2016
 
MSF staff collect a suspected Ebola patient from an ambulance that broke down just before reaching MSF Ebola management centre in Kailahun. The ambulance has come from the Kissi Tang Chiefdom, a three hour drive from Kailahun. December 2014.
Global

MSF calls on G7 leaders to urgently address the critical gaps in global response to public health emergencies and unite to lower the price of live-saving medicines

Ise-Shima, Japan/Geneva – Two years since the first signs of the West Africa Ebola outbreak, the world today is little more prepared to respond to such an emergency than it was then, warns Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), while the lack of R&D into needed medicines and exorbitant medicine prices requires urgent and united action from the world leaders gathered in Japan. Press Release - 25 May 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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