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How we work

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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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Short caption: Martha*, 25, in an Ethiopian shelter in Beirut. She came to Lebanon to earn a living a year and a half ago. Long caption: For the first three months Martha* spent in Lebanon, she was going through sexual harassment, but her employer did not believe her. “My employer would yell at me if I ask her for anything or ask her a question. She mistreated me, often delaying paying me my salary,” says Martha*. “She did not believe I was going through sexual harassment. She even did not believe me when I told I her I was sick.” *Name changed to protect identity
Lebanon

Trapped and abused: migrant workers’ experiences in Lebanon

MSF’s clinic in Bourj Hammoud, a northern suburb of Beirut, primarily serves migrants who are generally excluded from social services. Project Update - 23 Apr 2025
 
New families arrived in Tawila following new attacks in Zamzam camps.
Conflict in Sudan

Desperate situation for people fleeing Zamzam camp in Sudan

People are fleeing Zamzam camp in Sudan following horrific violence by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Press Release - 18 Apr 2025
 
Displaced Palestinian family riding a tuktuk; coming back to settle in Beit Lahia city, north of Gaza strip.
Gaza-Israel war

Gaza has become a “mass grave” for Palestinians and those helping them

Palestinian lives are being systematically destroyed in Gaza, while Israeli forces have shown a blatant disregard for the safety of humanitarians. Press Release - 16 Apr 2025
 
MSF in Agok, South Sudan. South Sudan faces many challenges, including ongoing conflict, displacement, food shortages/malnutrition, lack of social services including health care, and insecurity. MSF hospitals have been under attack from different armed groups, putting the medical staff and patients at risk.
South Sudan

MSF hospital forcibly closed in Ulang, Upper Nile state, following armed looting

On 14 April, armed men stormed the MSF hospital and office in Ulang, in South Sudan's Upper Nile state. Press Release - 14 Apr 2025
 
Fatima Mohamed, 37, holds the remains of a shell that hit her house in Hasahisa camp, Central Darfur, destroying it and killing her brother and his son. She currently lives in a straw hut in the courtyard of a school in Hamidya camp near Zalengei, the capital of Central Darfur. "My name is Fatima Yousif Babeker Mohamed. This shell hit my home, killed my brother Suleiman Eshag and his son. It destroyed our house in Hasahisa camp. We had to stay down on the floor and run away. We don’t have anything, and we are not getting anything. We came empty-handed with our children. We are suffering, we don’t have water, we don’t have food to eat. The people of this community received us in this school where we are staying. They bring us something to eat but we often sleep with empty stomachs. I’m suffering, I have my grandmother at my home. She is totally dependent on me and my brother was killed as there is nobody else to support me. We have been living here for a long time. Eleven months or maybe more. I have a big family. I have children, my mother, my brothers’ and sisters’ children. We are all suffering over here. We are just people seeking work that can bring us some money, but this is meaningless given the needs we have for a family of our size. I try to go to collect some firewood to sell and bring something to my family to eat. If one goes to collect firewood, they get beaten. Tomorrow, I have to go back to work, even if I get beaten again."
Conflict in Sudan

Compounding crises after two years of war in Sudan leave millions more in need than ever

As Sudan marks two years of war, people continue to experience the catastrophic consequences and can no longer wait for real assistance. Press Release - 14 Apr 2025
 
Dans la soirée du vendredi 4 au samedi 5 avril 2025, une vingtaine d’hommes armés appartenant au M23/AFC sont entrés dans l’enceinte de l’hôpital de Kyeshero à la recherche d’anciens combattants ayant trouvé refuge à l’intérieur de l’hôpital et ne souhaitant plus en sortir depuis plusieurs semaines. Au cours de cette opération, nos équipes ont été témoins de tirs. Une personne a été tuée, trois autres blessées. Deux membres du personnel de l’hôpital en service ont été frappés. On the evening of Friday, April 4 to Saturday, April 5, 2025, about twenty armed men belonging to the M23/AFC entered the Kyeshero hospital compound in search of former combatants who had taken refuge inside the hospital and had not wanted to leave for several weeks. During this operation, our teams witnessed gunfire. One person was killed and three others were injured. Two hospital staff members on duty were beaten.
Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF condemns deadly shooting at Kyeshero hospital, Goma

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) once again condemns in the strongest possible terms the use of weapons in and around healthcare facilities. Press Release - 11 Apr 2025
 
Voluteers provided psycological first aid to beneficiaries at through mobile clinics and in the temporary camp, in Chan Mya Thar Si Township, Mandalay.
Myanmar

MSF steps up response in Myanmar following devastating earthquake

A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar, devastating the regions of Mandalay, Naypyidaw, Sagaing, and Shan state. Project Update - 10 Apr 2025
 
Testimonies + Illustrations to support articles and publish in social media posts. In 3 formats. You can add SHORT text on top if you feel necessary.
Conflict in Sudan

Stories of violence and forced displacement from South Kordofan, Sudan.

This collection of testimonies shares the experiences of people who have fled to Sudan's Nuba mountains in search of safety from the ongoing conflict. Voices from the Field - 8 Apr 2025
 
Entrance door of the MSF Emergency Center of Turgeau located in the center of Port-au-Prince. The medical structure treats sever cases of road accidents, domestic accidents, bullet wounds, other type of violence etc.
Haiti

Haiti: MSF withdraws from two medical facilities in Port-au-Prince as widespread violence intensifies

We've suspended our activities for at least three months in Turgeau emergency centre and Carrefour trauma hospital following a violent incident on 15 March. Press Release - 8 Apr 2025
 
The entrance to the emergency room of MSF Aden Trauma Centre within Al-Salam Hospital in Aden, Yemen, where patients are assessed and stabilised before further care.
Yemen

MSF ends 12-year-long trauma surgery programme in Aden, Yemen

We have concluded a 12-year project providing surgical care for traumatic injuries in Aden, Yemen. Project Update - 8 Apr 2025
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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