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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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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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Destroyed shelters after accidental fire in Batangafo IDP camp
Central African Republic

Fire destroys hundreds of shelters in displacement camp in Batangafo

“Families are living with almost nothing at all and fearing for their basic security every day. The humanitarian crisis in this country is far from over,” says Miroslav Ilic, MSF’s head of mission in Central African Republic. Project Update - 12 Feb 2016
 
Ahmed is the manager of the MSF pharmacy in Kilis, Turkey. At present he is working on MSF´s donation programme, which provides donations of drugs and medical supplies to more than 15 hospitals and health centres inside Syria, and distributes essential household goods to internally displaced people caught up in the conflict.
Syria

“Our own staff have had to gather their families and flee”

Ahmed is the manager of the MSF pharmacy in Kilis, Turkey. At present he is working on MSF’s donation programme, which provides donations of drugs and medical supplies to more than 15 hospitals and health centres inside Syria, and distributes essential household goods to internally displaced people caught up in the conflict. Voices from the Field - 11 Feb 2016
 
Bab Al Noor camp, northern Syria – Before the most recent increase in fighting in Azaz, Bab Al Noor camp, near Syria’s border with Turkey, was home to around 14,000 people. Another 1,300 people have arrived in the camp in the in the second week of February. MSF has donated around 50 large family tents for the recently arrived people in the camps and is looking at how to improve water and sanitation.
Syria

Health system close to collapse in war-torn Azaz district

“Azaz district has seen some of the heaviest tolls of this brutal war, and yet again we are seeing healthcare under siege,” said Muskilda Zancada, MSF head of mission, Syria. “We are extremely concerned about the situation in the south of the district, where medical staff, fearing for their lives, have been forced to flee and hospitals have either been completely closed, or can only offer limited emergency services.” Press Release - 10 Feb 2016
 
Bab Al Noor camp, northern Syria – Before the most recent increase in fighting in Azaz, Bab Al Noor camp, near Syria’s border with Turkey, was home to around 14,000 people. Another 1,300 people have arrived in the camp in the in the second week of February. MSF has donated around 50 large family tents for the recently arrived people in the camps and is looking at how to improve water and sanitation.
Syria

So close to front lines, these people – families with children and elderly people – might be in danger

"We can confirm, however, that the hospitals were hit by bombs," says Muskilda Zancada, MSF head of mission in Syria. "We also know that in Syria, hospitals and healthcare structures are regularly targeted: a disturbing trend that escalated in 2015." Voices from the Field - 10 Feb 2016
 
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Syria

MSF-supported hospital hit by airstrikes

On the night of 5 February 2016, airstrikes have hit an MSF-supported hospital in Dara’a governorate, southern Syria, killing three people and wounding at least six. “I was on my way to the hospital to help admit people who had been injured by the airstrikes,” says one staff member. “But as soon as I reached the hospital, I myself got injured. It all happened very quickly." Crisis Update - 9 Feb 2016
 
A queue of people wait their turn to have their children vaccinated.
Central African Republic

Vaccinating kids living in crisis

Project Update - 5 Feb 2016
 
Metro advertisements for Doctors Without Borders, photos by Drew Angerer
Access to medicines

Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a trade agreement negotiated between the U.S. and eleven other Pacific Rim nations: Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. msfaccess.org - 4 Feb 2016
 
Assistant weighs a child. MSF's intensive nutritional rehabilitation center in Dan Issa, in southern Niger. In the center, MSF treats malnourished children under 5 years
Niger

MSF's study in Niger shows no significant benefit from routine use of antibiotics in malnourished children

The routine use of antibiotics in the treatment of severe acute malnutrition has minimal impact on the likelihood of recovery, according to a major study of more than 2,000 children by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and its research arm Epicentre, published today in The New England Journal of Medicine. Journal article - 4 Feb 2016
 
Between 600 and 620 families are living in the Fariya camp. (=3600 people). 1070 children under 5. Unofficial camp. Until our intervention, they had very little support. Latrines ACF, shleter by IOM. Most people are shuwa arab (ethnic group) coming from Marte. ACF just open an OPD on Monday. This was our second distribution there. 300 living in 150 IOM shelters (2 families in 1 shelter). Others live in makeshift tents. People have been here for 10 months more or less. 3 boreholes but only 1 working solar
Nigeria

After two years of crisis, what does the future hold for the displaced in Borno?

Interview with Isabelle Mouniaman-Nara, MSF programme manager in Nigeria Voices from the Field - 3 Feb 2016
 
Metro advertisements for Doctors Without Borders, photos by Drew Angerer
Access to medicines

There’s still time to stop the TPP from cutting off the critical lifeline of affordable generic medicines

"The fight to stop this irresponsible trade deal from going into effect is far from over,” said Judit Rius Sanjuan, MSF’s US Access Campaign manager and legal policy advisor. “The TPP deal being signed today is the worst trade deal ever for access to medicines and will make life-saving treatments unaffordable for those who need them most." Press Release - 3 Feb 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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