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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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On october 26th, the Haydan hospital we support in northern Yemen has been hit by several air strikes. The first bombing took place at 22:30 local time and last midnight. Miriam, project coordinator in Saada, went this morning Haydan, but could not enter the building because there were still bombs that had not exploded. The hospital is completely destroyed: the emergency room, OPD, IPD, the laboratory, motherhood and the block. But the bombing did not cause any casualties. Only one person was slightly injured. Staff and two hospitalized patients could leave the building after the first strike. This hospital was still functional only for the whole Haydan region which has a population of about 200,000 inhabitants. On average 150 patients had received emergency a week by personnel from the Department of Health that is supported with incentives. The Haydan region bordering Saudi Arabia is in Sa'ada governorate, which is controlled by the Houthis. It is bombarded every day by the coalition led by Saudi Arabia.
Yemen

MSF hospital destroyed by airstrikes

Airstrikes carried out late last night by the Saudi-led coalition in northern Yemen destroyed a small MSF supported hospital. Hospital staff and patients managed to escape before subsequent airstrikes occurred over a two hour period. With the hospital destroyed, at least 200,000 people now have no access to lifesaving medical care. Press Release - 27 Oct 2015
 
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South Africa

South Africa should override patent on key HIV medicine after widespread stock out problem

Stock outs of critical HIV drug LPV/r are causing thousands of South Africans to go without HIV treatment, potentially leading to drug resistance developing or people becoming sick. The stock out is due to pharma company AbbVie - which holds patents on the drug, preventing generics being produced or imported - not providing enough of a supply. The South African government needs to issue a compulsory licence, which allows generic versions to be produced, used or imported in the country, in order to ensure access to lifesaving treatment for people. “People are being turned away from clinics without medicine and are being asked to purchase it on the private market. Many simply cannot afford it and this causes distress,” said Dr. Amir Shroufi, MSF’s Deputy Medical Coordinator in South Africa. “Alarmingly, people without access to treatment over time can become resistant to lopinavir/ritonavir and require more expensive medicines – they also risk falling sick and could even die.” Press Release - 27 Oct 2015
 
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France

The Jungle in Calais

Approximately 3,500 exiles are living in a former garbage dump on the outskirts of Calais, France. This is their daily reality. Project Update - 27 Oct 2015
 
Portrait of an extended family from Idleb, Syria (left to right) Leen (4) sits on the shoulders of her uncle Obaida (31), Abdullah (14), Wallied (5), Mohammed (29), Bayan (18), Suha (32), while they wait on the Serbian side of the Sid - Tovarnik border crossing to enter Croatia.
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

In European Fields

Thousands of refugees and migrants in the Balkans, stranded due to delays at border crossings and registration points, have been exposed to conditions that pose a real threat to their health as assistance fails to meet minimum standards. Photo Story - 27 Oct 2015
 
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India

At African Union – India meeting, leaders should work together to protect access to affordable medicines

“African leaders really should see this summit as an opportunity to work together with Prime Minister Modi to protect affordable access for people across the developing world”, said Dr Van Cutsem. “They need to remember that millions of people in Africa are alive today because of affordable medicines made in India.” Press Release - 26 Oct 2015
 
Dr Wael examines a patient in the consultation room of the health centre in the village of Uspenka, Donetsk region, where MSF is running a mobile clinic. -- The village’s doctor died a few months before the conflict began so the community has been without a doctor. Now an MSF doctor visits twice a week to provide free consultations and medicines.
Ukraine

MSF strongly refutes false allegations levelled in the media by the Humanitarian Committee of the Donetsk People’s Republic

MSF strongly refutes the false allegations made in the media by the Humanitarian Committee of DPR regarding its medical-humanitarian activities. Statement - 26 Oct 2015
 
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Slovenia

People in transit in urgent need of assistance

Thousands of people are entering Slovenia daily along its border with Croatia, overwhelming the capacity of transit centres, and forcing many to spend the night outdoors in cold fields. Press Release - 26 Oct 2015
 
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Yemen

Medical aid blocked from entering besieged area in Taiz

Despite weeks of intense negotiations with Houthi officials, stocks of essential medical supplies cannot be delivered to two hospitals in a besieged enclave of the city of Taiz, in southern Yemen. Today MSF’s trucks have been stopped again at Houthi’s checkpoints and denied access to the area. Press Release - 25 Oct 2015
 
Iron roofing and rubble litter a corridor in the MSF Kunduz Trauma Centre as the facility lies destroyed following the 03 October aerial attack which killed 22 staff and patients in northern Afghanistan. The bomb blasts were so strong that the corrugated iron roof caved in here in the blood laboratory corridor, and elsewhere in the hospital building.
Afghanistan

Death toll from the MSF hospital attack in Kunduz still rising

As of 23 October the revised figures now stand at 13 MSF staff dead and 1 MSF staff presumed dead, 10 patients dead and 2 patients presumed dead. Efforts are ongoing to determine the identities of seven other unrecognisable bodies found in the wreck of the hospital, all of whom have now been buried. These unfortunately may not be final numbers. Crisis Update - 23 Oct 2015
 
A giant earthquake struck Nepal on the morning of Saturday April 25th. Thousands are confirmed dead with many more injured and homeless.MSF teams and equipment have already arrived in the country, and more are on their way. Kathmandu has experienced relatively little destruction, with the vast majority of buildings still standing. However, many people are sleeping outside in tents and makeshift shelters as they are afraid to be inside due to aftershocks. This is a concern given that storms are expected over the coming days.
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6 months after the earthquake

Two earthquakes hit Nepal in April and May 2015, killing an estimated 8,500 people and injuring 20,000 more. MSF launched activities aimed at helping affected populations in need immediately the first earthquake struck. Crisis Update - 23 Oct 2015
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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