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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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MSF Staff administrate an oral vaccine to a boy at the Nyaragusu refugee camp. MSF is carrying out an oral cholera vaccination campaign in Nyaragusurefugee camp in Tanzania for 56,000 Burundian refugees. A cholera outbreak began among the refugees in mid-May. As at 22 June, some 3,086 cases and 34 deaths have been reported in Tanzania.
Tanzania

MSF to carry out oral cholera vaccination for Burundian and Congolese refugees

115,000 refugees to be vaccinated against cholera this month. "Although the number of cholera cases is low at the moment, another influx of people from Burundi could put further strain on existing services, and the risk of another outbreak remains high.” says MSF Emergency Coordinator. Project Update - 22 Jun 2015
 
In Idlib area, MSF runs a 15 bed hospital dedicated to the treatment of burn patients.The treatment requires debridments, change of dressings done in the operating theater under anesthaesia, skin graft and physiotherapy sessions. The hospital has also an emergency room where MSF treats medical cases
Syria

Fuel shortage puts health structures at risk

Shortage of fuel is putting health structures and lives at risk. MSF has responded by providing 6,200 litres of fuel, however, this is not enough and will only have a short term impact. Press Release - 22 Jun 2015
 
MSF mobile clinic in Forkouloum. Forkouloum is a village located few kilometers from Ngouboua which have been attacked by Boko Haram in February. Many people are displaced in the area and this mobile clinic is their only way to have healthcare. Each week MSF make 850 consultations mainly for diahhreoa and respiratory infections.
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Lake Chad: Waves of displacement and fear

Due to the conflict in Nigeria and the regular attacks around Lake Chad, there are today more than 1.5 million displaced people in the region looking for safety. Project Update - 19 Jun 2015
 
2015. Kos. Greece. A family from Afghanistan at the port of Kos.
Greece

Gallery: Responding to the crisis of migration in Kos

Photo Story - 19 Jun 2015
 
On the morning of 26 August, the MY Phoenix, jointly operated by MSF and MOAS was asked to standby as the Swedish coast guard ship, Poseidon, rescued an estimated 450 people from a wooden boat. The MOAS crew handed out life jackets and the MSF medics were asked to assist directly on board as there were many critical cases. Dr Simon Bryant and nurse Mary-Jo Frawley went into the hull of the boat, where they were literally lifting people’s heads out of the water to check if they were alive. A critical patient suffering from suspected fuel inhalation was stabilized in the MSF clinic onboard the Phoenix and medevac'ed via helicopter for further treatment on land. At that point a second wooden boat carrying 550 people appeared and the MOAS search and rescue team immediately commenced rescued operations. More than 415 people were brought on the MY Phoenix, bringing the boat to capacity the remained 125 people were taken on board the Poseidon. Whilst this rescue was still underway, a rubber dinghy with an estimated 100 people on board arrived on the scene. The MOAS crew transferred the men, women and children on board to an Italian naval vessel, which was also on the scene. “ The deaths of these 52 people today show that search and rescue is just a bandaid. It is merely a temporary solution to Europe’s failures, and not even a truly effective one. Despite the increase in SAR efforts since late April, the death count still keeps mounting. The only way to actually put an end to these avoidable tragedies is to create safe and legal ways for people to migrate or seek asylum in Europe. People's desperation to flee and survive forces them into taking these dangerous boats, into the hands of people who profit from their willingness to risk it all in the search of safety of Europe. Today, just like yesterday, Europe’s policy makers have blood on their hands. It is time for a change, a radical rethink and we need it now” - Will Turner – MSF Emergency Coordinator on the MY Phoenix
Mediterranean migration

A Somali migrant says: "I survived and I would ask the world to help me."

Since the start of 2015, more than 100,000 asylum seekers have fled from countries like Eritrea, Syria, Somalia and Yemen, united in their desire to escape from conflict, instability, persecution and limited access to humanitarian assistance. Voices from the Field - 19 Jun 2015
 
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Greece

Deplorable reception conditions for migrants on Kos

A video showing the deplorable conditions inside Captain Elias hotel where MSF is providing medical and psychosocial care to migrants and refugees staying there. Voices from the Field - 18 Jun 2015
 
2015. Kos. Greece. A Syrian refugee waits his turn at the MSF clinic which has been set up inside the Hotel Captain Elias . The Captain Elias hotel has been abandoned for many years. With a recent surge of migrants arriving by boat from Turkey, the Kos authorities direct migrants to stay there while they await the authorization from the police to leave the island. The conditions there are precarious, with poor hygiene and safety. MSF staff work inside the building to provide medical and psychological assistance, and to improve water and sanitation conditions.
Greece

No welcome for migrants and refugees landing in Greek Dodecanese Islands

Testimonies: "This is the first time in my life that I have seen people so totally abandoned (...) just threw them in there with no information, no help, no provisions, nothing." Voices from the Field - 18 Jun 2015
 
The intensity and number of attacks against medical facilities in Syria is increasing. Busra hospital, in Dara’a governorate, in the South, was destroyed after being hit by ten barrel bombs on Monday night. It is one of ten medical facilities that have been targeted in the past month. Busra hospital was the only health facility providing neonatal and dialysis services in Dara’a.
Syria

Barrage of barrel bombs destroys MSF health facility

Busra hospital, in Dara’a governorate, was destroyed after being hit by ten barrel bombs on Monday night.This aggression came only a few days after another attack on a hospital supported by MSF in Aleppo governorate, in northern Syria. Press Release - 18 Jun 2015
 
Even today, people are still displaced on a daily basis. Since the crisis began, the organization’s health care providers have seen more than 33,000 patients, performed more than 200 surgeries and 90 Caesarean sections, and delivered an additional 130 babies.
Democratic Republic of Congo

A new project for victims of violence in Boga

MSF launched a new project with local partners in Boga focusing principally on reproductive health, the medical and psychological treatment of victims of violence. Project Update - 17 Jun 2015
 
Blood samples for a coagulation test following a snake bite at the Paoua hospital, northwestern Central African Republic, supported by MSF.
Medical resource

A Global Biomedical R&D Fund and Mechanism for Innovations of Public Health Importance

PLOS Medicine paper on the need for a preparedness R&D mechanism that can quickly deliver innovative responses to emerging health threats. Journal article - 17 Jun 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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