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How we work

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How we're run

Discover our governance and what it means to be an association. Find a quick visual guide to our offices around the world.

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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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Access Campaign

We set up the MSF Access Campaign in 1999 to push 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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4489 Results
 
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Chad

Stepping up assistance to displaced in southeast Chad amid deteriorating security

Since early 2006, attacks on civilians in southeast Chad have resulted in the displacement of more than 100,000 Chadians. About 40,000 of them fled their homes in November and December alone when violence peaked. Project Update - 7 Feb 2007
 
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Chad

One koro of millet to feed 13 mouths - displaced in eastern Chad

Maximilian Gertler, an MSF doctor, holds a surgery three times a week in the camp along with a mobile medical team. "But the people don't have any energy any more", he says. "In combination with other health problems, the number of malnourished children could skyrocket." Project Update - 5 Feb 2007
 
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Iraq

Responding to Iraq's emergency

When MSF staff asked the doctors how the organisation could best help, they were told that it would be suicidal for them to invite MSF into their hospitals. MSFs traditional proximity, one of its firm principles, could lead to the murder of the very doctors the organisation wanted to help. Project Update - 4 Feb 2007
 
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Chad

Insecurity is no alibi for inaction

Organisation urges other aid agencies to step up assistance for displaced people.
"The security situation in eastern Chad is indeed volatile," says Martin Braaksma, MSF Head of Mission. "But balanced against the huge humanitarian needs, we have no option but to continue to work here." Press Release - 3 Feb 2007
 
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Italy

Migrants employed in agriculture in southern Italy continue to work and live in deprivation and unhealthy conditions

"It is shocking to find people living in a country that is a member of the European Union, under conditions comparable to what MSF teams see in the most deprived parts of Africa," said Antonio Virgilio, Head of Mission for MSF's Italian projects. Press Release - 30 Jan 2007
 
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Somalia

Returning to Galcayo, central Somalia

"It's not easy to provide care in an environment that's constantly changing, particularly from a security perspective. But we have shown it's possible, and I hope other organisations will follow suit" - Assistant Head of Mission Reshma Adatia. Project Update - 23 Jan 2007
 
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Tuberculosis

Overcoming the gaps in TB drug development - 'No Time To Wait' conference statement

Meaningful gains in TB control will only be made when the treatment of TB, including drug-resistant TB, can be dramatically shortened and simplified. Project Update - 12 Jan 2007
 
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Indonesia

Two years after the tsunami

Two years after the Indian Ocean tsunami of 26 December 2004 MSF is bringing to a close its remaining projects in the affected regions. While MSF's emergency relief in Sri Lanka, India and Thailand stopped during the course of 2005, the activities in the Indonesian province of Aceh will close in January 2007. Interview - 29 Dec 2006
 
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Somalia

After a week of intense fighting in Somalia, MSF is extremely concerned about the security of medical staff and safety of patients

Over the past week, the international humanitarian organisation MSF has treated approximately 250 people wounded during the ongoing fighting in Somalia. Following a serious incident in an MSF medical facility in Dinsor, Somalia on Wednesday the 27th December, MSF is urging all warring parties to respect international law and guarantee the safety of health facilities, patients and staff. Press Release - 28 Dec 2006
 
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Chad

What displaced and refugees face in Chad

On December 5, United Nations agencies, along with many of their NGO partners, decided to drastically reduce the numbers of their staff in the field because of insecurity.
MSF fears the impact that this withdrawal will have on the refugee populations, which are highly dependent on this aid. Internally displaced Chadians who have benefited from only minimal assistance now face even fewer opportunities to obtain aid. Project Update - 19 Dec 2006
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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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