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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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Gibson Chijaka cured from DR-TB after two years of treatment, with his sister-in-law Linnet Kadzere. After a two year treatment Gibson Chijaka from Zimbabwe won the battle against DR-TB but lost two years of school life because of his medication. Gibson was treated in the MSF project in Epworth. Now he claims for shorter and less painful treatment.
Zimbabwe

Gibson Chijaka, “I am so happy and cannot hold back my joy.”

Gibson Chijaka, 16, was recently cured of DR-TB Voices from the Field - 28 Oct 2014
 
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Ebola and haemorrhagic fevers

Quarantine can undermine efforts to curb epidemic

Quarantine of asymptomatic health workers can be counter-productive Press Release - 28 Oct 2014
 
Blood samples are taken for the PCR Detection Rate Study done on October 17, 2013 in the village of Kunakpheap Muoy, in the Preah Vihear Province. In the fall of 2013, MSF started a baseline survey in two districts in Preah Vihear province in Cambodia where resistance to the Artemisinin has been reported. The results of the survey will help to decide on the best strategy for the project to eliminate resistant artemisinin-resistant malaria from the area.
Malaria

Plasmodium prevalence and artemisinin-resistant falciparum malaria in Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia: a cross-sectional population-based study

Intensified efforts are urgently needed to contain and eliminate artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in the Greater Mekong subregion. Médecins Sans Frontières plans to support the Ministry of Health in eliminating P. falciparum in an area with artemisinin resistance in the north-east of Cambodia. As a first step, the prevalence of Plasmodium spp. and the presence of mutations associated with artemisinin resistance were evaluated in two districts of Preah Vihear Province. Journal article - 27 Oct 2014
 
Le 26 avril 2014, 16 civils - dont 3 personnels MSF - ont été assassinés par des hommes armés dans l'enceinte de l'hôpital de Boguila au Nord-Ouest de la RCA. En signe de protestation et de solidarité avec la population centrafricaine , victime de violences récurrentes, entre le 5 et le 9 mai 2014, toutes les sections MSF ont suspendu leurs activités sur toute la RCA, ainsi que pour les populations centrafricaines réfugiées au Tchad, au Cameroun et en RDC. Seules les urgences vitales ont été prises en charge au cours de cette semaine. Photo prise devant le dispensaire MSF - vide - du camp de déplacés de M'Poko, situé près de l'aéroport de Bangui.<br/> On the 26th of April of 2014, 16 civilians - including three MSF staff - have been killed by armed men in the Boguila hospital compound, northwest CAR. As a sign of protest and solidarity with the CAR population - victim of constant violence - between the 5th and the 9th of May of 2014, all MSF sections have suspended their activities throughout CAR, as well as the ones dedicated to the Central Africans refugees in Chad, Cameroon and DRC. Only vital emergencies were taken in charge during this period of time. Photo of the - empty - MSF clinic located in M'poko's IDP camp, near Bangui's airport.
Central African Republic

Population and MSF staff still under threat six months after deadly attacks

"Local people live in constant fear that they will be attacked. They try to rebuild their houses and work in the fields but, as soon as there is any kind of stability, they get attacked again." Voices from the Field - 27 Oct 2014
 
The mothers’ waiting houses in Chire and Mejo Woredas have brought joy to many women of Sidama. Now they smile because they are assured of quality healthcare before, during and after delivery. To their newborns, neonatal care is also given in the first few months of their lives. Since 2012, MSF has been running a mother and child healthcare project in Sidama Zone of SNNPR (Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s Region) in Ethiopia. MSF will, end of October 2014, hand-over the project to the Ministry of Health and regional authorities. MSF has mainly been working in the two Woredas (divisions) of Chire and Mejo.
Ethiopia

Gallery: Mother and child healthcare project in Sidama

Photo Story - 27 Oct 2014
 
Listenning to the heartbeat of a baby in its mother's womb, Chire health centre. Since 2012, MSF has been running a mother and child healthcare project in Sidama Zone of SNNPR (Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s Region) in Ethiopia. MSF will, end of October 2014, hand-over the project to the Ministry of Health and regional authorities. MSF has mainly been working in the two Woredas (divisions) of Chire and Mejo.
Ethiopia

Unobstructed motherhood - women delivering safely in Sidama

Maternity waiting houses bring expectant mothers closer to health facilities before delivery, and allow monitoring of women with a history of complications. Project Update - 27 Oct 2014
 
Emily Adhiambo Orao (24) holds a packet of medication in the tuberculosis treatment unit in the Kibera South Health Centre in Nairobi’s Kibera slum, Kenya. Emily has been suffering from multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) for six months. Emily says, 'I first came to this clinic in December last year I was frequently getting sick. I would have a headache, a flu. I was losing weight every day. Every time I would try my old clothes, they could not fit me, this prompted me to seek help.' Emily was diagnosed with MDR-TB at the centre. 'I did not know there was TB and MDR. From this pronouncement, I thought I was going to die immediately.' On the support that she receives at the centre, Emily says, 'The clinic has been of great assistance.'
Tuberculosis

Evaluation of the modified colorimetric resazurin microtiter plate-based antibacterial assay for rapid and reliable tuberculosis drug susceptibility testing

Although modified REMA is faster and simpler compared to classic REMA, it is not reliable for
MTB drug susceptibility testing. Journal article - 27 Oct 2014
 
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Niger

Southern Niger hit by cholera outbreak

Almost one thousand people affected in several areas in the south of the country. Project Update - 24 Oct 2014
 
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Ebola and haemorrhagic fevers

MSF urges action on vaccines and treatments for Ebola workers

“This needs to be followed by massive roll out of vaccines to the general population once their efficacy is proven.” Press Release - 24 Oct 2014
 
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Ebola and haemorrhagic fevers

Ebola crisis update - 23rd October 2014

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has claimed 4,877 lives and is currently affecting three countries in West Africa: Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Crisis Update - 23 Oct 2014
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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