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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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Thousands of people passing through the Musina repatriation centre are desperate to find safety after fleeing anti-migrant unrest in South Africa
South Africa

Anti-migrant violence triggers trauma and medical emergency on the South Africa-Zimbabwe border

People fleeing violence and harassment sparked by anti-migrant protests in South Africa need medical care and protection. MSF is providing treatment to people at the border towns of Musina and Beitbridge. Project Update - 30 Jul 2026
 
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Mediterranean migration

Three years, no decision: EU inaction while Italy’s rules obstruct sea rescues

Three years after MSF and other NGOs submitted a complaint on Italy’s rules which impede civilian search and rescue activities, the European Union has failed to provide a decision. Press Release - 30 Jul 2026
 
MSF doctor Daniel Garang with his stethoscope at Aweil project base.
Pakistan

Pakistan must protect Afghan refugees from forced return

The Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan is undermining Afghan refugees' access to healthcare and their ability to provide for their families. Countries hosting Afghan refugees, including Pakistan, must halt all involuntary returns to Afghanistan. Press Release - 28 Jul 2026
 
Tehran, Iran: At Mehr clinic in southwest Tehran, run by MSF teams, a doctor checks the blood pressure of a pregnant woman. These clinics provide free healthcare to vulnerable members of the community, including low-income Iranian families and migrants. On average, around 180 patients are seen each day for a wide range of services. Between January and June 2026, MSF teams provided 84,615 consultations, which represents 80% increase compared to the year of 2025. The increase is driven by growing needs and barriers to public healthcare for refugees, migrants and other vulnerable people.
Iran

MSF expands care for excluded communities in Iran as crisis continues

Following the large-scale military escalation in late February on Iran, MSF teams have expanded activities in Tehran and continued to respond to growing medical needs in other areas where we work. Project Update - 28 Jul 2026
 
Rescuers search for missing people under the rubble of a collapsed building in Caraballeda, La Guaira, Venezuela, on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. One month after the earthquakes that devastated Venezuela, thousands of people remain missing under the debris.
Natural hazards

People need mental and medical help one month after the earthquakes in Venezuela

In the aftermath of the earthquakes in Venezuela, communities are living through a complex crisis characterised by massive displacement, severe infrastructure damage, and deep psychological trauma. Project Update - 24 Jul 2026
 
The Atlantic ocean deadly boat crossing on 18 July 2026 lead to suvival of only 38 people out of 190 who attempted the crossing. Suvivors suffered physical and psychological trauma as well as hypothermia.
Mauritania

Urgent measures needed to prevent further deaths on deadly Atlantic migration route

MSF teams have assisted the 38 survivors of an horrific boat crossing attempt to the Canary Islands, as measures to prevent deaths on the deadly Atlantic migration route are urgently needed. Press Release - 23 Jul 2026
 
View of a street in Cité Soleil, a neighborhood controlled by armed groups.
Haiti

In Cité Soleil, people risk their lives to seek medical care

The Cité Soleil neighbourhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is a prime example of the barriers to accessing healthcare. Project Update - 22 Jul 2026
 
MSF doctor Daniel Garang with his stethoscope at Aweil project base.
Gaza-Israel war

MSF calls for the immediate release of all Palestinian healthcare workers arbitrarily detained by Israel

MSF surgeon Dr Mohammed Obeid has been detained in Israel for more than 600 days, joining 95 Palestinian healthcare workers who remain detained by Israeli authorities since October 2023. Statement - 20 Jul 2026
 
Women sit at around pots of food at one of the largest IDP camps in El Obeid where an MSF emergency team have begun working to expand capacity building, health promotion, and cholera response.
Conflict in Sudan

Half a million people in El-Obeid face limited services as drone attacks intensify

Half a million people in El-Obeid, North Kordofan state, Sudan, are facing limited basic services as drone strikes from the Rapid Support Forces intensify. Liesbeth Aelbrecht details the impact on people. Interview - 20 Jul 2026
 
Palestinians at the GHF distribution site in Netzarim putting their lives at risk to receive some food. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). All four distribution sites operated by the GHF are located in areas under full Israeli military control and “secured” by private American armed contractors. Between 7 June and 24 July 2025, MSF health centres in close proximity received 1,380 injured people, including 28 dead bodies from the GHF sites with 174 gunshot wounded. MSF calls for an immediate cessation of the GHF distribution mechanism and urges states and private donors to refrain from funding what is essentially a death trap.
Gaza-Israel war

The number one health issue in Palestine is the Israeli occupation

Since October 2023, Israel's attacks on Palestinians hinders their ability to live a dignified, healthy life. A shift in policy is depserately needed. Opinion - 20 Jul 2026
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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