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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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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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Our offices around the world
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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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MSF ETC in Goma admitted its first patients
About MSF

Our commitment to building an organisation where everyone is safe

Dr Javid Abdelmoneim, MSF's International President, provides a statement on MSF's commitment to creating safer environments for patients, communities, and colleagues. Statement - 27 Aug 2026
 
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About MSF

Tackling institutional discrimination and racism within MSF

Learn about some of the ways in which MSF is tackling institutional discrimination and racism. Report - 27 Aug 2026
 
At the Kutupalong Hospital of MSF, a medical team led by Dr. Dolores Echezarreta provides emergency care to 10-day-old Aiyan Arfan. The team is working together to stabilize the infant’s health condition.
Bangladesh

Children arrive sicker, later, and harder to save at MSF’s Kutupalong hospital in Rohingya camps

Rohingya families living in camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, struggle to secure basic food, healthcare, and education, placing children’s daily survival at constant risk. Project Update - 25 Aug 2026
 
MSF counsellor educator, Maryam Alimu having a play therapy session with Latifat Abdulkareem’s seven-month-old daughter Aisha Abdulkareem, who is on admission and is being treated for malnutrition at MSF’s facility Nilefa Kiji, Maiduguri, Borno state, northeast Nigeria. These play sessions are part of activities organised by the MSF mental health team to help both the children suffering from malnutrition and their caregivers. Latifat says that she brought her daughter to the MSF facility after she fainted. Latifat narrates that she felt terrible when her daughter fainted. For days, she could not sleep because she feared that her daughter would not make it. Aisha has been on admission for five days. Latifat said that she has other children at home and is worried about them. Recently, she had to ask that her eldest son be brought to her in the hospital. He said that they were hungry since I was not around. That made me feel sad. Lately, I have been joining the group sessions at the mental health ground. The counsellors are very kind.
Nigeria

Caregivers of children with malnutrition need mental health support

In Borno state, northeast Nigeria, MSF are treating children suffering from acute malnutrition and providing mental health support to their caregivers. Project Update - 25 Aug 2026
 
Decontamination teams are visiting the home of a patient who is being treated at the Elikya Ebola treatment centre. She has tested positive for the Bundibugyo virus. To break the chain of transmission, they go through the house and decontaminate everything that has come into contact with the infected person: clothes, armchairs, doors, windows and mattresses. These decontamination measures ensure that the family can continue to live in the home without risking infection. They are accompanied by a family member, wearing personal protective equipment, who shows them around the different rooms and ensures the decontamination process runs smoothly by providing the necessary information. Once the inside of the house has been decontaminated, the teams go round the property and decontaminate the kitchen and the toilets, which are located outside.
DRC Ebola outbreaks

100 days of Ebola disease outbreak: Faster and more flexible response needed to curb deadly spread in DRC

Communities are not receiving enough support to contain the Ebola disease outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo. Press Release - 21 Aug 2026
 
MSF flag blowing in the wind at Aweil project base.
Gaza-Israel war

Statement on Israeli military’s decision to deny a criminal investigation into MSF killings and injuries

MSF strongly condemns the decision by the Israeli Military Advocate General to close the cases we submitted for review. Statement - 20 Aug 2026
 
An MSF staff inspects the echography of a patient during a mobile clinic in Khallet Al Mai, Hebron, West Bank. Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Palestine

Escalating violence and movement restrictions continue to drive medical needs in Hebron

Escalating violence and movement restrictions are limiting access to physical and mental health care for communities in Hebron, West Bank, Palestine. Project Update - 20 Aug 2026
 
MSF team providing medical consultations at the mobile clinic in West Wollega, Oromia Region, Ethiopia. July 2026.
Ethiopia

Ethiopia: MSF launches new healthcare programme in Oromia region

MSF has begun a new general and specialist healthcare project for hard-to-reach communities in East Wollega and West Wollega zones in Ethiopia. Project Update - 20 Aug 2026
 
A 25 year old lady sets fire outside her tent in a refugee camp on the outskirts of Sittwe, February 2, 2013. photo by Kaung Htet
MSF Speaking Out

Speaking Out Podcasts

The MSF "Speaking Out" podcasts are adapted from the original Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Speaking Out Case Studies (SOCS). Like the case studies, the podcast examines the challenges and dilemmas surrounding speaking out. Each series offers an in-depth look into humanitarian dilemmas in a specific crisis through the narration of extracts from MSF documents and press archives to help establish the facts. Interviews with the main MSF protagonists at the time of the events also provide insight into, and personal analysis of, the positions adopted. - 19 Aug 2026
 
19 DECEMBER 2025 / PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI: In Bel Air, a neighborhood of Port-au-Prince controlled by armed groups and marked by frequent gunfights, women seeking maternal and other healthcare wait at a mobile clinic in an abandoned school operated by Médecins Sans Frontières. The clinic opens just for a few hours when the security situation allows for it. Access to the community is negotiated with the armed groups controlling the area.
Haiti

Women risk their lives to reach sexual and reproductive healthcare in Port-au-Prince

Ongoing violence is restricting people's access to sexual and reproductive healthcare in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Project Update - 19 Aug 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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