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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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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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Ahmad, 19 (left) & Ahmad, 28 (right) came with their families to this tented gathering inside the Ain el-Helweh Palestinian camp in Saida three months ago. They fled the Yarmouk Palestinian camp near Damascus. “Our main need is to have a suitable shelter. We have no money left and Lebanon is very expensive compared to Syria. We can’t find work”. The day before Ahmad (28) helped to unload a truck of food boxes and received one box at the end of the day”. Last year, he was hit by shrapnel and carries a large scar on his left arm. His brother is still in Syria.
Syria

In pictures: The plight of Palestinian refugees who fled Syria

Photo Story - 24 May 2013
 
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Project Update

HPN: Have we lost the ability to respond to refugee crises? The Maban response

This article assesses the humanitarian response to the refugee emergency in Maban. It is based on a review done by MSF, including key informant interviews with 14 organisations. In the Media - 24 May 2013
 
Niger: Zermou; centre de traitement du cholera. *** Local Caption *** MSF et l ONG médicale nigérienne Forsani y gèrent une unité d hospitalisation et soutiennent trois centres de santé du ministère de la Santé nigérien.
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MSF treats cholera patients

Cholera has broken out in northern Niger in an area which is hosting large number of Malian refugees and which was hit by a cholera epidemic last year. Project Update - 23 May 2013
 
Obstetric fistulas are one of the most serious consequences of obstructed labor; it occurs when the soft tissue in the pelvis is compressed by the baby’s head. The lack of blood flow causes the tissue to die, creating a hole between the vagina and bladder, the vagina and rectum, or both. The result is urinary and/or fecal incontinence. Women with fistulas live in shame and are often rejected by their own families and communities. Since July 2010, MSF is treating fistulas in the Urumuri center, in Gitega, in the heart of Burundi and became the first and only center in Burundi to specialize in treating fistulas. Since the opening of the project more than 1000 fistulas surgeries have been performed enabling women to return to normal life and emerge from exclusion. Women can receive treatment seven days a week, and MSF has built four houses to accommodate patients before surgery and afterwards, during rehabilitation. At MSF's permanent treatment centers, women receive six months of outpatient follow-up care to ensure the fistula has healed and that continence is maintained.
Project Update

Treating fistula: Prevention or cure?

MSF surgeon Dr Geert Morren talks about the physical and social distress that fistulas can cause, and why the issue needs attention. Project Update - 23 May 2013
 
*** Local Caption *** Yida.<br/> Dans l?Etat d?Unity, au nord du Soudan du Sud, MSF fournit depuis octobre 2011 des soins de santé dans le camp de réfugiés de Yida, où sont installés ceux qui fuient les combats entre les forces armées soudanaises (SAF) et le Mouvement pour la libération du peuple soudanais (SPLM-Nord) dans la province du Kordofan du Sud. A partir d?avril 2012, la population du camp a connu une forte augmentation suite à l?arrivée de nombreux nouveaux réfugiés. En mai 2013, 75,000 personnes vivaient à Yida. La saison des pluies débute et MSF se prépare à une augmentation des maladies infectieuses au cours des prochains six mois. <br/> Entre mai 2012 et mars 2013, 2,784 enfants sévèrement malnutris ont été soignés dans le programme nutritionnel thérapeutique. Pendant cette même période, les équipes MSF ont également effectué près de 90,000 consultations de santé primaire tandis que l?hôpital MSF installé dans le camp a admis près de 3,000 patients, dont les deux-tiers avaient moins de 5 ans. Les pathologies les plus diagnostiquées sont les infections respiratoires, les diarrhées et le paludisme.
South Sudan

Humanitarian deadlock in Yida

Sudanese refugees are stranded at the centre of complex political agendas that threaten to worsen their dire situation. Project Update - 23 May 2013
 
daily life in Mugunga III: Charline Amunazo is the president of the camp. *** Local Caption *** La situation humanitaire déjà précaire dans l'est de la République démocratique du Congo s'est encore détériorée en novembre 2012 après que la ville frontalière de Goma soit tombée aux mains des rebelles du M23 la semaine dernière, faisant des centaines de blessés et des milliers de personnes déplacées. Les équipes de Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ont rapidement mis en place des activités d'urgence pour intervenir auprès des victimes de la violence et des personnes nouvellement déplacées dans et autour de Goma.<br/> An already fragile humanitarian situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has deteriorated further in november 2012 after the border city of Goma fell to M23 rebels last week with hundreds of people injured and thousands displaced from their homes. Teams from Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) have rapidly set up additional emergency response activities, treating victims of violence and providing assistance to newly displaced people in and around Goma.
Democratic Republic of Congo

Displaced people caught up in fighting west of Goma

Fighting with heavy weapons between the Congolese army (FARDC) and the rebel group M23 to the west of the provincial capital Goma resumed yesterday. Many people who were already displaced from their homes after earlier waves of violence are now caught between the shelling and gunfire. Press Release - 22 May 2013
 
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Attacks on medical care

Medical care under fire

Medical care benefits everyone - combatant and non-combatant - and anyone in need should be able to access it. Statement - 21 May 2013
 
A school in a transit camp in Aleppo province, next to the Turkish border. Around November 2012, 4,000 displaced people were staying in this temporary settlement – in April 2013, there were around 10,000.
Syria

10,000 people at the gates of Turkey

MSF is working in a transit camp in northern Syria with a growing population - from 4,000 to 10,000 internally displaced people in half a year. Project Update - 21 May 2013
 
In a small house building, two families live in one room, separated in half: Mahmood, Siham and their son Mahmood (6) came from Syria 45 days ago. Mahmood lost two of his five children. “I’m very sad inside but I need to look strong. It’s very difficult. I used to live in Yarmouk camp, I was happy before the crisis started. I used to own a blacksmith shop and help people. But then the camp started to be bombed. My son disappeared. I searched for him everywhere but couldn’t find him. I’m sure he’s dead. One month later, my brother disappeared. I kept looking for them. Seven members of my family were killed by the bombings and shootings. We saw their mutilated bodies. I buried them myself. I also buried my neighbours. My two daughters told me to go to Lebanon, or I would get killed. They are searching for their brother. I don’t know where they live, but they say they are ok. As a Palestinian, I went to seek refuge in a Palestinian camp as I have no family in Lebanon. I have no news of the rest of my family, I’m sure they got killed and this is causing me a lot of sadness”.
Lebanon

From Syria to Ain el-Helweh: Alleviating the suffering of refugees in Saida

MSF runs a mental health program in Ain el-Helweh, in Saida, Lebanon. More and more patients are Palestinian refugees who fled Syria and suffer from a high level of trauma. Project Update - 17 May 2013
 
An MSF national nurse holds a consultation with mothers and their children at a health centre near Sibut, Central African Republic. In January 2013, MSF implemented a two month emergency response project in the area to provide life saving health care to the population. Sibut was under control of rebels who were part of an uprising against the government. The uprising led to a coup and most of the population fled to the bush in fear. Many of the children MSF treated were suffering from malaria.
Central African Republic

The violence has ended but the emergency continues

Serge St-Louis, MSF head of mission in Central African Republic, updates us on the post-conflict situation, including the issues and outlook for the country, its healthcare system and MSF. Voices from the Field - 17 May 2013
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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