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How we work

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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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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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a view of the Anderessa refugee site in Sila province, eastern Chad. Many Sudanese refugees have taken shelter under trees, and without access to basic services.
Conflict in Sudan

Scores of wounded flee to Chad as conflict in Sudan surges

MSF teams have treated more than 70 wounded people in Adré, Chad, and are extending activities to assist refugees in the country fleeing the conflict in Sudan. Press Release - 2 Jun 2023
 
Hatay tent settlement Around 900,000 people live in informal settlements, with 200,000 in tent cities. MSF, through the local NGOs we support in Türkiye provided water and sanitation services (WASH) to several camps in sub urban areas of Hatay, including the Sofular neighborhood, Antakya, where we were the only organisation providing water and sanitation services, also offering non-food items distribution and psychosocial support to the affected people.
Türkiye and Syria earthquake response

MSF hands over emergency interventions in Türkiye

After providing support to survivors of the devastating earthquakes that killed 51,000 people in Türkiye's southeast, we have handed over our intervention activities to local organisations and authorities. Project Update - 31 May 2023
 
A wide view of refugees rolling water jerricans on the ground from a water point in Dagahaley camp.
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Looming health catastrophe in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps

As a cholera outbreak spreads in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps, we call on the international community and aid agencies to respond urgently to the unfolding crisis and prevent the further spread of disease. Press Release - 30 May 2023
 
Hundreds of displaced people have taken shelter at a school in the town of Minova, in South Kivu province of eastern DRC.
Democratic Republic of Congo

Thousands of families caught in neglected crisis in South Kivu

Over 80,000 people have fled violence in North Kivu, currently displaced in extremely precarious conditions in South Kivu, without basic services and vulnerable to disease. Project Update - 30 May 2023
 
Nora Zergi, anesthetist, preparing a patient for a bullet extraction operation.
Conflict in Sudan

Vital humanitarian activities in parts of Sudan may grind to a halt

We call on all parties of the conflict to ensure humanitarian access, to allow us to assist the Sudanese people. Statement - 26 May 2023
 
MSF team found three people handcuffed during an emergency medical intervention on the Greek island of Lesvos. Since June 2022, MSF has been conducting emergency interventions on Lesvos to provide medical and psychological first aid to people who arrived on the island by boat.
Greece

Pushbacks, detention and violence towards migrants on Lesbos

We call on the Greek authorities to investigate reports of hundreds of missing migrants on the island of Lesbos, Greece, and to end the arbitrary detention of unregistered new arrivals. Press Release - 25 May 2023
 
Destroyed hospital in Lyman, Donetsk Oblast.
Global health

G7 countries must commit to safeguarding humanitarian assistance

Dr Christos Christou, MSF International President, calls on leaders to safeguard civilians and humanitarian workers, by promoting and protecting principled humanitarian action, ahead of G7 summit. Statement - 19 May 2023
 
More patients are arriving at Bashair Hospital as it is the only accessible hospital in southern Khartoum. With the presence of MSF team, Bashair can support most of the critical cases and other departments at the hospital have started to operate as well.
Conflict in Sudan

Five things to know about the violence in El Geneina, Sudan

Widespread looting, destruction and burning of property took place in El Geneina city, the capital of West Darfur in Sudan including El Geneina Teaching Hospital. This violence impacts the provision of healthcare services to a large degree. Project Update - 18 May 2023
 
More patients are arriving at Bashair Hospital as it is the only accessible hospital in southern Khartoum. With the presence of MSF team, Bashair can support most of the critical cases and other departments at the hospital have started to operate as well.
Conflict in Sudan

Hundreds of trauma patients arrive at Khartoum hospital

In just over one week, hundreds of people with life-threatening injuries have arrived at a hospital in Khartoum, where MSF teams have performed lifesaving surgical interventions. Press Release - 18 May 2023
 
The living conditions in the Majak Aher IDP camp is very difficult, because with the arrival of the 40,000 displaced people from Agok, the food, that was not fully available for the host communities, was inexistant for the IDPs. The shelter where they live is made of some plastic sheeting that was distributed on the arrival but didn’t reach everybody. And it does not protect from the heavy rain of the rainy season, and the whole camp is mud. For the IDPs who don’t have something to sell, the situation is even worse. The people living in Majak Aher fled from the villages around Agok (28 villages in total) and now, the camp is divided in portion that has the same name of the villages they are from. When they arrived, they settled in Turalei, near the market and the river. But then, as space was missing, the government gave a land to the IDPs to settle. There was a registration by IOM, (but again, not everybody is registered, which is a big problem to receive the food during current distribution), and distribution of plastic sheeting, jerrycans, and sugar two quantities/families. And MSF also distributed food and non-food items including blankets. After the emergency phase when MSF handed over the distribution activities, in December, there was some irregular distribution since then. Last one was in March 15, two measures of sugar, which does not last long for a family.
South Sudan

Soaring needs persist in Twic County one year on

One year after fleeing violence in Agok, South Sudan, displaced people in Twin County urgently require support - thousands are facing dire conditions, without sufficient food, water or healthcare.  Project Update - 17 May 2023
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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