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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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MSF opened in May 2012 a primary health care centre (PHCC) in the Domeez Syrian refugee camp. MSF is the main health actor in the camp and provides medical consultations, mental health care and training for the health staff in the camp.
Syria

Response to increasing suffering inadequate

The humanitarian situation in Syria continues to worsen as the war escalates and attacks against health facilities continue. Project Update - 21 Dec 2012
 
Vimbai Chitani (15) is a patient enrolled in the MSF HIV/AIDS project in Epworth, an urban settlement adjacent to the capital Harare of Zimbabwe. "In 2007 I was very ill. I had rashes all over my body and my whole body ached. A week after I started medication I was already feeling much better. Now, I am anxious that my mother may send me to my grandmother in the countryside as we cannot afford my school anymore." With 14.3 per cent prevalence rate (UNAIDS 2009), Zimbabwe is one of the countries worst affected by the worldwide HIV/AIDS epidemic. Since 2006, MSF has been running an HIV/AIDS project in Epworth. In August 2011, MSF had 12,864 patients under care in both of its clinics there.
Zimbabwe

"We cannot normalise a situation that is not normal"

Mari Carmen Viñoles and Jean François Saint-Sauveur landed in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe in April 2009, after several previous assignments with MSF. Mari Carmen arrived to start work as general coordinator of MSF programmes, while Jean François took on the role of medical coordinator. They talk about their experiences working in a country that is being badly hit by the HIV pandemic. Voices from the Field - 21 Dec 2012
 
Young mothers and their new born at the Maternity service of the hospital of Batangafo, supported by MSF. Consultations at the hospital of Batangafo have dropped from 193 to 38 in 24hours after the announcement of a movement of armed troops towards the town on the 19th of December. Part of the population, who has been enduring chronic armed violence for the last ten years, has fled town rapidly.
Central African Republic

People flee into the bush in fear of attack

Violence has swept through Central African Republic (CAR) the last few days as rebel coalition Seleka has entered and taken over several towns. MSF is continuing its work in the towns of Ndélé, Kabo and Batangafo, and are currently setting up supplementary activities in areas that are likely to be worst affected. Project Update - 21 Dec 2012
 
MSF national surgeon Dr Amir (left) is operating on a female patient who has several deep cut wounds on neck and head as she was attaked. MSF has been working the DHQ Hospital in Timergara, Lower Dir district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province, in northwestern part of Pakistan since 2009. MSF provides emergency care, emergency surgeries, post-operative care, as well as mother-and-child health care in the hospital.
Pakistan

MSF condemns targeting of health workers

Regardless of who is responsible for the recent escalation of attacks against health workers in Pakistan, the targeting of medical personnel has created a situation in which both patients and medical workers are at risk of losing their lives while seeking or providing healthcare, MSF said today. Statement - 20 Dec 2012
 
December 2012 : a measles epidemic prevails in the Eastern Province of Democratic Republic of Congo: since the beginning of October, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) cared for over 12,700 patients and vaccinated more than 226,000 children in several affected areas. MSF continues its interventions, but to tackle the extent of the epidemic, the organization launched out in a true race against time to ensure free medical care for the patients and reduce mortality.
Democratic Republic of Congo

Racing against time to stem measles epidemic

A measles epidemic is spreading throughout Orientale Province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Since early October, MSF has treated more than 12,700 patients and vaccinated more than 226,000 in several areas affected by the illness. Press Release - 20 Dec 2012
 
Since July 2007, MSF has been running a kala azar diagnostic and treatment project in Vaishali district, in the centre of the Indian state of Bihar. In the four years, about 8,000 patients have been treated at the Sadar Hospital, and in five MSF-supported health centres. The initial cure rate of kala azar cases is at 98 per cent. Kala azar is a disease endemic to Bihar. Transmitted by the sand fly, the disease mainly affects the spleen and, if left untreated, is fatal for virtually all patients.
Access to medicines

Medicines shouldn't be a luxury

MSF Access Campaign and its current activities. Project Update - 19 Dec 2012
 
Heavily pregnant women relax In the dormitory at the Village des Mamans in Masisi. The free antenatal care set up for pregnant women with potential complications, became so popular that MSF constructed bunk beds to accommodate the influx of women. At first, the women were nervous about sleeping on bunks which provided a talking point in the Village. This photo was taken as part of the www.msfdelivers.org fundraising campaign.
Democratic Republic of Congo

Ethnic violence in Masisi limits access to treatment

While people living in Goma and sheltering in nearby camps continue to live in fear of new clashes between an armed group called theM23 and loyalist forces, MSF is witnessing increased violence in Masisi some 80km to the north-west. In this isolated area of North Kivu, the medical emergency organisation is providing support to the region’s primary hospital. Voices from the Field - 19 Dec 2012
 
Los migrantes que habitan en el monte Gurugú se agrupan en torno a pequeñas fogatas que utilizan para cocinar, hervir agua para el té y, sobre todo en invierno, conseguir algo de calor. Migrants living in Gourougou Mountain gather together around small bonfires used for cooking, boiling water for tea and, above all in winter, warming up a little. 5.- Les migrants qui vivent sur le mont Gourougou se réunissent autour de petits feux de camp qu’ils allument pour cuisiner, faire bouillir de l’eau pour le thé et, surtout en hiver, pour obtenir un peu de chaleur.
Morocco

Voices from Gourougou

They arrive breathless and drenched in sweat, defeated. They have run up Gourougou Mountain in the pouring rain, some limping. Project Update - 18 Dec 2012
 
"What happened to us since the beginning of the revolution," says the cover. Nermin, a 16-year-old Syrian girl, tells the story of her family running away from the conflict.
Syria

Diary of a family's flight

A large family is staying in a ramshackle house in northern Syria. For half a year, Nermin, her parents, and seven brothers and sisters have been on the run from the conflict, moving from place to place through one of the poorest regions of Syria to escape the fighting. Nermin kept a diary of her family’s flight. This is their story. Voices from the Field - 17 Dec 2012
 
daily life in Mugunga III. *** 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 in North Kivu are facing renewed turmoil

More than 100,000 people are living in extremely poor conditions in the area around Goma. Since mid-November, clashes between the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC’s) armed forces (FARDC) and M23 rebels have resulted in a massive new wave of displacement. The people of North Kivu are very familiar with having to take to the road, as violence has been commonplace in the region for nearly 20 years. Project Update - 17 Dec 2012
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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