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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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40-year-old Erogen Labarach in the MSF hospital in Pibor. "The bullet entered my leg, and then came out the other side. The place where I was shot was along the Kengen river. I have now been here for three weeks. At first I tried to bind my leg on my own. But when I came here the doctor, she cleaned everything and she dressed my leg properly, as you see it now. And they gave me medicines too." Full testimony available from OCB Cell 3 comms officer... Jonglei State in South Sudan is in the grip of a cycle of extremely violent inter-communal fighting. Since 2008 MSF has witnessed in increase in intensity of the generations-old cattle-rustling between communities of different ethnicity. Over Christmas and New Year of 2011 a particularly violent attack in the area around Pibor and the outreach location of Lekwongole village displaced tens of thousands and left Lekwongole and some surrounding villages razed to the ground. MSF's hospital in Pibor was looted and the clinic in Lekwongole was largely destroyed. MSF treated 108 trauma victims in the following weeks, many women and children with gunshot wounds. But the consequences of fear and displacement in the bush continued long after, with malaria and malnutrition at very high levels in MSF's hospital.
South Sudan

90,000 deprived of care due to violence

Escalating violence has forced MSF to suspend medical services in two out of three of its facilities in Pibor county in Jonglei state, South Sudan, leaving up to 90,000 people deprived of essential medical care. Due to the insecurity, the populations of Lekwongole and Gumuruk, including all MSF staff and their families, have fled their homes to seek refuge in the bush. Project Update - 1 Oct 2012
 
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Kenya

Médecins Sans Frontières calls for immediate action

This week, government leaders gather in Geneva for the 63rd UNHCR Executive Committee meeting, while in Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee camp, Somali refugees continue to live in extreme conditions and fear. MSF urges States Parties to the Refugee Convention to engage with the host Government of Kenya and UNHCR to fulfil their responsibilities towards the refugees. Press Release - 1 Oct 2012
 
MSF staff distributing Plumpy Nut, or Eezee Paste, a nutritious paste for malnourished children. Ambulatory Therapeutic Feeding program at the hospital MSF runs in Galcayo South.
Somalia

Kismayo patients forced to flee fighting

The last children under treatment for severe malnutrition today left the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) feeding centre in the southern Somali city of Kismayo as parents fear the impact of imminent fighting on the city. Press Release - 28 Sep 2012
 
September 2012, MSF medical staff care for a war-wounded patient in Pinga, North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo

Aid workers flee conflict in North Kivu

The conflict in the east of DRC has worsened to such an extent that Congolese staff working for MSF in North Kivu province now fear for their safety. Most of the Congolese health workers and support staff employed by MSF in Pinga have fled following active fighting between armed groups in the area. People now no longer have access to critical medical services. Press Release - 27 Sep 2012
 
July 2012, in the health zone of Bouna, disctrict of Moïssala, Chad. For the first time, MSF is rolling out a large-scale in-situ strategy for the preventive treatment of malaria, called seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC), in a pilot projects in Chad. Antimalarial treatments have been administered to some 10,000 children aged between 3 months and 5 years old. MSF teams saw a drop fluctuating between 72% and 86% in the number of simple malaria cases.
Malaria

'We may have found a real arm to fight malaria' in Mali and Chad

Since July, MSF has been employing seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) for the first time in two Sahelian countries. The initial results are encouraging. Dr Estrella Lasry, malaria specialist at MSF, reflects on the different aspects and future prospects of this strategy. Voices from the Field - 24 Sep 2012
 
August 2012, in the village of Karangasso, district of Koutiala, Mali. For the first time, MSF is rolling out a large-scale in-situ strategy for the preventive treatment of malaria, called seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC), in a pilot projects in Mali. Antimalarial treatments have been administered to some 165,000 children aged between 3 months and 5 years old. The initial results are highly encouraging, with a 65% drop in the number of malaria cases. Furthermore, the number of malaria-associated hospitalisations plummeted from 228 to 70 per week.
Malaria

A novel prevention programme has dramatically reduced malaria cases in Mali and Chad

A large-scale malaria prevention programme appears to be drastically reducing the number of new cases of the disease among young children during the peak transmission season. Preliminary results from the programme, known as seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) show that the number of cases of simple malaria dropped by 65 per cent in the intervention area in Mali, and by up to 86 per cent in Chad. Press Release - 24 Sep 2012
 
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Sleeping sickness

A new approach to tackle sleeping sickness

One small team, one big goal Project Update - 24 Sep 2012
 
When 12.000 refugees were eventually transferred to Bambasi in July, nearly a quarter of the children under 5 suffered from acute malnutrition. Other refugees would have chosen to return to Sudan.<br/> After vaccinated the children against measles, MSF opened a treatment center for malnutrition in Bambasi camp and distributes nutritional supplements to the most vulnerable until the situation stabilizes. *** Local Caption *** For over a year, nearly 40,000 Sudanese have fled the bombing of the Sudanese army in Blue Nile region to seek refuge in Ethiopia. About 18,000 of them lived in the camp of Ad-Amazin, about twenty kilometers from the border. End of April 2012, the Ethiopian authorities decided to close the camp, which was considered too close to Sudan, and move the refugees to a new site located near Bambasi in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, with a capacity of 20,000 people and more than hundred kilometers from the Sudanese border. Humanitarian assistance, particularly food distribution and health care, has been interrupted end of April 2012 by the Ethiopian authorities for more than 2 months following violent protests by the refugees who refused to leave Ad Amazin, where they were exploiting gold.
Ethiopia

MSF assists aid-deprived Sudanese refugees

More than 2,000 white tents line the green hills near the village of Bambasi, in western Ethiopia. Since July, they have been home to 12,000 Sudanese refugees who fled their homeland and are now taking sanctuary from conflict in a camp established by the Ethiopian authorities and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Project Update - 20 Sep 2012
 
Le 26 juin 2012. Yida, Soudan du sud. Camp de refugies de Yida. // PHOTOS : V. WARTNER/20 MINUTES.<br/>South Sudan, Yida refugee camp.
South Sudan

Making progress in Yida camp

The work of MSF in Yida camp is proving effective. Mortality rates in the camp have been brought down. However, living conditions remain a concern, as does the high prevalence of disease. The main causes of mortality have not changed since early July when the situation reached a critical threshold. André Heller, MSF's head of mission in South Sudan, explains why. Voices from the Field - 18 Sep 2012
 
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Bahrain

MSF International President meets Bahrain delegation in Geneva

The International President of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Dr Unni Karunakara, met yesterday with a Bahraini parliamentary delegation that included the Minister of Human Rights, Dr Salah Bin Ali Abdularahman. Statement - 18 Sep 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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