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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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The impact of the earthquake on 6 February 2023. Idlib province, Northwestern Syria.
Natural hazards

MSF scales up response after earthquakes hit south Türkiye and northwest Syria

MSF scales up response to support people affected by the earthquakes in south Türkiye and northwest Syria, providing medical care to casualties and essential items to those displaced in the area. Press Release - 6 Feb 2023
 
MSF nurse Aziza Khushal checks Shahisto’s vitals signs in the consultation room on the women's side of the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) hospital in Kandahar city, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.
Afghanistan

Afghans deprived of healthcare by poverty, restrictions and a dysfunctional system

The dysfunctional healthcare system and the broken economy in Afghanistan are depriving people of healthcare. The situation is particularly worrisome for women, due to increased restrictions. Press Release - 6 Feb 2023
 
Marieh, who is a patient in the MSF Kunduz Trauma Centre in Afghanistan, poses for a picture in the hospital’s female inpatient ward. She was injured by her son who accidently shot her in the leg.
Afghanistan

Persistent barriers to access healthcare in Afghanistan: An MSF report

A new report by MSF highlights the impacts of the protracted crisis and economic situation in Afghanistan on access to healthcare. Report - 6 Feb 2023
 
Close-up of an infant lying in an incubator in the neonatal ward of Al Jahmouri Hospital, in Taiz City, Yemen. Since May 2021, MSF together with the Ministry of Health (MoH) have been running the maternal and neonatal services in Al Jamhouri hospital (AJH), in Taiz City. MSF also offers technical support, financial incentives to Ministry of Health staff, medical and logistical supplies to run the maternity unit including services such as caesarean sections, antenatal (ANC) and postnatal care (PNC) for pregnant women, and neonatal unit for new-borns and infants.
Yemen

Giving birth in the face of persistent obstacles in Taiz

Access to vital healthcare services for pregnant women in Taiz, Yemen, remains a challenge due to years of war. Project Update - 1 Feb 2023
 
Haiti MSF Hospital of Tabarre - A pick-up is parked in front of the emergency entrance of the hospital. Wounded patients arrive sometimes on mattresses installed in private cars.
Haiti

MSF forced to suspend activities in Haiti hospital after armed men kill patient

MSF teams have been forced to suspend activities in a supported hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, following the violent incursion of armed men, who subsequently took a patient outside and executed him. Press Release - 27 Jan 2023
 
50-year-old Borow Ali Khamis stands outside their makeshift shelter with his family at the Dagahaley refugee camp. He was a farmer and livestock keeper in Somalia, but has lost everything due to the long drought. “I left Somalia because of the drought after I lost everything. My journey here and my stay now has been fully dependent on people’s kindness. I came with one of my two wives and six children. I left one wife in Somalia as she had younger children as I couldn’t gamble with my whole family.” Borow Ali explains.
Kenya

Donors must respond as situation deteriorates in Dagahaley

The humanitarian crisis in Dagahaley refugee camp, Kenya, is heading for breaking point unless donors and organisations immediately respond to overcrowding, disease outbreaks and urgent humanitarian needs. Press Release - 24 Jan 2023
 
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France

At home: Unaccompanied minors in France

'At home' is a miniseries which explores the adolescence in exile of four young teenagers who have arrived in France after crossing the Mediterranean Sea and their struggle to have their child status recognised by French institutions.

Documentary - 23 Jan 2023
 
Israeli authorities have put extraordinary pressure on residents of Masafer Yatta to leave the area. As well as demolishing people’s homes, they have installed checkpoints, confiscated residents’ vehicles, and enforced curfews and other movement restrictions. These measures, which have intensified in recent months, have severely impacted residents’ freedom of movement, mental health and ability to access basic services, including medical care.
Palestine

MSF urges Israeli authorities to stop plan to evict Palestinian residents

MSF has called on Israeli authorities to stop their plan to evict Palestinians from the villages of Masafer Yatta and immediately cease measures which prevent people from accessing healthcare. Press Release - 19 Jan 2023
 
Médecins Sans Frontières/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF) officially launched medical activities in the equatorial Pacific island nation of Kiribati in October 2022. Our team there, including a paediatrician, midwife and general practitioner, support the Ministry of Health and Medical Services to improve maternal and neonatal health outcomes. Kiribati is among the most climate-vulnerable places on earth. The people of Kiribati (or i-Kiribati)'s fragile situation is threatened by a changing climate. Human health is dependent on the health and sustainability of the environment. Nowhere is this more evident than for people living within the constraints of an island. Seventy-five percent of deaths in the Pacific region are due to NCDs, and NCDs are now recognised as the leading cause of health problems in Kiribati. The rates of diabetes in Kiribati are high and increasing. Diabetes in pregnant women is of particular concern as the condition can be high risk for mums and babies, who require access to secondary (specialist) care for management during labour, delivery, and after birth. MSF’s work in Kiribati aims initially to improve diabetes detection and management and hypertension related to maternal health in the Southern Gilbert Islands, based at Tabiteuea North.
Kiribati

Planetary and public health collide in Kiribati

Kiribati, a group of Pacific islands, is extremely vulnerable to climate change. MSF teams have started working in the country given the challenges people have in accessing healthcare. Project Update - 19 Jan 2023
 
In the three days since an attack on a residential building in central Dnipro killed at least 40 people, teams from international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) have been providing survivors with medical care, psychological first aid and kits of essential relief items. In addition to those killed in the blast, 75 people were injured and around 30 people remain missing.
Ukraine

MSF helps survivors of Dnipro blast

Following the attack on a residential building in central Dnipro, Ukraine, MSF teams have been providing survivors with medical care, psychological first aid and essential relief items. Project Update - 16 Jan 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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