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How we work

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How we're run

Discover our governance and what it means to be an association. Find a quick visual guide to our offices around the world.

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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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The Ikongo district, is often hit by extreme weather conditions and cyclones, further limiting people’s already restricted access to health care.
Madagascar

Malaria on the rise in Madagascar as climate change leaves healthcare out of reach

In Madagascar, climate change - particularly heavy rainy seasons - is contributing to reducing access to health centres for people, leading to a rise in malaria. Project Update - 25 Apr 2024
 
171 people are now safe aboard #GeoBarents after being rescued from 2 nearby boats this morning. Tensions rose during the second rescue when the LCG halted MSF rhibs. After intense negotiations and calls to Norway, Italy and Libya, they withdrew, but not without threats
Mediterranean migration

Charges in case against rescues at sea dropped in Italy

After seven years of false accusations, the Tripani investigation against organisations engaged in seach and rescue operations ended with charges dropped. Press Release - 19 Apr 2024
 
MSF highlights urgent need to care for patients with chronic kidney disease
Guatemala

MSF highlights urgent need to care for patients with chronic kidney disease

Since 2021, MSF has been responding to chronic kidney disease in three municipalities in Guatemala. As the project is closing, we stress the need for health authorities to run renal health programmes across the country. Project Update - 17 Apr 2024
 
Burnt wreckage of MSF office in Buthidaung following increased conflict in the area which has destroyed homes and buildings including the MSF office.
Myanmar

MSF office and pharmacy in Rakhine state destroyed in fire amid ongoing violence

MSF's office and pharmacy have been burned down amidst ongoing violence in northern Rakhine state, Myanmar, which has further hindered our ability to provide medical care. Press Release - 16 Apr 2024
 
A sign at DHQ Hospital in Dera Murad Jamali.
Pakistan

MSF concerned over deportations of Afghans from Pakistan

MSF is deeply concerned for the rights and welfare of Afghans impacted by the latest round of deportations from Pakistan. Statement - 16 Apr 2024
 
MSF’s mobile medical team examine a patient with an eye infection in Hay Khun village. Hay Khun is remote, and as the majority of those living there are subsistence farmers or hunters, few people are available during the day. Because of this, MSF performs most of its medical consultations here in the evening.
Myanmar

Five things to know about the humanitarian crisis in northern Rakhine

Nimrat Kaur, MSF project coordinator in Myanmar, shares insights on the dire humanitarian crisis in the country amidst escalating violence. Interview - 15 Apr 2024
 
"I'm worried about the future of my children." I'm thinking about returning to Abyei so that I could provide an education for my children. But if the war comes to an end I'll return to Khartoum and my house as soon as possible, and my husband will be able to work."
Conflict in Sudan

After a year of war in Sudan, a rapid scale up of response is needed to avoid catastrophe

After a year of war in Sudan, the aid provided to millions of people is a drop in the ocean due to political blockages and a lack of action from the UN and humanitarian organisations. Press Release - 12 Apr 2024
 
Des hommes armés échangent des tirs avec les forces de police dans le quartier de Bel Air à Port-au-Prince.
Haiti

In Port-au-Prince, the “violence is like gangrene, spreading and threatening us all.”

MSF doctor in Haiti, Dr Priscille Cupidon, describes the extreme violence ripping the country's capital apart, and its impact on medical workers. Voices from the Field - 10 Apr 2024
 
MSF International President Dr Christous Christou visits Zalengei Teaching Hospital, in Central Darfur State, Sudan, along with other MSF staff.
Conflict in Sudan

In Sudan, “the needs are growing by the day, but the response is deeply inadequate”

MSF International President Dr Christos Christou outlines the dire situation following nearly a year of war in Sudan, and how we urgently need help in the response. Statement - 8 Apr 2024
 
MSF team examines the scale of the destruction after the recent attack. MSF office is completely destroyed.
War in Ukraine

MSF condemns missile attack which destroys office, injures staff in Donetsk

MSF strongly condemns the missile attack on our office in Pokrovsk, Donetsk oblast Ukraine, on 5 April, which destroyed the building and injured a staff member. Press Release - 5 Apr 2024
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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