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How we work

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How we're run

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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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In Congo's rainforest, MSF cured 15.000 pygmies affected by Yaws, a neglected disease, in 3 months (Sept - Oct 2012) using a new therapeutic regime (single dose oral antibiotic) Yaws is a neglected tropical disease caused by a bacterium that affects the skin, bone and cartilage. Lack of resources, it has never been completely eradicated. Humans are the only reservoir of this bacterial infection. A recent discovery that a single-dose of azithromycin (given orally) can cure the disease has raised the prospects of eradicating yaws altogether. It affects many isolated communities whose populations Congo Pigmy North, away from the health care system. MSF-Epicentre with OCP decided to launch a universal treatment with azithromycin that can eradicate this illness among Aboriginal people (Pygmies) in the Bétou and Enyellé districts. During two months (in september and october 2012), three MSF teams have traveled on the Ubangi River, which separates the two Congos and trails through the rainforest. A real human and logistical challenge to achieve these Pygmy communities in their villages in the rainy season because it is the only time during which they are sedentary.
Africa

Republic of Congo

MSF first worked in Congo in 1997 and closed its projects in 2013. Country
 
One month after Cyclone Mocha hit parts of Myanmar, MSF staff are still witnessing damage caused by the storm in many areas of Rakhine state.
Asia & Pacific

Myanmar

We work with the Myanmar Ministry of Health to provide care for HIV and TB patients, primary healthcare, and vaccinations. Country
 
MSF health promoter, Beatrice Turay, standing in front of community members in Rogbereka village, Tonkolili district, holding a vaccination card for children under the age of five and discussing about the importance of vaccination, the various vaccines available for children and how mothers and caregivers can access them.
Africa

Sierra Leone

In Sierra Leone, we work to reduce high maternal and child mortality rates. Country
 
MSF gynecologist following up on a patient in the maternity ward for women having given birth through a C-section, Klouékanmè Hospital. Dr Dieudonné has been on assignement at the Klouékanmè Hospital since October 2023. He supports the medical team, provides training in obstetrical care and helps organize the department.
Africa

Benin

Learn about MSF's activities in Benin. Country
 
A mother watches her child, who she just brought to the CTC in Katana is examined by MSF nurses for cholera symptoms.

International Activity Report 2017

Treating the wounded and responding to basic health needs, malnutrition and outbreaks of infectious disease, in 2017 Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) provided lifesaving care to those caught up in conflict as health systems collapsed and living conditions deteriorated. Annual Report - 24 Jul 2018
 
Rann during the rainy season.
In Focus

Lake Chad Crisis

Armed conflict has forced over 2.5 million people to flee their homes across the Lake Chad Basin. Violence and multiple forced displacement have destroyed what ability people had to support themselves, with many dependent on humanitarian assistance. Topic
 
A simple tent is used a consultation room. The patients have to wait outside. The war between Ethiopia and Eritrea made estimated 300.000 people to IDPs, a lot of them where in small camps in the mountains between Senafe and Adi Kai. A lack of clean water and big needs regarding Non Food Items were the biggest problems. So an MSF Team with a doctor or a nurse and a logistician went together with two translators, two donkey drivers and 4 donkeys in the mountains to visit 6 different IDP-camps and returned after 10 days.
Africa

Eritrea

MSF opened its first mission in Eritrea in April 2000, in response to the growing risk of hunger and renewed conflict between Eritrea and its southern neighbor and former ally, Ethiopia. Country
 
Achan arrived by ambulance after being bitten by a snake. It happened at night when Achan had gone to fetch water. She was attacked by a snake on her way. She was immediately taken to intensive care at the hospital in Abyei supported by Médecins Sans Frontières. She underwent surgery to remove necrotic tissue and was given an antidote. “The snake was very poisonous because shortly after the bite I felt itching and began to swell”. The woman has two children, one of whom came to the hospital with her because she is still breastfeeding. Achan’s mother also came with her. “I didn't see the snake because it was dark, but from the pain I immediately realised that it couldn't have been a common insect”.
Medical activities

Snakebite

Snakebite is a hidden health crisis. Every year, bites from venomous snakes make up to 2.7 million people sick, nearly 140,000 people die, and a further 400,000 people can be left disfigured and/or disabled.​ Topic
 
MSF response to flooding in Zimbabwe after the flooding that affected Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi in Southern Africa.
In Focus

Cyclone Idai & Southern Africa flooding

A weather system that produced heavy rains flooded parts of Malawi in early March 2019, before developing into Cyclone Idai which struck Mozambique and Zimbabwe on 14-16 March 2019, causing widespread flooding and damage. Topic
 
MSF Hospital in Mocha - Rehabilitation session. Ali, 18, is doing re-education sessions twice a week at the MSF hospital in Mocha. He was injured in the explosion of a mine while he was in the fields of Mawza, east of Mocha. Hôpital MSF de Mocha - Séance de réeducation. Ali, 18 ans, fait des séances de rééducation deux fois par semaine à l’hôpital MSF de Mocha. Il a été blessé dans l'explosion d'une mine alors qu'il était dans les champs de Mawza, à l'est de Mocha.

International Activity Report 2018

Read MSF's comprehensive report of medical activities in 74 countries around the world in 2018, together with feature articles, facts and figures. Annual Report - 10 Jul 2019
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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