MSF first worked in Ecuador in 1996; after providing mental health support following two earthquakes in 2016, MSF teams supported the COVID-19 response in 2020. Country

Middle East & North Africa

Egypt

Egypt is a key transit and destination country for African and Middle Eastern refugees and migrants, many of whom have been subjected to violence or persecution in their countries. Country

2020. One of MSF's pre-hospital teams attends to a traffic accident on a main street in the municipality of Soyapango. Since 2018, MSF has provided 24/7 medical emergency care free of charge and confidentially for the entire municipality of Soyapango. In 2019, it was expanded to the municipality of Ilopango.

The Americas

El Salvador

MSF has worked in El Salvador to provide healthcare to communities affected by growing violence and insecurity and to respond to outbreaks such as COVID-19. Country

MSF provides clean water to Aby Aday IDP camp in Sheraro, Tigray. MSF re-started activities in Tigray in November 2022. Water and sanitation activities are a key priority to prevent the spreading of water borne diseases. In Sheraro, MSF team are trucking up to 1.4 million litres of water to serve six IDP camps every day.

Africa

Ethiopia

In Ethiopia, we fill gaps in healthcare and respond to emergencies such as cholera and measles outbreaks. Country

MSF apporte un soutien médical, psychologique et social aux mineurs non accompagnés en transit à Calais.

Europe & Central Asia

France

In Paris, northern France, and at the borders with Italy and Spain, migrants and refugees encounter policies and practices aimed at preventing them from settling or claiming their rights. Country

Georgia. 2017. Abastumani TB Hospital. MSF team and local nurses discussing TB patients.

Europe & Central Asia

MSF began working in Georgia in 1993 to deliver healthcare to people affected by internal displacement and conflict, before providing treatment to people with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Country

Psychosocial group session “How to deal with stress” in the first reception center in Schweinfurt with Salah Al-Hamada and Parisa Zare Moayedi; participants from Afghanistan

Europe & Central Asia

Germany

MSF worked in Germany in 2017 to introduce a system of peer counselling for asylum seekers as part of a pilot project handed over to St Josef hospital in Schweinfurt, Bavaria. Country

MSF team providing medical and psychological first aid to a man who has just arrived on a remote beach in Samos. The man is sitting on the ground, catching his breath, while the doctor is examining him. Since 2021, MSF teams on Samos provide emergency medical aid to people who arrive on the island by boat. Our support consists of medical and psychological first aid, including referrals to hospital by ambulance. Horizontal shot.

Europe & Central Asia

Greece

Learn about MSF projects in Greece, where migrants and refugees who have arrived in search of safety or to reach other destinations in Europe, find themselves stranded indefinitely. Country

To identify chronic kidney disease of non-traditional origin (CKDnt), also called as Mesoamerican endemic Nephropathy (MeN), MSF provides screening (rapid and laboratory tests), diagnostics and direct medical attention to the population in the communities and health centers in the municipalities of La Gomera, La Democracia and Sipacate. The services are aimed at people exposed to risk factors, such as sugar cane workers and populations living near the plantations.

The Americas

Guatemala

MSF closed our project for migrants in June 2025, after nearly four years of providing care to people on the move. Country

Cisse, a health promoter, carries buckets with kits given to every patient who comes to receive treatment for diphtheria from the logistics tent set up on the ground of the Centre de Traitement Epidemiologique to the waiting area where patients are at the center in Siguiri, Guinea. The kit was made to allow them to spend five days there and to easily clean and dispose of it, as necessary. MSF has helped treat over 2100 patients as of Jan. 4, 2024, and has been responding to a diphtheria outbreak in the region since mid-August, the likes of which has not been seen in the country for the last 30 years.

Africa

Guinea

In Guinea, MSF teams provide support to people living with HIV and the health needs of children at a community level. Country

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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Egypt

El Salvador

Ethiopia

France

Georgia

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Greece

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Independent medical humanitarian assistance

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79%

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