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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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2094 Results
 
She’s standing there with her bare feet in the mud. She’s gently carrying her last granddaughter in her arms. The little one suffers from a severe disability. Nantiek is tired but she speaks with confidence and strong words. She’s been through so much difficulty since her, and her family fled from their village next to Leer, around 120 km away.
South Sudan

Grandma Nantiek in Bentiu Protection of Civilians camp

“Our house was looted, our cattle were looted, we had to flee, and we couldn’t stay. We left everything behind,” says Nantiek, repeating the story of hundreds of families. Voices from the Field - 19 Sep 2016
 
Since French authorities demolished the southern half of the Jungle camp in March this year, living conditions in the northern half have become very cramped. People are fighting for space, with 1,000 new arrivals in the past month alone, local NGOs have counted, including 142 minors which makes a total of 700 minors in the Jungle now.
France

Migrants fears pile up as pressure on Jungle camp builds

Project Update - 19 Sep 2016
 
Somali refugees in Dadaab refugee camp carry their sick and malnourished children to a new feeding center run by MSF at the outskirts of the sprawling refugee camp.
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Reality Check: UN High-Level Meeting on Refugees and Migrants

MSF urges world leaders not to turn a blind eye on the suffering faced by millions of refugees and migrants around the globe. Report - 19 Sep 2016
 
The MSF mobile clinic parked in one of the IDP camps of Habbaniyah Tourist City in the Amariyat al-Fallujah area around 30 kilometers away from Fallujah. At some point in the not so distant past, Habbaniyah, which nestles the big Lake Habbaniyah, was tipped to become a top tourist attraction outside Baghdad. Nowadays, the city’s 300 plus-room hotel has been used by IDP families fleeing the violence in Fallujah and Ramadi; Lake Habbaniyah that serves as the main water reservoir is also the place where all the sewage is dumped. In July 2016, MSF’s mobile clinic has conducted a total of 1921 consultations in IDP camps the Amriyat al-Fallujah area. Morbidities include: upper respiratory tract infections, urinary tract infections and gastric disorders.
Iraq

MSF operations in Iraq

MSF continues to expand its operations in deeply affected areas of Iraq, such as Anbar province, in order to provide essential medical care to the most vulnerable. Photo Story - 16 Sep 2016
 
Abs hospital, in Hajjah governorate, northwestern Yemen, was hit by an airstrike in the afternoon of August 15 at 3.45pm local time, killing at least 14 people and injuring at least 19. The blast immediately killed nine people, including an MSF staff member. Two patients died while being transferred to Al Jamhouri hospital. Five patients remain hospitalised. Abs hospital, supported by MSF since July 2015, was partially destroyed. All remaining patients and staff have been evacuated. The location of the hospital was well known, and the hospital’s GPS coordinates were repeatedly shared with all parties to the conflict, including the Saudi-led coalition.
Yemen

As armed conflict intensifies once again, seeking medical care is dangerous

Project Update - 15 Sep 2016
 
MSF Medical team leader, Crystal Vanleeuwen in front of the outpatient department in Al-Thawra hospital in the besieged area of Taiz. A siege has been imposed on the city by Houthis since late August 2015. MSF was not able to enter medical aid into the enclave area for five months. Only on January 16th, MSF got the authorization and delivered medical aid to Al-Thawra hospital inside the enclave area.
Yemen

Healthcare at breaking point

"In the public hospitals that are still functioning in Yemen, beds are full – those people who are able come from all over the country to access what medical care is available," says Crystal van Leeuwen, an MSF nurse. "For others, all that remains are private clinics that, in the current economic crisis, people can barely afford." Voices from the Field - 9 Sep 2016
 
Since the closure of the Jordan/Syria borders on 21 June, war-wounded Syrians have been systematically denied entry through Jordan’s northwestern borders to Ramtha hospital, where MSF runs an emergency trauma surgical project to treat those injured in the ongoing conflict in Syria. What was once a busy hospital has been left with very few patients, yet MSF operations continue at same speed to attend to the medical needs of war-wounded Syrians.
Jordan

You are so close, yet so very far because you are unable to reach those in need

By Hardik Vyas, otherwise known as “Tonny”, a surgeon at MSF’s Ramtha emergency surgical project Voices from the Field - 9 Sep 2016
 
Mustafa is a volunteer in one of MSF supported hospitals in the city of Aleppo
Syria

We cannot go and leave our people behind; we do not have the right to leave them alone

Mustafa Karaman volunteers as a physiotherapist in one of the only eight functional hospitals in east Aleppo, where 250,000 people are now living under siege and constant bombing, and medical staff like Mustafa are fighting a daily struggle to care for the sick and the wounded. Voices from the Field - 9 Sep 2016
 
Damage inside and outside the MSF-supported Al Daqaq hospital after two bombings occured nearby.
Syria

We are under attack almost every day; life has become almost impossible

Project Update - 9 Sep 2016
 
There are an estimated 15,000 people in Bama camp – most of these people are women and children under the age of five. People are living inside a camp surrounded by the Nigerian army. Boko Haram fighters are stationed a few killometres away from Bama camp, the town is empty, and it is like a ghost town. The only people who remain in Bama are inside the camp. We returned to Bama on August 17th to carry out our emergency response. We reached a total number of 3,293 children under the age of five. We treated 513 malnourished children (4.2% have severe malnutrition and 10.9% have moderate malnutrition). Our operational aim was to reduce morbidity and mortality among children under the age of five by providing treatment and food for one month. We took Non Food Items (mosquito nets, soap), therapeutic food for malnourished children (plumpy nut) and a food blanket ration targeting malnourished children’s household (oil, emergency food, rations and beans). We started our distribution at 7am and there were people as far we could see. There were lines and lines of women and children. We screened the children for malnutrition as we distributed the items. Our operation strategy is to return to Bama every month for the next two months. There is an Outpatient clinic run by the Ministry of Health and UNICEF but very few patients go to the clinic because there are not enough medicines there. In addition the Nigerian Air Force opened few days ago an hospital in front of the camp’s entrance. Most people in the camp live in make shift corrugated iron shelters – with sheets of metal not offering much protection against the rain or elements. Now some people have plastic sheeting on their shelters and tents but there are no windows so it’s very hot inside these shelters and they’re not sustainable. There is also an issue around water. There isn’t enough water for the number of people in the camp. here is nine bore holes in the camp and only seven are functioning, this is not covering the needs of the 15,000 people in the camp.
Nigeria

Malnutrition is the biggest problem in Bama

Interview with MSF project coordinator Hakim Khaldi Voices from the Field - 7 Sep 2016
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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