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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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Ebola disease in DRC: find out how we're responding
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MFS cars next to Kajo Keji airstrip.
South Sudan

MSF concerned for unaccounted staff in Lankien and Pieri, South Sudan

MSF is concerned for the 26 staff members who we have not had contact with since an escalation of violence in Lankien and Pieri, Jonglei state, South Sudan. Press Release - 2 Mar 2026
 
A view of the camp in the vicinity of MSF clinic
Syria

After years of detention former Al Hol residents face uncertain future

MSF is concerned about the sudden closure of Al Hol detention camp in northeastern Syria. People who have been relocated from Al Hol must have uninterrupted access to essential healthcare. Press Release - 27 Feb 2026
 
Person holding a pill
Sleeping sickness

DNDi receives approval for acoziborole to treat sleeping sickness

Acoziborole, which can cure people of sleeping sickness with a one-dose oral pill that’s safe and effective, has received approval from the European Medicines Agency. DNDi.org - 27 Feb 2026
 
Dr. Khaled Al-Shawwa is performing a minor surgery at the MSF clinic in Gaza City.
Gaza-Israel war

Huge influx of aid urgently needed amid catastrophic conditions in Gaza

Despite the 1 March 2026 deadline for 37 NGOs to leave Palestine, MSF is committed to remaining to provide assistance. Press Release - 27 Feb 2026
 
MSF Health Promoters Jorge Francisco Matias and Sinae Mussa talk to a woman during a home visit in Lianda displacement camp, Mueda District. MSF team of Health Promoters visit regularly this and other shelters to follow up on the health status of identified patients and, if needed, refer them to the nearest health centre or hospital.
Mozambique

MSF winds down operations in Mueda following transition to local health authorities

For four years, MSF provided care to displaced and host communities in Mueda, a district of Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique. Project Update - 26 Feb 2026
 
Laura Leyser as Austrian GD at a media stunt to bring attention to the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza. Together with another organization, Caritas Austria, we addressed the Austrian Minister of foreign affairs to act and protect civilians and medical and humanitarian actors in Gaza.
About MSF

Laura Leyser appointed new MSF International Secretary General

MSF International has appointed former MSF Austria General Director Laura Leyser as the new Secretary General, effective 1 March 2026. Press Release - 25 Feb 2026
 
MSF flag blowing in the wind at Aweil project base.
Conflict in Sudan

Sudan: MSF treats around 170 people for drone injuries in two weeks after strikes hit civilian areas

MSF teams are treating people who have been injured by drone strikes in Sudan. Press Release - 19 Feb 2026
 
A child entering the MSF truck carrying the X-ray machine for his scan. At these chest camps, MSF teams offer free TB screening, bringing X-rays and medical consultations closer to where people live, reaching those who might not otherwise visit a health facility, and supporting TB case finding.
TACTiC – Test, Avoid, Cure Tuberculosis in Children

Near point-of-care tests for tuberculosis

Our latest report from the TACTiC project provides details on near point-of-care tests for tuberculosis. Report - 19 Feb 2026
 
“We spent several months in the basement, without light or food supplies. It was very damp there and Vanya developed a bad cough. Before leaving, we didn't even go into the house. We had our documents with us, so we just grabbed a backpack and left,” recalls Yuliia Murashkina. Her family occupies two rooms in a shelter in Dnipro. Yuliia and her son, 12-year-old Vanya, live in one room. In the next room is Yuliia's 17-year-old daughter Kateryna and her children, 3-year-old Sasha and 2-month-old Damir. Yuliia first left her home because of the war in 2014, when Vanya was not yet one. "I only had his rompers and a bottle of food with me. So when I had to flee for the second time in 2022, I wasn't worried about my belongings. I was only afraid that we wouldn't make it, because the previous evacuation bus had been attacked."
Ukraine

What four years of full-scale war has taken from people in Ukraine

The war in Ukraine has forced people from their homes and destroyed hospitals. MSF is providing medical and psychological care across Ukraine, including near frontlines. Project Update - 19 Feb 2026
 
An MSF team visits Aday Ababa Health Center. MSF has supported capacity building, rehabilitation of the facility, and WASH infrastructure and support.
Ethiopia

MSF establishes a new project in Southwest Ethiopia Region

We have begun a new project in Southwest Ethiopia Region, Ethiopia, to strengthen disease outbreak response. Project Update - 12 Feb 2026
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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