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How we work

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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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On December 4, at nightfall, the MSF team conducted the first rescue of rotation 20. 74 people were on board of an overcrowded rubber boat in distress in international waters off the Libyan coast. Everyone arrived safely aboard Geo Barents despite being weak after spending 15 hours at sea amid adverse weather conditions.
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

EU leaders continue to push through deadly policies for migrants

We call on the EU to put the protection of human lives first and to provide humane and dignified treatment to people seeking safety. Project Update - 12 May 2023
 
Dalila, 29, and her six-month-old daughter, Blandina, are living at the “Senda de Vida” migrant shelter in Reynosa, Mexico. Dalila left Haiti in 2017 and spent over four years in Chile until she and her husband decided to seek safety and dignity in the United States. Dalila was pregnant as they traveled through several countries, and she gave birth to Blandina when they crossed the border into southern Mexico.
Central American migration

End of Title 42 will not end crisis for migrants

Despite the end of Title 42, which allowed the expulsion of migrants seeking protection in the US, obstacles continue for people seeking asylum at the southern border, putting their health at risk. Press Release - 12 May 2023
 
Heavy wind and rain have destroyed a number of shelters across Umm Rakouba and Tanideba. These storms also ruined peoples stored food and caused flooding of or destruction of latrines. The poor sanitation and hygiene conditions in the camps are leading to an increase in cases of diarrhea, as well as an outbreak of hepatitis e, which is spread through contaminated food or water.
Conflict in Sudan

Refugees seeking safety in Sudan trapped in another stream of violence

Since the conflict erupted in Sudan on 15 April, hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced along with the millions of refugees already living in vulnerable conditions in the country, many of whom are in need of medical assistance. Project Update - 11 May 2023
 
A passenger boat travelling between North and South Tarawa.
Kiribati

People in Kiribati threatened by climate crisis and multiple health threats

Our teams are providing much-needed healthcare in Kiribati - one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change and where people face multiple health threats. Project Update - 10 May 2023
 
The mobile clinic team receives a briefing from MSF project coordinator Diana Manilla Arroyo and MSF medical referent Roger Ngueremi in front of the MSF office located in Delmas 48 before leaving to Bel Air, a neighborhood located in the center of Port-au-Prince. The team brainstorms about the priorities of the day, security updates and potential challenges.
Haiti

People trapped by violence in need of medical assistance

People in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, are trapped in their neighbourhoods by ongoing violence. We are running mobile clinics to bring healthcare services closer to those affected by the current humanitarian crisis. Project Update - 10 May 2023
 
Aerial view of the Bulengo IDP site on the outskirts of Goma city, North Kivu. MSF is providing free medical assistance and clean water to more than 7,000 households that have taken refuge there since 2023 following armed clashes in and around the Mweso health zone. The organization is also building 200 latrines, 120 of which are already functional
Democratic Republic of Congo

Alarming numbers of sexual violence victims in camps around Goma

Our teams are treating an alarming number of sexual violence victims in camps around Goma, DRC. Living conditions in camps must be improved and protection measures must be put in place. Press Release - 9 May 2023
 
MSF staff members bring belongings of the patients evacuated from Kharkiv city, eastern Ukraine, to a bus that will drive them to hospitals in Kyiv.
Ukraine

One year of emergency healthcare in war-torn Kharkiv 

MSF teams continue to support people living in the Kharkiv region who have been cut off from healthcare by providing general healthcare and mental health support. Project Update - 8 May 2023
 
Mothers in line waiting for their BP-5 boxes
Burkina Faso

Severe humanitarian crisis persists for people living under blockade in Djibo

People in Djibo, Burkina Faso, have been living under blockade for over a year, largely cut off from food and aid. Our teams are responding by providing healthcare, distributing food, and rehabilitating water points in the town. Project Update - 5 May 2023
 
Mahmud, a resident of Al- Markez gathering, Masafer Yatta. He says: "My name is Mahmud Ali Najajreh. I was born here, and I live in this area. I have lived in this area since the day my mother gave birth to me in 1956. When the Occupation came in 1967, we stayed here. We got the first notices that our home was to be demolished in 2011. We appealed to the court through a lawyer, and between 2011 and 2017, they did not demolish anything. One day in 2017, they came and demolished the house without warning. In 2017, they demolished four rooms and two bathrooms. In December 2021, they demolished five rooms and three bathrooms. On 11 May 2022, they demolished five rooms, three bathrooms and three caravans".
Palestine

Forced from home: The daily struggle in Masafer Yatta

Forced from Home is a documentary highlighting the daily suffering of Palestinians in Masafer Yatta who have been facing expulsion threats and demolition orders for decades. Documentary - 4 May 2023
 
El Fasher: 2 weeks since the beginning of the clashes
Sudan

Severe medical needs persist amidst conflict in Sudan

Dr Khalid Elsheikh Ahmedana, MSF medical coordinator in Khartoum speaks about the situation on the ground amidst the ongoing conflict in Sudan. Voices from the Field - 4 May 2023
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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