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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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Refugees look through a fence during a rain storm as they wait to be registred at the Moria Reception Centre on Lesbos island.
Greece

As a doctor, I feel outraged

"I’m afraid that European citizens do not know what kind of outrageous deal their states have signed in their behalf. If they knew, they would feel ashamed, sick, angry and betrayed, just like I do," says Federica Zamatto, MSF Medical Coordinator for Migration Programmes. Voices from the Field - 15 Apr 2016
 
A mother and her child in the Cholera treatment Unit (CTU) of Bweru. The baby is receiving treatment.
Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF to resume medical humanitarian assistance in the Mweso health zone after 4 months absence

MSF is set to resume medical humanitarian activities in Mweso, four months after armed men attacked a convoy and abducted two of our staff members, forcing us to close our projects in the area. Press Release - 15 Apr 2016
 
Nora Abdullah, 28 year-old from Gaza: ‘’I was preparing breakfast in the kitchen, and all of a sudden, a shell came through the window and exploded. My husband passed away immediately, and I got severely injured in my lower jaw. Luckily, none of my three daughters was hurt . The Gaza war taught us that the price of preparing a breakfast meal can prove to be very costly; we are surrounded by danger every single second.’’ Said Nora.
Jordan

Patients testimonies from the reconstructive surgery hospital in Amman

Project Update - 14 Apr 2016
 
In January and February MSF teams were able to send 50 trucks with approximately 550 tons of drugs, medical material, shelters and non-food items to supported medical facilities and displacement camps in Aleppo citiy and its northern coutryside.
Syria

Despite cease fire catalogue of horror continues in besieged areas

Although the cease-fire and the humanitarian convoys have contributed to a decrease in humanitarian consequences of the conflict, the situation remains critical in many besieged areas. “The catalogue of horror continues virtually unabated in many besieged areas,” says Dr Bart Janssens, MSF Director of Operations. Project Update - 7 Apr 2016
 
Bullet casings were found throughout the MSF medical centre, which was extensively looting during and after fighting in Pibor, South Sudan from Feb 23-25, 2016. Life-saving medicines, medical equipement and essential records were strewn everywhere while cabinets and shelves were tossed and emptied in a whirlwind of theft and disrespect for medical care.
South Sudan

MSF issues open letter on nationwide lack of essential medicines

“The conflict in South Sudan has now continued for over two years, heavily impacting its population,” Dr. Liu wrote, calling the worsening drug shortages “an additional and preventable medical emergency.” Statement - 7 Apr 2016
 
An interior view of the MSF Trauma Centre, 14 October 2015, shows a missile hole in the wall and the burnt-out remians of the the building aftera sustained attack on the facility in Kunduz, northern Afghanistan..
Kunduz hospital attack

This is my story

Voices from the Field - 3 Apr 2016
 
Interior of the Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, destroyed on the 3rd October 2016 in a sustained bombing attack by the US airforce on the facility.
Kunduz hospital attack

Kunduz: 6 months later

On 3 October 2015, MSF’s trauma hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, was destroyed by precise and repeated U.S. airstrikes. The attack killed 42 people, including 14 MSF staff members, 24 patients and four caretakers, and wounded dozens more. The facility was a fully functioning hospital at the time of the attack and was therefore protected under International Humanitarian Law. Project Update - 3 Apr 2016
 
A young patient, whose leg was severly damaged when struck by shrapnel from a mortar, is visited by his father at Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Kunduz Trauma Centre where free treatment is provided to patients regardless of their political affiliation (ie. the side on which the fight in the war between the armed opposition group and Government forces) . MSF’s trauma centre is the only facility of its kind in the whole north-eastern region of Afghanistan providing high level life- and limb-saving trauma care. MSF opened Kunduz Trauma Centre in August 2011 to provide high quality, free medical and surgical care to victims of trauma such as traffic accidents, as well as those with conflict related injuries from bomb blasts or gunshots.
Kunduz hospital attack

What has been lost

Voices from the Field - 3 Apr 2016
 
An MSF medical staff performs a paracheck rapid malaria test for a sick child in the UN compound in Pibor South Sudan. Over 2000 people are seeking shelter in conditions that fall way short of minimum humanitarian standards in an emergency setting. The majority of patients treated are under five years of age, suffering from malaria, respiratory tract infections and diarrhea.  MSF is the only provider of medical care in the camp
South Sudan

Activity Update, March 2016

MSF condemns the outrageous violence in the Malakal Protec­tion of Civilians site on February 17 and 18, which claimed the lives of 19 people, including two MSF staff. MSF employs more than 3,000 South Sudanese staff and 330 international staff to respond to a wide range of medical emergencies and provide free and high quality healthcare to people in need in 17 project loca­tions across the country. Crisis Update - 1 Apr 2016
 
MSF clinic in Gari Wanzam where thousands of newly displaced people from Bosso district have have sought refuge in the last days.
Lake Chad Crisis

Testimony of Falmatou, a Nigerian refugee in Niger

Falmatou lives alone with her eight children in a refugee camp in southern Niger after having fled her village in northern Nigeria, during a violent attack by ISWAP (Boko Haram). Voices from the Field - 31 Mar 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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