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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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Access Campaign

We set up the MSF Access Campaign in 1999 to push 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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20230206 Earthquake, Idlib, Northwestern Syria

Türkiye and Syria earthquake response

The impact of the earthquake on 6 February 2023. Idlib province, northwest Syria.
© Omar Haj Kadour

Note 30 April 2024: This page is no longer being updated. Our response through our partners in Türkiye has ended in May 2023, while we integrated our response in Syria into our regular projects.

Two powerful earthquakes, and a number of often strong aftershocks, hit the region of southern Türkiye and northwestern Syria on 6 February 2023.

Our teams swung into action to respond in Syria within hours, and in the days after in Türkiye, working through local partners. In the days and weeks after the earthquakes, we provided medical care and the first of essential items, including blankets, and hygiene and cooking kits, to people who had been displaced in both countries.

Our response evolved in the months after, when we improved water and sanitation services, reconstructed damaged health facilities and provided mental health care to people traumatised by the events and by the losses they had experienced. Our response through our partners in Türkiye finished at the end of May; in Syria, six months after the quakes, we integrated any ongoing response into our regular projects. 

MSF response to the earthquakes in Syria and Türkiye

198,477

198,477

Consultations in mobile clinics and health facilities in Syria

110,835

110,835

relief items distributed in Syria

8,026

8,026

Mental health consultations in Syria

10,100

10,1

people received psychosocial support in Türkiye

38,154

38,154

Hygiene kits distributed in Türkiye

96.6

96.6

tons of fruits and vegetables distributed in Türkiye
 
MSF medical activities in northwest Syria
Syria

Syrians suffer from more funding cuts despite severe medical needs

Press Release 24 May 2024
 
Earthquake Northwestern Syria, 7 February 2023
Türkiye and Syria earthquake response

One year after earthquake, mental scars are still raw in Syria

Project Update 6 Feb 2024
 
Providing healthcare among the rubble in Jindires
Türkiye and Syria earthquake response

Six months of humanitarian action after earthquakes in northwest Syria

Project Update 11 Aug 2023
 
WASH Assessment Idlib Camps
Syria

Inadequate water and sanitation pose health threats in Syria

Project Update 16 Jun 2023
 
Responding to the acute needs in Türkiye
Türkiye and Syria earthquake response

People's needs stack up months after earthquake in Türkiye

Project Update 8 Jun 2023
 
Responding to the acute needs in Türkiye
Türkiye and Syria earthquake response

MSF hands over emergency interventions in Türkiye

Project Update 31 May 2023
 
Malnutrition emergency: mobile clinic in Ranobe
Türkiye and Syria earthquake response

MSF delegation in Damascus to deliver additional relief aid

Statement 18 Apr 2023
 
Mental Health support for people affected by the earthquakes in Türkiye
Türkiye and Syria earthquake response

After the dust settles: The mental health needs in Türkiye

Project Update 11 Apr 2023
 
Providing healthcare among the rubble in Jindires
Türkiye and Syria earthquake response

Northwest Syria: Providing healthcare amongst the rubble in Jindires

Project Update 27 Mar 2023