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How we work

See what triggers an intervention and how supply and logistics allow our teams to respond quickly.

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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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The MSF palliative care team enters Grace Nyambi's home in Chileka, in Blantyre district, on July 21, 2026. Grace prefers home visits, she said.
Malawi

Providing palliative care to women with cervical cancer

The MSF palliative care team enters Grace Nyambi's home in Chileka, Blantyre district. Grace says she prefers home visits. Malawi, July 2026.
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An international, independent medical humanitarian organisation

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 impartiality, independence and neutrality.

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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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The place names and boundaries in this map do not reflect any position by MSF on their legal status. This map uses the Gall-Peters equal-area map projection.

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In focus

An MSF nurse in full personal protective equipment (PPE) coordinates the arrival of a patient with suspected Ebola disease at the Elikya Ebola Treatment Center (ETC) in Bunia, Ituri province, DR Congo, guiding the patient through the designated circuit for safe admission.
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DRC Ebola outbreaks

Learn about MSF’s response to the Ebola disease outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
A young boy carries a water jerrycan through the Mawasi Khan Younis displacement tents, where patched and worn-out tents offer little shelter. Israel's ban on fishing and swimming increased the desperate need for fresh water for displaced Palestinians in Gaza.
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Gaza-Israel war

Learn how MSF teams are responding to the genocide in Gaza, Palestine.
On 20 November, five MSF vehicles parked in front of our clinic in Gaza city were destroyed by the intervention of the Israeli forces. The clinic was also damaged as a result and part of the building was engulfed by fire for a few hours. The cars and the clinic were clearly identified with the MSF logo. This happened while 21 people, including an MSF staff and his family members, were sheltered in the clinic and more than 50 others were in the guesthouse across the street: luckily, they survived unscathed. The cars that were destroyed were the ones used in the aborted evacuation of our staff and their relatives on 18 November, resulting in the killing of two people. Some of the staff sheltering in the MSF premises that day were witnesses to the incident.
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Attacks on medical care

Attacks against medical facilities and health workers, whether deliberate or indiscriminate, are part of generalised violence and atrocities committed against civilians in armed conflict. They deprive populations of health services, often when they need them the most.
TAWILA, North Darfur, Sudan — March 2026: A man injured during fighting in El Fasher in October 2025 walks on crutches outside the MSF hospital in Tawila, escorted by Hussein, a longtime Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical coordinator. Tawila has become a critical refuge for hundreds of thousands fleeing violence in and around the besieged city of El Fasher, where humanitarian organizations such as MSF provide lifesaving medical care to war-wounded civilians and severely malnourished children. (Photo by Giles Clarke/OCHA)
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Conflict in Sudan

Find out the latest information on MSF's response to the conflict in Sudan.
On the morning of 7th of June, the team on Geo Barents carried out two rescue operations in the Libyan SAR region. In total, 146 are safely on-board and receiving the care they require. The Italian authorities assigned Genova as a place of safety. In the first rescue, 37 people were found in distress on a white fiberglass boat. As for the second rescue, 109 people were in distress aboard a grey rubber boat.
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Mediterranean migration

Every year, thousands of people fleeing war, persecution and poverty at home attempt the treacherous journey across the Mediterranean. Countless lives are lost on the way.
A Rohingya woman fills a pot with drinking water at a water point in Kutupalong-Balukhali camp in Cox’s Bazar district, Bangladesh
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Rohingya refugee crisis

Legally stateless, with very limited options or rights in any country where they have sought refuge, the Rohingya are extremely vulnerable.

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Working with MSF

What's it like to work with MSF?

We rely on a strong network of professionals to deliver life-saving medical aid.

Each year, thousands of international and locally-hired staff work together around the globe to provide lifesaving medical assistance to people who would otherwise be denied access to healthcare.

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