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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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What we do

Médecins Sans Frontières brings medical humanitarian assistance to victims of conflict, natural disasters, epidemics or healthcare exclusion.

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 Association

Our staff “own” and manage MSF, making sure that we stay true to our mission and principles, through the MSF Associations.

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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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Patient blogs

Hear directly from the inspirational people we help as they talk about their experiences dealing with often neglected, life-threatening diseases.

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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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Southern Africa Medical Unit

SAMU provides strategic, clinical and implementation support to various MSF projects with medical activities related to HIV and TB. This medical unit is based in Cape Town, South Africa.

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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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Manson Unit

The Manson Unit is a London, UK-based team of medical specialists who provide medical and technical support, and conduct research for MSF.

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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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Palliative care

Malawi

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In Malawi, where an estimated 980,000 people are living with HIV, we run projects to support efforts to combat the virus.

Malawi’s massive budget deficit has hit the health system hard. In addition, international donors have withheld budget support since 2014 due to corruption scandals.

In Nsanje district, we support the severely underfunded district management team in running a fully decentralised HIV and tuberculosis (TB) programme that includes infants newly diagnosed with HIV. We also support in providing care for patients with advanced HIV in the district hospital, and healthcare for truck drivers and sex workers.

We are also developing a comprehensive programme to screen, diagnose and treat cervical cancer, which accounts for 40 per cent of all cancers among women in Malawi and kills an estimated 2,314 a year.

Our activities in 2023 in Malawi

Data and information from the International Activity Report 2023.

424

424

Staff in 2023 (full-time equivalent)

10.1M€

10.1M

Expenditure in 2023

1986

1986

Year MSF first worked in the country
MSF in Malawi in 2023 In Malawi, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) runs a project to improve preventive and curative care for cervical cancer. The country has the highest death rate for the disease in the world*.
Malawi IAR map 2023

In Malawi’s second-largest city, Blantyre, and the surrounding district, we have worked closely with the Malawian health authorities to implement a comprehensive programme that comprises prevention, screening, diagnosis and treatment, as well as palliative care, for cervical cancer. The disease accounts for 40 per cent of all cancers among women in Malawi and kills over 2,000 each year.

Based in Queen Elizabeth Central hospital in Blantyre, our services include human papillomavirus vaccinations, outpatient treatment for pre-cancerous and cancerous lesions, surgery, chemotherapy, and home-based palliative care for patients in the advanced stages of the disease. Patient-centred activities, such as mental health support and education sessions, are also part of our programme. In addition, MSF refers some patients to Kenya for radiotherapy, as this treatment is not yet available in Malawi.

The cervical cancer screening units are integrated in 10 health centres in Blantyre and Chiradzulu districts. A mobile screening team also works in Chiradzulu.

Alongside our specialist cervical cancer programme, we support key medical services for sex workers, such as sexual reproductive healthcare, screening services, and HIV prevention at two community-based organisations in Dedza and Zalewa.

In 2023, after over 20 years of collaboration with MSF, Chiradzulu district health authorities and their partners took over our HIV/AIDS activities, ensuring continuity of care for patients in the district.

During the year, MSF responded to a massive cholera outbreak by setting up cholera treatment units, treating severely and moderately ill patients, supporting oral cholera vaccination campaigns, and conducting water, sanitation and hygiene activities.

From March, in the wake of Cyclone Freddy, our teams rehabilitated water networks and sanitation facilities, and distributed relief items such as blankets, firewood and cooking equipment. We also provided outpatient and maternity consultations for people affected by the disaster.

*BMC Public Health, https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-022-12547-9

 

in 2023

59,700

59,7

outpatient consultations

11,400

11,4

people treated for cholera

530

53

surgical interventions
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