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Who We Are

Learn about our mission, our charter and principles, and who we are.

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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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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 Websites

A Global Network
Our offices around the world
Our offices around the world
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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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Ngala, Nigeria: Emergency aid to victims of violence and displacement
East Aleppo
Aquarius SAR: Winter conditions and high seas
Bentiu POC
Médecins Sans Frontières

International Activity Report 2016

Expanding the response to Nigeria's humanitarian crisis
Destroying the last havens of humanity in war
Search and rescue in the central mediterranean
Vaccination on an unprecedented scale

Table of Contents

East Aleppo
Countries
Ngala, Nigeria: Emergency aid to victims of violence and displacement
Expanding the response to Nigeria's humanitarian crisis
MSF-supported hospital in northern Syria destroyed in attack
Destroying the last havens of humanity in war
Aquarius SAR: Winter conditions and high seas
Search and rescue in the central mediterranean
Vaccination Campaign in Idomeni, Greece.
Vaccination on an unprecedented scale
Yellow Fever Vaccination Campaign in Kinshasa
A year in review
MSF Measles Vaccination in DRC
2016 in figures
Harandi, Tehran, Iran
Voices from the field

Regions

Old Fangak Stories
Africa
Tondo project in Philippines
Asia & Pacific
SAR activities June 2017
Europe & Central Asia
Voices from Oaxaca
The Americas
Newly renovated ICU Opens at Sulaymaniyah Emergency Hospital
Middle East & North Africa

A year in review

Almost one-third of our projects in 2016 were dedicated to providing assistance to populations caught in wars, such as in Yemen, South Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Nigeria and Syria. We also provided assistance to people on the move, fleeing repression, poverty or violence, exploitation or danger as countries closed options for safe and legal routes. Our teams responded to other emergencies caused by epidemics and natural disasters and provided care and improved treatment for patients with diseases such as tuberculosis and HIV.

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Dec 2013 - 2015: Relentless violence in Unity State, South Sudan
Photo Story

A year in pictures 2016

15 Dec 2016
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MSF programmes around the world

MSF has 468 projects in 71 countries. Click on the map to find out more.

 

Our Programmes

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      The place names and boundaries used in this report do not reflect any position by MSF on their legal status.
      WW Syrians denied access to Jordan for 3rd month, MSF Ramtha project commemorates 3rd year

      Voices from the field

      All those cases were critical war injuries caused by missiles, explosive barrels, mines or bullets. Doctor Mohammad El-Momani

      Voices from the field

      2016 in figures

      Browse through key facts and figures from our activities in 2016.

      2016 in figures

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      Yellow Fever Vaccination in Kinshasa

      1,167,600

      people vaccinated against yellow fever in response to an outbreak
      MSF Emergency Response Tweets

      2,536,400

      cases of malaria treated
      Boost Hospital, Lashkar Gah, Helmand, Afghanistan

      9,792,200

      outpatient consultations