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CAR : A Forgotten Health Emergency

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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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Medical Activities

MSF Measles Vaccination in DRC

Learn about how, why, and where MSF teams respond to different diseases around the world, and the challenges we face in providing treatment.

Crisis Settings

Aden besieged

Learn about the different contexts and situations in which MSF teams respond to provide care, including war and natural disaster settings, and how and why we adapt our activities to each.

COVID-19 Project in Mons, Belgium

Learn about our response and our work in depth on specific themes and events.

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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Africa

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Asia & Pacific

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Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa

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Europe & Central Asia

Europe & Central Asia

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The Americas

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MSF Websites

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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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Intersectional Benchmarking Unit

The Intersectional Benchmarking Unit collects and analyses data about local labour markets in all locations where MSF employs people.

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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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MSF outreach activities in Boma, GPAA

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Gaza-Israel war

Displaced people forced to evacuate Nasser hospital have nowhere to go in Gaza

Press Release 14 Feb 2024

Gaza-Israel war

Ground offensive on Rafah would be catastrophic and must not proceed

Statement 12 Feb 2024

Burkina Faso

MSF marks one year since the killing of two colleagues in Tougan

Project Update 9 Feb 2024

Haemorrhagic fevers

Vaccination halves mortality among people infected with Ebola

Press Release 8 Feb 2024

Gaza-Israel war

Lack of clean water brings disease and suffering in Gaza

Project Update 8 Feb 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo

People and medical facilities caught in crossfire as violence escalates in North Kivu

Press Release 7 Feb 2024

Türkiye and Syria earthquake response

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

Project Update 6 Feb 2024

Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

MSF offers temporary shelter for people stuck in dire conditions in Calais

Press Release 6 Feb 2024

Sudan

Urgent response needed amid high death rates and malnutrition crisis in North Darfur

Press Release 5 Feb 2024

Gaza-Israel war

The last medics providing healthcare amidst death and destruction in Gaza

Voices from the Field 2 Feb 2024

Gaza-Israel war

Staff at Al-Shifa struggle to care for patients as needs remain huge

Voices from the Field 31 Jan 2024

South Sudan

MSF launches mass vaccination campaign amid deadly hepatitis E outbreak in South Sudan

Press Release 30 Jan 2024

Gaza-Israel war

UNRWA funding suspensions jeopardise lifeline for millions in Palestine

Press Release 29 Jan 2024

Gaza-Israel war

Displaced pregnant women at high risk amid dire conditions in Rafah

Project Update 29 Jan 2024

Gaza-Israel war

With Nasser hospital out of commission, people in southern Gaza run out of healthcare options

Press Release 26 Jan 2024

Nigeria

Tackling the spread of Lassa fever in Nigeria

Project Update 25 Jan 2024

Safe abortion care

Breaking barriers to safe abortion care in Mozambique

Project Update 23 Jan 2024

Syria

Unveiling the mental health crisis at Al-Hol Camp in northeast Syria

Project Update 19 Jan 2024

Bulgaria

MSF provides medical care to asylum seekers arriving in Harmanli

Project Update 19 Jan 2024

Sudan

Restrictions and lack of medicines deprive people in Khartoum state of lifesaving care

Press Release 18 Jan 2024

Myanmar

Health workers struggle to respond amid severe restrictions in Rakhine state

Voices from the Field 16 Jan 2024

Conflict in Sudan

Severe humanitarian needs after half a million people flee violence in Wad Madani

Project Update 15 Jan 2024

Gaza-Israel war

Evacuation orders and bombing around Gaza hospitals leaves people with few healthcare options

Press Release 12 Jan 2024

Lebanon

Providing healthcare to people displaced by military escalation along Lebanon's southern border

Project Update 10 Jan 2024

MSF Logistique - Bordeaux

How we work

How we deliver medical humanitarian assistance

Everywhere we work, the circumstances are unique. Nonetheless, our programmes generally follow a common set of practices designed to make sure our resources and expertise are used to maximum effect.

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