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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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From Rafah to Khan Younis, lives in ruins

From Rafah to Khan Younis, lives in ruins in Gaza

Photo Story11 June 2024

These images were taken in April 2024, in Khan Younis and Rafah, in south Gaza, Palestine, by a Médecins Sans Frontières staff member. They offer a glimpse into the campaign of annihilation waged by the Israeli army in Gaza since the start of the war, a strategy which inevitably leads to massacres of Palestinian civilians.

From Rafah to Khan Younis, lives in ruins
People and vehicles traverse the main road to Khan Younis. Israeli forces have completely destroyed the area with intense bombing and artillery fire. Khan Younis, Gaza, Palestine, April 2024.
Ben Milpas/MSF
From Rafah to Khan Younis, lives in ruins
Life returns to the streets of Khan Younis, following the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the area which allowed some Palestinians to return to the city. Khan Younis, Gaza, Palestine, April 2024.
Ben Milpas/MSF
From Rafah to Khan Younis, lives in ruins
Gazans try to identify the bodies found in a mass grave on the grounds of Nasser hospital. MSF staff provided 80 body bags as requested by the civil defence teams in charge of exhuming the bodies. Khan Younis, Gaza, Palestine, April 2024.
Ben Milpas/MSF
From Rafah to Khan Younis, lives in ruins
Tents are unloaded at the Médecins Sans Frontières logistics warehouse in the city of Rafah, Gaza. This warehouse was eventually evacuated following the first evacuation orders for eastern Rafah at the beginning of May. Gaza, Palestine, April 2024.
Ben Milpas/MSF
From Rafah to Khan Younis, lives in ruins -22
People put out spot fires in the grounds of Nasser hospital, after a siege by the Israeli forces. Khan Younis, Gaza, Palestine, April 2024.
Ben Milpas/MSF
From Rafah to Khan Younis, lives in ruins
Debris is scattered across an operating theatre inside Nasser hospital, after a siege by the Israeli forces. Palestine, April 2024.
Ben Milpas/MSF
From Rafah to Khan Younis, lives in ruins
Rising smoke partly blocks the view of Khan Younis from the roof of Nasser hospital, formerly the largest hospital in southern Gaza. Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Palestine, 22 April 2024.
Ben Milpas/MSF
From Rafah to Khan Younis, lives in ruins
A man digs a hole in front of a mosque in Khan Younis. The city has become completely unrecognisable after the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the area, leaving it in ruins behind them. Gaza, Palestine, April 2024.
Ben Milpas/MSF
From Rafah to Khan Younis, lives in ruins
A woman and her daughter climb the stairs of their destroyed house. The withdrawal of Israeli forces from Khan Younis allowed some Palestinians to return to the city, where most of them discovered their homes in ruins. Gaza, Palestine, April 2024.
Ben Milpas/MSF
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