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How we work

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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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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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Daniel Kuju, health promotion supervisor, and Beatrice Johnson, community health educator, visit semi-nomadic communities in Labarab, Greater Pibor administrative area to conduct health awareness sessions. South Sudan, February 2024.
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Maternity in South Darfur
Conflict in Sudan

Отчет MSF: В Южном Дарфуре отмечается критически высокий уровень смертности среди беременных женщин и детей

Press Release 15 Oct 2024
 
NOVEL ALL-ORAL SHORT COURSE TREATMENT FOR DR-TB | Context
Russia

“Врачи без границ”- Нидерланды закрывают программы в России после распоряжения о прекращении регистрации

Press Release 16 Sep 2024
 
Elena* from Donetsk| displaced to Belgorod
Russia

Белгород: «Врачи без границ» оказывают поддержку вынужденным переселенцам, бежавшим от боевых действий

Project Update 4 Oct 2023
 
MSF psychologists provide group and individual psychological sessions to people in areas  previously occupied, Ukraine.
War in Ukraine

Сохранить рассудок: охрана психического здоровья в условиях войны в Украине

Project Update 4 Aug 2023
 
Evacuation train in Kyiv
Ukraine

Год экстренной медицинской помощи в охваченной войной Харьковской области

Project Update 9 May 2023
 
Ukraine Re-Taken Areas
War in Ukraine

На линии огня: Уничтожение здравоохранения в Украине

arcgis.com 29 Mar 2023
 
Patients waiting for MSF mobile clinic primary and mental health care consultations
Ukraine

Пожилые женщины в зоне боевых действий: утраты, психологическая травма и отсутствие медицинской помощи

Project Update 6 Dec 2022
 
TB Treatment | MoH TB doctor
Belarus

Революция в лечении туберкулеза, ведущая к более безопасной и эффективной практике

Project Update 2 Nov 2022
 
Humanitarian Action’s Dr Olga talking to the patients
Russia

Россия: «Врачи без границ» оказывают поддержку людям, оказавшимся вынужденными переселенцами в результате вооруженного конфликта в Украине

Project Update 21 Sep 2022
 
Malnutrition emergency: mobile clinic in Ranobe
War in Ukraine

Международный президент организации «Врачи без границ» начинает визит в Украину, чтобы обсудить расширение медицинской деятельности организации

Statement 7 Sep 2022
 
Doctors on Rails - MSF Medicalised train in Ukraine
War in Ukraine

Данные и рассказы пациентов MSF свидетельствуют о неизбирательных нападениях на гражданских в Украине

Press Release 22 Jun 2022
 
Sea Watch 4 - Rotation01 - Life On Deck
Activity Report

Обзор 2020 года

Project Update 2 Nov 2021
 
Refugees from North-Eastern Syria in Iraq
Photo Story

2019 в фотографиях

30 Nov 2020
Photo Story
 
MSF Activities in Ukraine
Ukraine

(MSF) завершает деятельность в районе Бахмута

Press Release 29 Jul 2016
 
Ukraine

«Люди крайне встревожены; они не знают, что их ждет в ближайшие месяцы».

Crisis Update 1 Dec 2014
 
Violence in eastern Ukraine
Ukraine

система здравоохранения с трудом справляется с усугубляющимися последствиями конфликта

Project Update 29 Aug 2014
 
Ukraine

Україна: автомобілі «Лікарів без кордонів»/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) викрадені озброєними людьми у Донецьку

Press Release 18 Jul 2014
 
Ukraine

Médecins Sans Frontières / Лікарі без кордонів збільшують підтримку лікарень на східній Україні

Project Update 12 Jun 2014
 
Drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) Colony 3. Donetsk Ukraine
Ukraine

MSF передает остро необходимые медикаменты и медицинские материалы больницам на востоке Украины, куда поступают раненые

Project Update 30 May 2014
 
Ukraine

Médecins Sans Frontières/Лікарі без кордонів категорично заперечують свою причетність до перевезення участників бойових дій в Донецьку

Statement 27 May 2014
 
Ukraine

ВРАЧИ БЕЗ ГРАНИЦ НЕ РАБОТАЮТ В СЛАВЯНСКЕ

Statement 8 May 2014
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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