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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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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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2011 Results
 
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Palestine

First wounded patients receive treatment

Four days after air attacks against the Gaza Strip began, hospitals are already overwhelmed by an influx of wounded patients and some of them are referred to the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) clinic in Gaza City, easing Shifa's hospital workload. Project Update - 30 Dec 2008
 
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Somalia

MSF calls on combatants to respect medical facilities in Guri El

MSF calls on all parties to the conflict in Somalia to respect medical facilities, their personnel and their sick or wounded patients. Statement - 27 Dec 2008
 
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Nigeria

Fear and mistrust hinders care after post-election riots in Jos, Nigeria

In town, things have not gone back to normal yet, markets and shops are still closed and traffic remains light. Approximately 4,000 people are temporarily staying in a primary and secondary school, in fear of returning to their homes. Project Update - 5 Dec 2008
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Critical - Voices from the war in eastern Democratic Republic Congo

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), one of the few humanitarian organisations still working in the most violent areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is ringing the alarm with the international campaign Condition: Critical, which highlights the situation of people in DRC's North and South Kivu provinces and gives them a chance to be heard. Press Release - 20 Nov 2008
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Caught in heavy gunfire

J., 16, tells his story with a very hushed voice and is clearly still scared and shocked; probably not yet fully grasping what happened to him two weeks ago. Voices from the Field - 17 Nov 2008
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF team travels to Dungu, DRC, three days after attacks on the town

Three days after rebels of the Lord Resistance Army (LRA) attacked the town of Dungu on November 1, an MSF team went to assess the impact of these events on the population and the nature and severity of the needs; the team also sought to confirm if the security conditions could allow MSF to return on site soon. Project Update - 10 Nov 2008
 
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Pakistan

Growing violence makes access to health care extremely difficult in northwestern Pakistan

Increasing violence in Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and in some of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), where Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) works, has made access to health care extremely difficult for residents while needs have risen dramatically. Project Update - 7 Nov 2008
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Armed aid convoys are an inadequate bandage for DR Congo's deep wounds

Military-escorted aid convoys to Goma and Rutshuru, Democratic Republic of Congo, are an inadequate response to the humanitarian crisis facing the DRC's troubled North Kivu region and risk blurring the line between humanitarian assistance and political-military action. Press Release - 6 Nov 2008
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

In camps for displaced people in Kibati, just north of Goma, people are seeking refuge from recent fighting.

In camps for displaced people in Kibati, just north of Goma, people are seeking refuge from recent fighting. Voices from the Field - 5 Nov 2008
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Cholera during DRC violence is closely monitored along with medical and sanitation conditions

Following several days of heavy fighting between rebels and government troops, MSF teams are continuing their work in Goma and in other towns and villages in North Kivu and remain very concerned about many people still on the move after fleeing recent fighting. Project Update - 5 Nov 2008
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Independent medical humanitarian assistance

We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of health professionals, logistic and administrative staff - most of them hired locally. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of independence and impartiality. We are a non-profit, self-governed, member-based organisation.

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