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How we work

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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
 
Emergency response in Kwamouth 05
Democratic Republic of Congo

A humanitarian desert: Lacklustre response amid horrific violence in DRC

Two months after horrific violence broke out in Mai-Ndombe and Kwilu provinces in DRC, people are living in fear and there continues to be a serious lack of humanitarian response. Voices from the Field - 1 Nov 2022
 
Gaza | Occupational Therapy
Palestine

Rebuilding lives through occupational therapy in Gaza

MSF occupational therapist, Yousef Alwikhery, helps injured patients on their long road to recovery in Gaza. He talks about the challenges and rewards of helping people rebuild their lives. Voices from the Field - 28 Oct 2022
 
Flooding in Upper Nile
South Sudan

Conflict in Greater Upper Nile impedes assistance to people already devastated by flooding

Forty thousand people have been displaced in the Greater Upper Nile area of South Sudan since August, when escalations in fighting forced people to flee in search of safety. MSF is providing assistance to people as the insecurity poses challenges to delivering medical services. Press Release - 21 Oct 2022
 
COVID-19 Vaccination - Northwest Syria - Idlib
Syria

Cholera spreads across Syria putting vulnerable people at serious risk

After 15 years of absence, Cholera is spreading across Syria. Our teams are working with local health authorities in the northeast and northwest of the country in response to the outbreak. Project Update - 21 Oct 2022
 
Réponse MSF à l'Urgence Choléra 2022
Haiti

Haiti on the verge of health disaster

People in Haiti are facing violence, insecurity, severe fuel shortages, the resurgence of cholera, and are struggling to access healthcare. Press Release - 21 Oct 2022
 
Zaporizhzhia
Ukraine

Providing care to displaced people in Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, MSF teams have been working in Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia, providing medical care and mental health support to people affected by the war. Project Update - 20 Oct 2022
 
Internally displaced people in Kaya, Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso

Violence and severe supply shortages leave people across Burkina Faso in dire need

As the security situation in Burkina Faso deteriorates, people's access to food, water and healthcare is becoming ever-more limited. Relief efforts need to be ramped up now more than ever. Interview - 17 Oct 2022
 
Baidoa Malnutrition Crises
Somalia

An alarming cycle of drought, malnutrition and disease in Baidoa

Here are five things to know about the brutal cycle of drought, malnutrition and disease outbreaks in Baidoa, Somalia. Project Update - 12 Oct 2022
 
Mental health activities in Hajjah City
Yemen

Rebuilding people's lives in Yemen through mental health support

After years of war and insecurity, our teams in Hajjah, Yemen, are focusing on rebuilding people's lives through comprehensive mental health support. Project Update - 10 Oct 2022
 
Mozambique: Inside MSF’s relief items kits distributions to newly displaced people in Cabo Delgado
Mozambique

People struggling to survive after five years of conflict in Cabo Delgado

Since conflict has erupted in Cabo Delgado, nearly one million people have been displaced. They often live in fear, without basic means of survival. Project Update - 5 Oct 2022
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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