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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
 
Cholera in Haiti
Haiti

MSF responds to a resurgence of cholera cases amid insecurity and violence

MSF responds to a resurgence of cholera cases in Haiti in collaboration with the authorities. Statement - 4 Oct 2022
 
MSF evacuation train in Kyiv
Ukraine

Over 200 psychiatric patients evacuated from overcrowded hospital in Kharkiv

MSF medically evacuated over 200 patients with neurological and psychiatric conditions from an overcrowded hospital in Kharkiv to facilities in Kyiv by our medical train over 36 hours, beginning on 23 September. Project Update - 29 Sep 2022
 
Emergency response in Kwamouth 20
Democratic Republic of Congo

Thousands affected by inter-communal violence in Maï-Ndombe province

In Mai-Ndombe province, Democratic Republic of Congo, recent inter-communal violence has affected thousands. MSF has been in Kwamouth, providing much needed medical and mental healthcare to those affected, since 24 August. Project Update - 26 Sep 2022
 
Yevhenia Koval, IDP from Kherson regoin
War in Ukraine

The enormous mental health needs for displaced people in Ukraine

The war in Ukraine has lasted more than six months, and has left behind a trail of destruction. Our teams are working to respond to the enormous mental health needs in the country that has left millions of people displaced and traumatised. Voices from the Field - 13 Sep 2022
 
Dedougou health centre
Burkina Faso

Thousands displaced after escalating violence in Boucle du Mouhoun region

MSF has been supporting a health centre in Dédougou after some 6,700 people fled violence, providing basic healthcare, referrals to the regional hospital, and mental health counselling. Project Update - 26 Aug 2022
 
Mental health group session
South Sudan

Meeting mental health needs in the aftermath of violence

MSF ran an emergency intervention in Tambura, South Sudan from December 2021 until June 2022 to respond to the needs of 80,000 displaced people after conflict erupted in the area. While we provided essential care like vaccinations and maternal health, there was a clear need for mental healthcare activities. Project Update - 24 Aug 2022
 
Médecine donations following airstrike
Palestine

Caring for the severely injured after deadly escalation in Gaza

The recent escalation in Gaza on 5 August 2022 resulted in the deaths of 49 Gazans, including 17 children. MSF teams are supporting people who were severely injured. Project Update - 19 Aug 2022
 
Jean Louis in his house
Haiti

Haitians fleeing deadly conflict are turned away by the US

Thousands of Haitians seeking asylum in the US are being expelled back to conflict-ridden Haiti, where armed groups have taken over large areas of the capital. Project Update - 12 Aug 2022
 
Mozambique: Inside MSF’s relief items kits distributions to newly displaced people in Cabo Delgado
Mozambique

Tens of thousands of people displaced by conflict in need of essential items in Cabo Delgado

In Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, more than 80,000 people have been displaced due to violence since June - MSF provides essential items for displaced people who have lost everything. Voices from the Field - 11 Aug 2022
 
North Kivu: displaced communities are losing hope as M23 crisis drags on
Democratic Republic of Congo

Hundreds of thousands at risk without food, shelter or healthcare in North Kivu

As violence and conflict continue to flare between the M23 group and the army in DRC, hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced, without food, healthcare or proper shelter. Project Update - 3 Aug 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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