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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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MSF Websites

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Our offices around the world
Our offices around the world
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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
 
Pibor-Thousands flee into the bush as conflict intensifies
South Sudan

Intense fighting in eastern South Sudan once again forces thousands to flee

A resurgence of intense violence between communities in Greater Pibor Administrative area in eastern South Sudan has once again forced thousands of people to flee into the bush, leaving people - and especially children - without access to medical care. Statement - 24 Jun 2020
 
Eastern Burkina Faso: Out of sight, people suffer from violence, diseases and lack of water
Burkina Faso

Out of sight, people suffer from rise in violence in eastern Burkina Faso

Abdallah Hussein, MSF's head of mission in Burkina Faso, describes how a surge in violence, and the threat of COVID-19 has impacted people's lives in the country's east. Op-Ed - 5 Jun 2020
 
Burnt out building in Macomia Mozambique
Mozambique

Thousands displaced, healthcare jeopardised, as violence surges in Cabo Delgado

Violence has erupted again in northeastern Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province, forcing people to hide in the bush and jeopardising access to healthcare. Press Release - 5 Jun 2020
 
Wadda
Democratic Republic of Congo

Nearly 200,000 people forced from homes as violence surges in northeast DRC

A surge in violence has forced 200,000 people to flee their homes in the last two months in Ituri province, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo. MSF teams are urging other organisations to provide assistance to displaced people. Press Release - 4 Jun 2020
 
Libya: Crisis Within a Crisis
Photo story

Conflict and COVID-19 adds up to a crisis within a crisis in Libya

The combination of several worrying developments, including an escalating armed conflict, and the arrival of the coronavirus COVID-19 is creating a crisis within a crisis in Libya. Photo Story - 2 Jun 2020
 
South-Sudan: thousands at risk of cholera and malnutrition in Pieri
South Sudan

Renewed violence in Pieri kills and wounds dozens, including MSF staff

A flareup of intercommunity violence in Pieri, northeastern South Sudan, has resulted in the death of an MSF staff member, and left scores more injured. Press Release - 19 May 2020
 
Revolting attack on pregnant women and babies
Afghanistan

Revolting attack on maternity ward kills pregnant women and babies in Afghanistan

An horrific, cowardly attack on our maternity ward in Dasht-e-Barchi hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, has left several patients and presumably one MSF staff member dead. Press Release - 13 May 2020
 
Responding to COVID-19 in Ukraine
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Responding to COVID-19 in conflict-affected eastern Ukraine

Project Update - 8 May 2020
 
Consultation rooms in advanced health post
Burkina Faso

COVID-19 will worsen access to healthcare in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso is experiencing a fast-growing humanitarian crisis with high numbers of people with COVID-19; access to healthcare in this insecure area has now become even more difficult. Project Update - 21 Apr 2020
 
Pibor-Thousands flee into the bush as conflict intensifies
South Sudan

As conflict intensifies near Pibor, thousands flee into the bush

In the weeks since conflict has intensified around Pibor, South Sudan, people are fleeing into the bush with almost no possessions, as MSF teams are treating a number of gunshot wounds. Project Update - 14 Apr 2020
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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