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How we work

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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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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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7565 Results
 
Lesbos and Samos Oct2019
Greece

Greece, the ‘shield’ of Europe, and EU leaders push migrants into danger

New Greek government migration measures and ongoing EU policies which demonise migration and criminalise people seeking asylum in Europe are pushing people fleeing war back into danger. Project Update - 11 Mar 2020
 
Joanne Liu visiting an ETC in Butembo, DR Congo
DRC Ebola outbreaks

After the fire - how we could have better managed the DRC Ebola outbreak

In the wake of an armed attack on an Ebola treatment centre in DRC, aid workers were pushed to radically rethink their approach to the disease, says MSF emergency coordinator Trish Newport. Op-Ed - 11 Mar 2020
 
Refugee population in Andeamboukane, Mali
Mali

Fleeing violence in Niger, refugees in Mali remain vulnerable

Following waves of violence in a region where the Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso borders meet, thousands of people have fled their villages in Niger. MSF is providing healthcare to the displaced living in Mali. Project Update - 9 Mar 2020
 
Deir Hassan Camp
Syria

Displaced people face a desperate situation in Idlib

Nearly one million people have been displaced in northwestern Syria in just the last three months. People in camps like Deir Hassan face a desperate situation, with a severe lack of basic services. Project Update - 9 Mar 2020
 
Emergency care in Tabarre hospital
Haiti

Port-au-Prince: Over 360 people admitted for lifesaving care in three months

In just three months, MSF teams have admitted over 360 people for lifesaving care in the Tabarre trauma hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, with over 200 of those with violence-related injuries. Project Update - 6 Mar 2020
 
Training session for COVID-19 in Cambodia
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Preparing for COVID-19 in South-East Asia

MSF emergency coordinator Dr Tankred Stöbe visited several countries in South-East Asia to assess their preparedness for potential outbreaks of COVID-19 coronavirus. He describes providing training to healthcare staff in Cambodia and Papua New Guinea. Interview - 5 Mar 2020
 
Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment
Non-communicable diseases

Why are so many women dying of cervical cancer?

Over 310,000 women died of cervical cancer in 2018. Yet, it's a preventable disease with screening and curable if detected early enough. Yet most of the disease burden is found in countries where MSF works, where are preventing and treating the disease. Project Update - 5 Mar 2020
 
Boost Hospital, Lashkar Gah, Helmand, Afghanistan
Afghanistan

Afghans face impossible choices in their struggle for medical care

Afghans still struggle to access medical care due to insecurity, distance, cost and the fact that many health facilities lack staff and equipment. MSF has released a new report on the barriers faced in Afghanistan in reaching care. Press Release - 5 Mar 2020
 
Displaced families in Herat
Afghanistan

Reality check: Afghanistan's neglected healthcare crisis

Based on in-depth interviews, MSF releases a report on the barriers people in Afghanistan face in trying to access healthcare. Barriers include long perilous journeys to reach care; clinics that lack drugs or staff; the impact that decades of violence has on people. Report - 5 Mar 2020
 
Living conditions on Samos
Greece

EU must address migration emergency as Greek islands reach breaking point

MSF urges the EU to immediately address the migration emergency, as the situation on the Greek islands has reached breaking point in the wake of harsh new Greek government policies. Statement - 4 Mar 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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