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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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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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7566 Results
 
Sexual and reproductive healthcare in Mrima Hospital
Kenya

Tales from MSF’s ‘Container Village’ in Likoni

While renovating and expanding the old Mrima health centre in Likoni, Kenya, MSF set up an innovative shipping-container facility where it offered sexual and reproductive health services, including caesarean sections. In the two and a half years it was operational before services were moved to the new facility in May 2018, MSF’s medical team assisted 11,578 deliveries in the ‘Container Village’. Photo Story - 16 Aug 2018
 
Aarsal clinic
Lebanon

One year after the battle, medical needs remain high in Arsal

MSF has been continuously providing free medical care for vulnerable communities of Syrian refugees and local Lebanese residents in Arsal, on the Lebanon-Syria border, since 2012. Despite improvements in the security situation, key gaps in healthcare remain. Project Update - 16 Aug 2018
 
Aquarius 10 August 2018
Mediterranean migration

Aquarius calls on European governments to assign place of safety after rescues on Mediterranean

Responding to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Central Mediterranean, a total of 141 people were rescued on Friday by the search and rescue vessel Aquarius, chartered by SOS MEDITERRANEE and operated in partnership with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Press Release - 15 Aug 2018
 
Aquarius August 2018
Mediterranean migration

MSF welcomes place of safety in Malta after rescues on Mediterranean

Aquarius has received formal permission from the Maltese authorities to enter the port of Valletta. Statement - 15 Aug 2018
 
Tabarre
Haiti

First-class surgery for all in Tabarre hospital

Since 2012, 60,000 Haitians from all walks of life have benefited from free, first-class surgical trauma care through MSF’s Nap Kenbé hospital in the Tabarre neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince. Project Update - 15 Aug 2018
 
Waiting for monsoon season in Cox´s Bazar
Myanmar

Independent humanitarian agencies and access to healthcare still blocked in northern Rakhine

MSF once again requests the government grant immediate and unfettered access to northern Rakhine to all independent and impartial humanitarian actors, to ensure the health needs of the population can be evaluated and addressed. Press Release - 15 Aug 2018
 
Emergency nutrition program in N’Djamena
Chad

Treating severely malnourished children in N’Djamena

Urgent action is needed to increase inpatient capacity and provide early treatment in outpatient facilities. In partnership with Chadian health authorities, MSF has opened an inpatient facility and admitted over 100 children within a fortnight. Project Update - 10 Aug 2018
 
BMRC - Baghdad medical rehabilitation center
Iraq

Helping victims of war get back on their feet

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) opened the Baghdad Medical Rehabilitation Centre (BMRC) a year ago to support victims of war in Iraq. The centre provides much needed post-surgical rehabilitation care, including physical and psychological support. Project Update - 9 Aug 2018
 
Ebola outbreak in Mangina
DRC Ebola outbreaks

MSF responds to new Ebola outbreak, the tenth in DRC

During the first week of the Ebola intervention in DRC, our teams have set up isolation and treatment units in the epicentre of the crisis and are providing support for the local health system to remain fully functional. MSF continues to work on other projects in the region Project Update - 8 Aug 2018
 
Gaza protest
Palestine

Gaza: A long ordeal awaits hundreds of wounded from the March of Return

For the past four months, the March of Return demonstrations in Gaza have been met with lethal force by the Israeli army. MSF has been at the forefront of the emergency response, providing both surgical and post-operative care. Project Update - 8 Aug 2018
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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