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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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431 Results
 
Sudanese refugees in Adré, eastern Chad
Chad

MSF calls for urgent international support for refugees in Chad as major crisis looms

Urgent support for people seeking safety in Chad must be scaled up as thousands continue to flee the conflict in Sudan. People are at high risk of diseases and lack food, water, shelter and healthcare. Press Release - 14 Aug 2023
 
Illustration of fightings in Khartoum, Sudan
Conflict in Sudan

Lack of essential visas for MSF staff threatens lifesaving care in hospital

Visa applications for emergency staff in the Turkish Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan, have been pending for more than eight weeks. A more predictable process is needed to continue responding to the huge needs in the country. Press Release - 9 Aug 2023
 
Shelled out hospital building in Kherson
War in Ukraine

Hospital in Kherson shelled twice in 72 hours

A hospital in Kherson region, Ukraine, has been shelled for the second time in just 72 hours. MSF calls yet again for the protection of hospitals and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine. Press Release - 4 Aug 2023
 
Emergency Surgical Team at Bashair Hospital Khartoum, Sudan
Conflict in Sudan

Staff beatings, death threats jeopardise MSF’s presence in Khartoum hospital

On July 20, an MSF team of 18 was assaulted by a group of armed men who physically beat and whipped our colleagues and stole one of our vehicles. Press Release - 21 Jul 2023
 
Rotation 33 - Rescue 1
Mediterranean migration

European Commission must scrutinise Italian law restricting rescues at sea

Five leading NGOs have submitted a complaint to the European Commission about Italian Law 15/2023 and practices hindering saving lives at sea. Press Release - 13 Jul 2023
 
Rotation 32 - Rescue 1
Greece

EU migration policies are once again killing people as they search for safety

On June 14, a shipwreck off the coast of Greece left up to 500 people dead or missing in the Mediterranean sea, marking the deadliest tragedy at sea in years. Press Release - 30 Jun 2023
 
El Geneina City
Conflict in Sudan

Restrictions and insecurity obstruct vital medical care in Sudan

We are facing administrative and bureaucratic restrictions in Sudan; hampering our ability provide vital medical care for people in need in the country. Press Release - 23 Jun 2023
 
Emergency Response for Returnees and Refugees from Sudan
South Sudan

People fleeing conflict in Sudan struggle for survival

As thousands of people who have fled violence in Sudan are now struggling to survive in South Sudan, we call on the medical and humanitarian community to launch an urgent response. Press Release - 22 Jun 2023
 
Influx of wounded in Adre Hospital
Conflict in Sudan

Armed groups in El Geneina must spare civilians amid intense violence

As violence intensifies in El Geneina, Sudan, MSF calls on all parties to the conflict to spare civilians and to allow humanitarian teams to access the city safely. Press Release - 19 Jun 2023
 
Rotation 28 - Rescue 1
Mediterranean migration

The EU must not be complicit in the loss of lives at sea and in rights violations at Europe’s borders

In the wake of the tragic sinking of a boat carrying potentially as many as 750 people in the Mediterranean Sea, MSF and other organisations call on the EU to act on their search and rescue responsibilities. Press Release - 16 Jun 2023
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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