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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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3338 Results
 
MSF provides assistance to refugees in Nakivale camp in Uganda
Uganda

Thousands in need of assistance in Ugandan refugee settlement

Thousands of refugees fleeing violence from DRC have arrived in Nakivale settlement, Uganda, where conditions are precarious, leaving many vulnerable to hunger and diseases. Project Update - 20 Jun 2023
 
WASH Assessment Idlib Camps
Syria

Inadequate water and sanitation pose health threats in Syria

Displaced people in northwest Syria face the health consequences of 12 years of war and the recent earthquakes. Our teams are responding to people's needs by distributing water and hygiene kits and building latrines. Project Update - 16 Jun 2023
 
Mobile Clinics in Wad Madani, Sudan, June 2023
Conflict in Sudan

Displaced people face disease and dire conditions after latest violence in Khartoum

As people continue to flee the heavy fighting in Khartoum, Sudan, conditions in displacement comps in Wad Madani become concerning. We are working on improving the hygiene conditions in the camps and assessing how we can expand activities in the area. Project Update - 13 Jun 2023
 
Settlers Violence in Nablus area
Palestine

Palestinians face harassment and violence from settlers in West Bank

As Israeli settlements grow throughout the West Bank, violent incidents have increased, as have the mental health needs of Palestinians in the area. Project Update - 12 Jun 2023
 
Responding to the acute needs in Türkiye
Türkiye and Syria earthquake response

People's needs stack up months after earthquake in Türkiye

After devastating earthquakes struck southeast Türkiye on 6 February, leaving over 51,000 people dead and 210,000 buildings collapsed, people continue to need support. Project Update - 8 Jun 2023
 
Responding to the acute needs in Türkiye
Türkiye and Syria earthquake response

MSF hands over emergency interventions in Türkiye

After providing support to survivors of the devastating earthquakes that killed 51,000 people in Türkiye's southeast, we have handed over our intervention activities to local organisations and authorities. Project Update - 31 May 2023
 
MSF responds in South Kivu as thousands of displaced people arrive
Democratic Republic of Congo

Thousands of families caught in neglected crisis in South Kivu

Over 80,000 people have fled violence in North Kivu, currently displaced in extremely precarious conditions in South Kivu, without basic services and vulnerable to disease. Project Update - 30 May 2023
 
Emergency Surgical Team at Bashair Hospital Khartoum, Sudan
Conflict in Sudan

Five things to know about the violence in El Geneina, Sudan

Widespread looting, destruction and burning of property took place in El Geneina city, the capital of West Darfur in Sudan including El Geneina Teaching Hospital. This violence impacts the provision of healthcare services to a large degree. Project Update - 18 May 2023
 
General view of Majak Aher IDP camp, Twic County
South Sudan

Soaring needs persist in Twic County one year on

One year after fleeing violence in Agok, South Sudan, displaced people in Twin County urgently require support - thousands are facing dire conditions, without sufficient food, water or healthcare.  Project Update - 17 May 2023
 
Arsal - Cholera outbreak in Lebanon
Lebanon

Syrians in Lebanon avoid healthcare in fear of deportations

Syrians in Lebanon avoid seeking healthcare amid an atmosphere of intimidation in the country, which has left many refugees afraid to leave the safety of their homes. Project Update - 17 May 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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