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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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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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3160 Results
 
Treating Gaza’s infections
Antibiotic resistance

Treating resistant infections in Gaza under the blockade

Antibiotic resistance was already an issue for people across the Middle East; resistant infections are now making treatment difficult for those with gunshot wounds sustained during the March of Return protests in Gaza. Project Update - 2 Sep 2019
 
Pneumonia vaccination - Greek islands
Access to medicines

Gavi should stop awarding special funds to Pfizer and GSK for pneumonia vaccine

MSF urges Gavi to reserve its special funds for pneumonia vaccine for a new manufacturer offering a more affordable version, not Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline. Press Release - 26 Aug 2019
 
Role of interpreters in the West Bank mental health project
Palestine

Mental healthcare in translation

MSF is providing psychotherapy services in Nablus and Qalqiliya. While three of our psychologists in the project are local Palestinians, two are foreigners who do not speak Arabic. This means interpreters play a vital role in our work there. Project Update - 25 Aug 2019
 
Franck Ale - MSF Epidemiologist
Cholera

How to identify the causes of an epidemic and respond strategically

Epidemiologist Franck Ale explains the cholera situation in the Lake Chad region and how surveillance and investigation are helping to identify the causes of epidemics and guide strategic responses by MSF and others. Interview - 21 Aug 2019
 
MSF working to prevent a new cholera epidemic in northern Cameroon
Cameroon

A multidisciplinary approach to stem the spread of cholera

How MSF health promoters, water and sanitation experts, medics and epidemiologists are preventing the spread of cholera in Cameroon and the Lake Chad region. Project Update - 21 Aug 2019
 
Measles vaccination in Mai-Ndombe Province
Democratic Republic of Congo

A deadly measles outbreak is spreading like wildfire

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is experiencing its deadliest measles epidemic since 2011-2012. Without the necessary assistance, it is only getting worse. Project Update - 16 Aug 2019
 
MSF Moreh Clinic
Tuberculosis

Promising new tuberculosis drug pretomanid approved, but will it be affordable?

Pretomanid – the third new tuberculosis (TB) drug to be approved in over half a century – could be a lifesaver for people with extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB), but it must be affordable to make a real difference. Press Release - 15 Aug 2019
 
Mental health in Pulka
Nigeria

More mental health support needed for people in Pulka

Desperate living conditions and a lack of protection in Pulka, northeastern Nigeria, are exacerbating people’s acute mental health needs. Project Update - 5 Aug 2019
 
Decontamination activities in Kalunguta health zone, North Kivu province, DRC
DRC Ebola outbreaks

10 facts on a year of Ebola in DRC

Read some of the facts behind the Ebola outbreak in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, declared a year ago on 1 August 2018. Project Update - 2 Aug 2019
 
Decontamination activities in Kalunguta health zone, North Kivu province, DRC
DRC Ebola outbreaks

DRC Ebola outbreak response struggling one year on

One year into the Ebola outbreak in northeastern DRC, response teams are struggling to stay on top of the epidemic due to a number of issues, including insecurity and a lack of trust from local people. Project Update - 31 Jul 2019
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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