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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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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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7648 Results
 
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Lebanon

Ceasefire improves access to displaced in Lebanon

Hours after the ceasefire came into effect, thousands of displaced started returning to their homes. Though fighting can still break out at any moment and unexploded ordnance remains on roads, in fields and in towns, the displaced are eager to leave the collective centers where living conditions are difficult. Project Update - 16 Aug 2006
 
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Access to medicines

New MSF data shows treatment of children works in resource poor settings

"Lack of guidance from WHO is making the treatment of children even more confusing, and some clear indications three years ago could have really helped avoid this," said Fernando Pascual, pharmacist with MSF's Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines. Press Release - 15 Aug 2006
 
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Lebanon

Even for MSF, it is far from easy to get drugs and medical supplies to Lebanon

"We need to move, some people really need this stuff" - Delivering emergency medical supplies to hospitals in southern Lebanon. Project Update - 14 Aug 2006
 
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Lebanon

Providing mental health support to displaced in Beirut: Listening and sharing experiences is an important first step

We are setting up a special programme which is to start in the coming days. The children here don't have anything to do, they don't have toys and they are not going to school. So, we will bring them toys and empower community members to play and interact with the children. Project Update - 14 Aug 2006
 
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Lebanon

Rainbow Warrior completes joint mission with MSF to transport humanitarian supplies to Lebanon

"We are very happy to have been able to play our part in delivering much needed humanitarian supplies to parts of Lebanon which have become inaccessible due to the current conflict" said Bruno Rebelle, Programme Director of Greenpeace International. Project Update - 11 Aug 2006
 
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Lebanon

Escalating violence prevents humanitarian aid from reaching the most needy in Lebanon

Supplies are still arriving from Europe into neighbouring countries where supply bases have been set up. So far, 230 tons of material have arrived in Beirut, but it still needs to reach the different areas where MSF teams are working. Project Update - 11 Aug 2006
 
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Lebanon

Rainbow Warrior delivers MSF aid to Beirut

Not designed for cargo transport, the Rainbow Warrior has capacity for transporting 40 tonnes and the trip from Larnaca to Beirut takes around 16 hours. To minimize security risk, Israeli and Lebanese authorities are informed of each crossing. Project Update - 10 Aug 2006
 
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Lebanon

MSF continues to provide humanitarian assistance despite ban on movement in southern Lebanon

Project Update - 10 Aug 2006
 
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Sri Lanka

MSF denounces the murders of humanitarian aid workers in Sri Lanka

The killings occurred in a general climate of suspicion, accusations, restrictions and surveillance of NGOs. An independent investigation must be launched to determine the circumstances and to identify those responsible for this odious act. MSF would like to express its deepest sympathies to the families of the victims and the members of Action Against Hunger. Press Release - 9 Aug 2006
 
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Lebanon

Bridge bombing is huge blow for delivery of vital supplies to people trapped in southern Lebanon

Four tonnes of supplies were carried by hand on a distance of 500 metres thanks to a huge human chain. A tree trunk spanning across the river was used as a makeshift bridge. To speed up the process, some journalists present at the scene helped out. Project Update - 8 Aug 2006
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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