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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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Speaking Out videos: The violence of the new Rwandan regime 1994-1995

All Case Studies > The violence of the new Rwandan regime 1994-1995 > Videos

Video 1: Operation Turquoise

Rwanda: following the approval from the UN Security Council, the multinational military operation ‘Turquoise’, leaded by France to protect the civilian population is launched.

22 June 1994

INA/France 2. Video in French.

Video 2: The withdrawal of French Legionnaires from Rwanda

Amid the panic and confusion that followed the withdrawal of French Legionnaires from southwest Rwanda, the passage of Red Cross and NGO vehicles halted. Aid workers were unable to cross the border into Zaire to reach thousands of refugees in desperate need of humanitarian assistance.

21 August 1994

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Video 3: Camps of displaced in the "safe humanitarian zone" 

Humanitarian action helps but has its limits and it must take care not to sustain a situation that is unsustainable in a long term. People will not leave the camp if no political solution presents itself.

1995

Extract from MSF documentary: "Rwanda: the humanitarian dilemma". Video in English.

Video 4: A prison in Kigali

5,000 prisoners accused of taking part in the genocide are crammed into a 700-place prison. Every day, some of them die of malnutrition, dysentery and exhaustion.

1995

Extract from MSF documentary: "Rwanda: the humanitarian dilemma". Video in English.

Video 5: RPA massacres displaced people in Kibeho

Tens of thousands of people have fled the Rwandan refugee camp where at least 2,000 people have been killed and buried in pits by RPA soldiers.

24 April 1995 

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Video 6: Kibeho massacre

At least five thousand refugees are reported to have been killed by Rwandan soldiers or trampled to death in a camp in south-west Rwanda.

24 April 1995

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Video 7: Rwandan President visits Kibeho

The Rwandan President, Pasteur Bizimungu, visits the Kibeho refugee camp. He is accompanied by members of his government and the army command.

27 April 1995

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Video 8: Massacre in Kibeho camps

Interview of Wouter van Empelen, MSF Holland program manager. 

October 1995

MSF - Video in Dutch, subtitled in English.

Video 9: Gitarama Prison

Conditions of detention for Hutu prisoners in Rwandan prisons continue to deteriorate. Gitarama prison, designed for 400 inmates, now holds 7,000. 
Diseases are widespread 
and detention conditions are so poor that many prisoners have had their feet amputated after standing up for long periods.

11 August 1995

AP archives

Video 10: Cursed be closed eyes

After the Rwandan genocide, will justice be obtained? A few people are trying to establish the facts, gather testimonies and write history.

1995

Documentary from Frédéric Laffont. Video in French.

Video 11: MSF France expelled from Rwanda

Humanitarian NGOs expelled from Rwanda have begun to withdraw. MSF France, one of the main humanitarian actors, believes that the expulsions are motivated by the fact that the Rwandan government considers them to be a disruptive element in the country. The organisation has asked the government to justify the expulsions.

17 December 1995

AP archives