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Médecins Sans Frontières brings medical humanitarian assistance to victims of conflict, natural disasters, epidemics or healthcare exclusion.

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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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(STILLS) Gaza, youth under occupation

Gaza, youth under occupation

Documentary6 July 2022

In June 2007, Israel and Egypt imposed a land, air and sea blockade on the Gaza Strip, Palestine. The collapse of Gaza’s economy and movement restrictions have been compounded by successive wars against this tiny blockaded stretch of land by Israeli military forces.

The lives of a whole generation born in the 2000s have been punctuated by airstrikes, occupation, protests and shortages. Either injured themselves, or friends or relatives of wounded patients treated by Médecins Sans Frontières teams, Abdullah, Aseel, Nermin, Shams and Yasmin live in Gaza.

Lives overburdened by traumatic memories – the war in the summer of 2014, the deluge of bullets fired by the Israeli army during the 2018 Great March of Return protests, video games, the poems recited on social media, beach cafés, graduation ceremonies, but also occupation.

In this 4-episode mini-series, Abdullah, Aseel, Nermin, Shams and Yasmin describe their daily lives as teenagers under blockade and occupation.

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Episode 1: Clash of clans - Abdallah

Episode 1: Clash of Clans. 20-year old Abdallah is the eldest of six children. When his father was wounded in the Great March of Return protests in 2018, he had to take on more family responsibilities. In between games of ping-pong with his grandfather, video games and action movies, he talks about his life as a teenager in Gaza.
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Episode 2: A child's mind - Yasmin

Episode 2 - A child’s mind. Yasmin is studying because she wants to become the manager of a company. Among the many wars in Gaza, the one she remembers most was the one in summer 2014. Two months of interminable airstrikes, the fear of seeing her nearest and dearest die, the sleepless nights. Close to her family, but most of all her mother, the young woman dreams of being able to travel – even if only to Jerusalem.
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Episode 3: Troublemaker - Shams

Episode 3 - Troublemaker. Of his childhood in Gaza, Shams’ happiest memories are of days spent with his family by the sea. Before the incident, he would criss-cross Gaza on his scooter and hang out with his friends on the beach. Then, during a protest, he was shot in the right arm by a bullet and his dreams were shattered.
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Episode 4: Poets of the nation - Aseel and Nermin

Episode 4 - Poets of the nation. Aseel and Nermin are inseparable. The two young women spend all their time writing and reciting poems on their Instagram accounts and at public events. Nermin remembers the moment when she discovered literature. It was the summer of the war in 2014.
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