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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 Access

MSF Access pushes 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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Geo MSF

The GeoMSF platform is a dynamic one-stop-shop website for all of MSF's GIS related services and products. Access maps and applications through the catalogue, request geographical support, or produce a map on GeoMSF.

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MSF outreach activities in Boma, GPAA
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Daniel Kuju, health promotion supervisor, and Beatrice Johnson, community health educator, visit semi-nomadic communities in Labarab, Greater Pibor administrative area to conduct health awareness sessions. South Sudan, February 2024.
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Haiti: When reaching a hospital becomes impossible
Haiti

Port-au-Prince: MSF treats over 100 patients for violence injuries in two weeks

Press Release 22 Jan 2026
 
Gaza North Feb 2025
Attacks on medical care

Report: Medical care in the crosshairs

Report 22 Jan 2026
 
Ukraine Re-Taken Areas
Attacks on medical care

Attacks on medical care in armed conflict reach record levels

Press Release 22 Jan 2026
 
Thousands Flee Sudan's Violence to Renk County
United States of America

One year later: How US policies are reshaping global health and humanitarian aid

Press Release 21 Jan 2026
 
Shinkafi - NIGERIA
Photo Story

The shared challenges of giving birth

20 Jan 2026
Photo Story
 
Premature newborns in north Gaza
Gaza-Israel war

Addressing frequently asked questions and allegations about MSF’s work in Gaza

Project Update 16 Jan 2026
 
Aweil Project, South Sudan
South Sudan

Movement restrictions prevent people from accessing lifesaving medical care in Jonglei state

Press Release 16 Jan 2026
 
Kajo Keji Project, South Sudan
Iran

MSF is following developments in Iran

Statement 16 Jan 2026
 
A MSF staff in front of the camp
Burundi

The humanitarian situation for refugees in Burundi remains alarming

Project Update 14 Jan 2026
 
Urban Violence Project - Mobile Clinics in Bel Air
Haiti

MSF calls for protection of civilians as violence in Bel Air forces suspension of activities

Press Release 8 Jan 2026
 
Gaza North Feb 2025
Gaza-Israel war

Israel’s threat to withhold NGO registrations is a blow to humanitarian aid

Statement 2 Jan 2026
 
A view of mud houses in Raees Golam Mustafa Golla, Dera Murad Jamali
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Harsh winter conditions deepen humanitarian crisis for Afghans in Pakistan

Project Update 2 Jan 2026
 
Aweil Project, South Sudan
South Sudan

MSF evacuates staff from Lankien healthcare facility following airstrikes

Statement 31 Dec 2025
 
Midwife treats a newborn at Nawa National Hospital
Syria

Addressing people’s medical needs in Dara’a after years of conflict

Project Update 24 Dec 2025
 
MSF Response to Congolese Refugees Emergency on Ndava Transit Site
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Congolese refugees in Burundi in dire need of support

Press Release 23 Dec 2025
 
Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza is overcrowded with patients
Gaza-Israel war

MSF’s vital humanitarian activities in Gaza at risk from Israeli registration rules

Statement 22 Dec 2025
 
Measles cases surge in Darfur despite months of warnings and calls for vaccination
Conflict in Sudan

Measles cases surge in Darfur, Sudan, despite months of calling for vaccination

Project Update 19 Dec 2025
 
Safe Abortion Care in Beira, Mozambique
Mozambique

Looking back on 11 years of HIV care in Beira, Mozambique

Interview 19 Dec 2025
 
Sudanese refugees from El Fasher in Chad
Conflict in Sudan

Documentary: El Fasher under siege

Documentary 16 Dec 2025
 
Emergency intervention in Nampula
Mozambique

MSF begins emergency response after 100,000 people flee violence in northern Mozambique

Project Update 16 Dec 2025
 
Masisi General Reference Hospital
Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF briefs UN Security Council on staggering violence in DRC

Speech 12 Dec 2025
 
Aweil Project, South Sudan
Myanmar

Deadly airstrike on a hospital in Mrauk-U, Myanmar

Statement 11 Dec 2025
 
MoH doctor working with MSF
Nigeria

MSF launches emergency medical services in Gwoza, Borno state

Project Update 11 Dec 2025
 
MSF concludes its healthcare activities supporting the Yanomami communities
Brazil

MSF wraps up activities in northern Brazil

Project Update 11 Dec 2025
MSF Logistique - Bordeaux
How we work

How we deliver medical humanitarian assistance

Everywhere we work, the circumstances are unique. Nonetheless, our programmes generally follow a common set of practices designed to make sure our resources and expertise are used to maximum effect.

 

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