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In more than 70 countriesMédecins Sans Frontières provides medical humanitarian assistance to save lives and ease the suffering of people in crisis situations.
MSF Access pushes for access toand the development oflife-saving and life-prolonging medicinesdiagnostic tests and vaccines for people in our programmes and beyond.
Based in ParisCRASH conducts and directs studies and analysis of MSF actions. They participate in internal training sessions and assessment missions in the field.
Based in GenevaUREPH (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.
Based in BrusselsMSF Analysis intends to stimulate reflection and debate on humanitarian topics organised around the themes of migrationrefugeesaid accesshealth policy and the environment in which aid operates.
This logistical and supply centre in Brussels provides storage of and delivers medical equipmentlogistics and drugs for international purchases for MSF missions.
This supply and logistics centre in BordeauxFranceprovides warehousing and delivery of medical equipmentlogistics and drugs for international purchases for MSF missions.
This logistical centre in Amsterdam purchasestestsand stores equipment including vehiclescommunications materialpower supplieswater-processing facilities and nutritional supplements.
BRAMU specialises in neglected tropical diseasessuch as dengue and Chagasand other infectious diseases. This medical unit is based in Rio de JaneiroBrazil.
Our medical guidelines are based on scientific data collected from MSF’s experiencesthe World Health Organization (WHO)other renowned international medical institutionsand medical and scientific journals.
Providing epidemiological expertise to underpin our operationsconducting research and training to support our goal of providing medical aid in areas where people are affected by conflictepidemicsdisastersor excluded from health care.
Evaluation Units have been established in ViennaStockholmand Parisassessing the potential and limitations of medical humanitarian actionthereby enhancing the effectiveness of our medical humanitarian work.
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.
The Luxembourg Operational Research (LuxOR) unit coordinates field research projects and operational research trainingand provides support for documentation activities and routine data collection.
The MSF Paediatric Days is an event for paediatric field staffpolicy makers and academia to exchange ideasalign effortsinspire and share frontline research to advance urgent paediatric issues of direct concern for the humanitarian field.
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.
A collaborativepatients’ needs-drivennon-profit drug research and development organisation that is developing new treatments for neglected diseasesfounded in 2003 by seven organisations from around the world.
Noma is a preventable and treatable neglected diseasebut 90 per cent of people will die within the first two weeks of infection if they do not receive treatment.
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 cataloguerequest geographical supportor produce a map on GeoMSF.
An internationalindependent medical humanitarian organisation
We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflictepidemicsdisastersor exclusion from healthcare. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of health professionalslogistic and administrative staff - most of them hired locally. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of impartialityindependence and neutrality.
In more than 70 countriesMédecins Sans Frontières provides medical humanitarian assistance to save lives and ease the suffering of people in crisis situations.
The place names and boundaries in this map do not reflect any position by MSF on their legal status. This map uses the Gall-Peters equal-area map projection.
The place names and boundaries in this map do not reflect any position by MSF on their legal status. This map uses the Gall-Peters equal-area map projection.
Attacks against medical facilities and health workerswhether deliberate or indiscriminateare part of generalised violence and atrocities committed against civilians in armed conflict. They deprive populations of health servicesoften when they need them the most.
Every yearthousands of people fleeing warpersecution and poverty at home attempt the treacherous journey across the Mediterranean. Countless lives are lost on the way.
Welcome to Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders
Working with MSF
What's it like to work with MSF?
We rely on a strong network of professionals to deliver life-saving medical aid.
Each yearthousands of international and locally-hired staff work together around the globe to provide lifesaving medical assistance to people who would otherwise be denied access to healthcare.
