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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is the world's leading independent international medical relief organization, implementing and managing medical projects in close to 72 countries worldwide and as a worldwide movement of 25 associations, 24 sections, 17 offices and 6 operational entities.
Our work focuses on emergency medical and humanitarian relief. We are guided by the principles of independence, neutrality and impartiality, as described in the MSF Charter. We implement our medical programs in areas where no health or sanitary systems exist, or where health structures are overwhelmed by the needs of populations.
For 50 years, we have been providing medical assistance to people affected by armed conflicts, natural disasters, disease epidemics, malnutrition crises and other emergencies.
We offer medical and humanitarian assistance to people based on their needs - irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation. We observe neutrality in situations of conflict, and impartiality in the name of medical ethics.
To ensure our independence, the majority of our funding is provided by private donations from members of the public. Additional funding may come from foundations, governments and international institutions.
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| Scope | International |
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| Language | English |
| Country | United States of America |
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Kiribati is one of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world. Spanning 33 low-lying atolls in the Pacific Ocean, its 138,000 residents live on narrow strips of land just feet above sea level and depend on fragile natural systems for water. Climate change, however, is threatening access to this most basic and essential resource for life.
Ukraine: Deadly Russian attacks on civilians in Kyiv
Between August 27 and September 3, at least 51 people have been killed and nearly 100 injured in the Kyiv region, according to the most recent reports by city and regional authorities. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) condemns the Russian armed forces' strikes on civilian infrastructure and residential areas. An MSF physiotherapy team is providing care at one of Kyiv's largest hospitals, including for a wounded survivor of a recent attack.
Urgent needs persist three weeks after earthquake in Colombia
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) sent assessment and response teams to Valle del Cauca in Chocó, as well as Risaralda, prioritizing areas where needs remain greatest and where the response has been more limited. Although the earthquake severely affected cities such as Cali and Pereira, the most critical gaps remain in areas that have long faced poverty, barriers to health care, and the presence of armed groups.
Children must be centered in Ebola treatment and prevention research
Specifically, children must have timely access to pediatric formulations for ongoing trials of oral post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), including the oral antiviral pill obeldesivir that is manufactured by US-based Gilead Sciences. The current Ebola disease outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which is caused by the Bundibugyo virus, has disproportionately affected children.
Nepal flash floods: MSF team assessing needs on the ground
After major flash floods struck Nepal’s Rasuwa district, a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team has arrived in the country to assess people’s immediate needs. MSF stands ready to provide urgent humanitarian and medical assistance. The floods rapidly impacted the Timure, Rasuwagadhi, and Syabrubesi areas, causing significant damage to settlements, markets, and infrastructure. Flood waves are estimated to have been as large as 26-33 feet in some locations.
MSF responds after Russian drone strikes hit shopping mall in Ukraine
The attack came in two waves: The first caused a fire, and around half an hour later, a second strike hit while emergency teams responded. The strikes killed at least 16 people and injured 130 others, including children. Nine people remain missing, and search operations are ongoing. Following the attack, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) paramedics transferred a 16-year-old girl from a hospital in Kryvyi Rih to Dnipro for specialized care at another hospital.
Colombia earthquake update: MSF response
As of August 20, 319 people have died, 4,506 have been injured, and 260 remain missing, according to the latest official figures from Colombia’s National Unit for Disaster Risk Management. Afro-Colombian and Indigenous communities are among the hardest hit. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has mobilized emergency assessment and response teams in Colombia, prioritizing Valle del Cauca and Chocó.
After 100 days, Ebola response must reach communities faster
This outbreak has become the largest and deadliest in the country’s history, and it continues to spread at an alarming rate in communities already facing conflict, violence, displacement, food insecurity, and other health emergencies. Communities affected by the outbreak urgently need a scale-up in training for health workers and community leaders on case detection, referral of suspected cases, and infection prevention and control measures. This response needs more than extra beds.
MSF condemns Israeli military decision to deny investigation into the killings of our staff in Gaza
These cases regard attacks on an MSF convoy in Gaza City in November 2023, which killed two people, and a February 2024 strike on an MSF shelter in Khan Younis that killed two people and injured six others. This does not come as a surprise. These responses come nearly two years after MSF submitted its request, which was followed by a submission to the Israeli High Court of Justice challenging MAG’s failure to provide any answer to our formal requests. This is not justice.
Women risk their lives to access sexual and reproductive health care in Haiti
Haiti has the highest maternal mortality rate in the Americas, yet for thousands of women, seeing a doctor, obtaining contraceptives, attending prenatal check-ups, and receiving care after sexual assault has become fraught with obstacles. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) mobile clinics bring care closer to communities. MSF has also worked to rehabilitate Isaïe Jeanty maternity hospital in Cité Soleil.