Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
Our Work
We work together in teams, small and large to respond to medical needs of people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters and those excluded from healthcare.
Médecins Sans Frontières/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
About Us
MSF is a global network of principled medical and other professionals working in teams, small and large, to respond to the medical needs of people affected by conflict, disasters and epidemics and those excluded from healthcare.
Access to Healthcare
"I would never wish to go back"
ZACHARIA MATICHIANG MAET – 35 YEARS OLD Stories from the Frontline - 18 Jun 2020
Access to Healthcare
Kala Azar in Sudan: Ten years of treating a 'disease in hiding'
After ten years treating Kala Azar in the region, MSF handed over the to the ministry of health our kala azar medical activities in May 2020. During that time, MSF treated, and saved almost 7,000 patients1, keeping the mortality below 1% except during the initial peaks. Project Update - 15 Jun 2020
COVID-19 Coronavirus
Crisis Update: Fighting COVID-19 in East Africa
Across East Africa we are working hard to keep providing essential medical services, taking steps to keep patients and staff safe as well as launching new activities to respond directly to the outbreak. Crisis Update - 30 Apr 2020
Neglected Diseases
Neglected Tropical Diseases: ‘Incredible progress has been made but there’s still a long way to go’
“I’m heartened at how much progress has been made in the fight against neglected tropical diseases over the last few decades. There have been substantial advances in terms of coverage and innovations, compared to when MSF started treating patients 20 to 30 years ago. This is good news for the more than one billion people affected by NTDs, who are among the world’s poorest and most marginalized. Stories from the Frontline - 30 Jan 2020![A boy leads a donkey with water canisters from the berkit (rainwater collecting clay pond)[Photo:Susanne Doettling/MSF]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf293810_medium.jpg?itok=ipqLRvZb "A boy leads a donkey with water canisters from the berkit (rainwater collecting clay pond)[Photo:Susanne Doettling/MSF]")
Access to Healthcare
Doolo Zone, Somali Region, Ethiopia Stories from the Frontline - 13 Dec 2019
Giving birth on the move
A Somali midwife working to tackle maternal deaths among nomad womenDoolo Zone, Somali Region, Ethiopia Stories from the Frontline - 13 Dec 2019
![Villagers surrounded by water and stranded in a shrinking area of dry land[Photo: Nicola Flamigni/MSF]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf295696_medium.jpg?itok=vdE6485p "Villagers surrounded by water and stranded in a shrinking area of dry land[Photo: Nicola Flamigni/MSF]")
Access to Healthcare
South Sudan: “People tell us these are the worst floods they have ever seen”
Kim Phillips, logistics coordinator of MSF in South Sudan Stories from the Frontline - 5 Dec 2019
Access to Healthcare
Galkayo, a town in central Somalia, hosts a large number of internally displaced people who have fled violence, drought and other climate hazards within the country. It also hosts migrants and refugees, as well as people from the neighboring Somali region of Ethiopia seeking better healthcare.
Mudug Regional Hospital is the city´s main referral hospital, serving some half a million people. MSF has been supporting this facility since May 2017. Today, we work in the emergency room, care for malnourished children, treat people with tuberculosis, assist women with complicated pregnancies and run mobile clinics. These are some of the stories of MSF’s patients in Galkayo. Press Release - 20 Nov 2019
Bringing medical care to people in central Somalia
Southern and central parts of Somalia are currently affected by floods that have forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes and triggered a humanitarian crisis. But even before the floods, people in Somalia were very vulnerable following decades of protracted conflict.Galkayo, a town in central Somalia, hosts a large number of internally displaced people who have fled violence, drought and other climate hazards within the country. It also hosts migrants and refugees, as well as people from the neighboring Somali region of Ethiopia seeking better healthcare.
Mudug Regional Hospital is the city´s main referral hospital, serving some half a million people. MSF has been supporting this facility since May 2017. Today, we work in the emergency room, care for malnourished children, treat people with tuberculosis, assist women with complicated pregnancies and run mobile clinics. These are some of the stories of MSF’s patients in Galkayo. Press Release - 20 Nov 2019
![Mohamed Kalil is MSF’s humanitarian affairs advisor [Photo: Abdalle Mumin/MSF]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf294062_medium.jpg?itok=wDD_4b07 "Mohamed Kalil is MSF’s humanitarian affairs advisor [Photo: Abdalle Mumin/MSF]")
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