Where does MSF work, and how can I find its projects by country on msf.org?

MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières) provides medical humanitarian assistance in more than 70 countries, and msf.org lets you browse that work in two ways: a country list and a map. Use the country list when you already know which country you want; use the map when you want a geographic overview first. Both lead to the same underlying project pages.

How MSF describes its scope of work

MSF is an international, independent medical humanitarian organisation. Its stated purpose is to provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. Teams are made up of tens of thousands of health professionals, plus logistics and administrative staff — most of them hired locally. The organisation says its actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of impartiality, independence and neutrality.

The scale is large. MSF's International Activity Report 2025 cites figures including 17.1 million outpatient consultations, 3.6 million malaria cases treated, and 1.8 million patients admitted, across 72 countries.

Finding projects by country on msf.org

The site's "Where we work" section is the entry point. It states that MSF provides medical humanitarian assistance in more than 70 countries, and offers two browsing modes:

• View All Countries List — a text list of countries where MSF operates. Best when you have a specific country in mind or want to scan the full set.
• View Map — a geographic view. Best when you want to see distribution across regions.

From either view, you move into individual country or project pages, which describe the specific work being done there. The site also groups content by programme type, so you can browse by the kind of work rather than only by location.

A note on the map

The map carries an explicit disclaimer: the place names and boundaries shown do not reflect any position by MSF on their legal status. It also uses the Gall-Peters equal-area map projection — a choice that represents land area proportionally rather than preserving the shapes familiar from standard web maps. If you are citing the map, keep that framing in mind.

What you'll find on a country or project page

Country and project pages carry current activity, often as dated updates. Examples visible on the site include:

These appear as project updates, press releases, opinion pieces and photo stories. Dates and headlines on the site change as new material is published, so treat the table as a snapshot of what the section looks like rather than a fixed index.

Practical steps

1. Go to the "Where we work" section of msf.org.
2. Choose View All Countries List if you know the country, or View Map if you want an overview.
3. Select a country to reach its project page.
4. On the project page, look for dated updates, press releases and photo stories for the most recent activity.

If you need the aggregate picture rather than a single country, the International Activity Report is the document MSF points to for organisation-wide figures.

Common sticking points

• The map is not a political statement. The disclaimer about place names and boundaries is part of the map itself, not a footnote — read it before quoting the map in anything formal.
• "More than 70 countries" and "72 countries" are different statements. The former describes the general scope; the latter is tied to the International Activity Report 2025 figures. Don't merge them.
• Country pages are not static. Content is dated and updated, so a page you read today may lead with a different story next month.