Reports

With the deterioration of the political context in Burundi since April 2015 more than 140,000 refugees have arrived in Tanzania. The refugees are hosted in t

In late 2013 and early 2014, thousands of people fled the Central African Republic (CAR) to neighbouring Cameroon. MSF OCG provided health care to the refuge

Integration of HIV/TB services is one of the priorities for the MSF movement since 2010 and in particular for OCBA that started hand over of the so-called ve

In 2008, the global economic crisis had raised fears of a serious decline in the fundraising resources of the Movement. As a consequence, mechanisms to stren

In 2012, MSF OCB stepped up its end to end Supply chain capability launching an ‘End-2-End Supply Chain Reform’, with the goal to optimize the su

The Medical Unit (MU; previously Project Unit) in MSF Australia was established in 2005 to develop a co-ownership of the field operations and expand MSF Aust

The aim of this evaluation is to provide a synthesis of the main issues highlighted through organisational learning on international project management exper

Bikenge project was opened in Jan 2015, and medical activities starting on Mar 2015. Six months later, in October 2015, the decision was made to close the pr

Suite au séisme du 12 janvier 2010 en Haïti, MSF-OCG intervient en urgence dans la zone touchée et offre des soins aux blessés. Alors qu’une grande par

This report is a review of advocacy within the MSF movement from 2010-2015. Commissioned by the core ExCom, the aim of this review was to explore the effecti

This report is a review of the Access Campaign (AC) between 2010 and 2015, and was commissioned by the Steering Committee (SC) of the AC. It is complemented

In recent years, MSF has recognised the need to improve its handover process and outcomes. It is no longer satisfactory for the organisation to enter a country, put in place a programme and leave without some degree of
accountability for what remains after MSF’s departure. This tendency has led the MSF Operational Centre Paris (OCP) to review the handover process of the Homa Bay County Hospital project in Kenya. The main goal of this evaluation is to explore how effective the handover strategy was in contributing to sustainable, comprehensive quality of HIV/TB care in Homa Bay.

2015 saw the first large scale Meningitis C outbreak in Africa since 1979. A number of challenges and problems had been noted in the way MSF operational sect

This report provides an analysis of women’s sexual and reproductive health, their perception of and access to maternal health care services in Khost pr

This review was commissioned by the International Board of MSF to reflect on the lessons learned for Movement governance from the early months of the MSF res

The review aimed to capture learnings from this difficult exit process in South Sudan and provides an overview of the root causes identified. Some external f

Despite a 5 day SIAs by MOH in 2014, a new outbreak began in Katanga/DRC and spread throughout 2015. A comprehensive, integrated “3 headed” respo

Measles epidemics occur in Katanga (KTA)/DRC, challenging early response strategies for outbreak control. In 2015, despite MOH delay in declaring the epidemi

Since Kyrgyzstan is one of the 27 high multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) burden countries listed by the WHO, MSF started a drug-resistant tuberculosi

Family and Sexual Violence in PNG is pervasive and widespread, centered within the family and the extended family (wantok), and manifests itself as physical

In 2011, MSF Canada decided not to sign a further memorandum of understanding with the operational centre Amsterdam partners, and instead to focus its operational and resource support to the MSF movement as a whole. In their 2012-2016 strategic plan MSF Canada then adopted this movement focus as an overarching principle.

Lessons learned from the MSF intervention. On November an Ebola outbreak was declared in Uganda on 29th of November. On 30th of November a joint explo visit

The objective of this review was to assess the response of OCG, focusing on the Freetown Prince of Wales Ebola Treatment Centre, Sierra Leone (open Dec 2014

MSF OCB commissioned an extensive multi-sectoral critical review of its Ebola intervention. The summary report highlights key findings from all specific repo

L'évaluation fait partie de l'accord de financement avec le bailleur. En outre, étant donnés les changements que le projet a vécu récemment, le momen

This evaluation assesses the results of the entire OCA Wardher project from 2008 – 2015, drawing lessons from this engagement, including on how to best

This evaluation has been triggered by the recent finding that a substantial proportion of the Changara project’s patients had a high VL of more than 3,

The evaluation aims to assess the strategies put in place in order to provide further recommendations for implementation of the project in Guinea. The report

Given that community HIV testing is often more expensive than HF-based testing, this evaluation aims to fully understand the relative advantages of community

Full version and short version available. This evaluation of the viral load (VL) monitoring system was commissioned in order to more fully understand the exp

This report provides an analysis of the perception of adolescents in Kasese municipality regarding their sexual and reproductive health. The data speaks

In recent years, MSF has noted that ‘social violence’ is strongly linked to health exclusion and dysfunctional health systems. Therefore, the Ope

In recent years, MSF has noted that ‘social violence’ is strongly linked to health exclusion and dysfunctional health systems. Therefore, the Ope

After 10 years of presence in Zinder, the MSF mission is preparing for a successful handover of the project to the national authorities. The handover process, which started 5 years ago, has been well structured and well
planned. It has followed a step-by-step approach, progressively transferring responsibilities to the national authorities, and has thus avoided jeopardizing the quality of care for the beneficiaries.

After 10 years in Zinder, the MSF mission is preparing for a successful handover of the project to the national authorities. Most of the work has b

After 10 years in Zinder, the MSF mission is preparing for a successful handover of the project to the national authorities. Most of the work has been comple

In recent years, MSF has recognised the need to improve its handover process and outcomes. It is no longer satisfactory for the organisation to enter a count

In recent years, MSF has recognised the need to improve its handover process and outcomes. It is no longer satisfactory for the organisation to enter a count

Médecins sans Frontières Operational Centre Geneva (MSF OCG)’s Initiative for Medical Innovation (2IM) has successfully introduced the beginnings of a change in organisational culture through a number of innovation projects. Every department has now adopted the notion of innovation and risk taking and a mindset of challenging the status quo. We have found evidence that the 2IM Initiative has, with a degree of success, started to address an identified latent risk aversion in OCG.