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General Support Funding for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

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Used for	In 74 countries around the world, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) saves lives by providing medical aid where it is needed most—in armed conflicts, epidemics, natural disasters, and other crises. The people who work for MSF are doctors, nurses, midwives, epidemiologists, water-and-sanitation experts and many others who combine their professional expertise with a commitment to the world’s most vulnerable people. Each year, our medical teams run close to 450 projects where they care for millions of people.
Benefits	General support funding allows for our rapid response to all types of emergencies — which are increasingly compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, conflict, and climate change. In 2021, we are running extensive COVID-19 programs to treat patients at 160 projects in 50 countries, including Afghanistan, Brazil, India, Peru, South Africa, and Syria, to name a few. At the same time, we are ensuring access to medical care for the millions of patients who rely on MSF for surgery, trauma care, and treatment for malnutrition, malaria, tuberculosis, and other diseases.
Proposal Description	Each year, MSF medical teams care for millions of people caught in a variety of emergencies, including about 10 million people who are treated as outpatients and over half a million who are admitted to MSF-run hospital programs (a record 877,000 patients were hospitalized in 2020). The majority of our patients live in war-torn or impoverished parts of Africa and the Middle East and in 2020, our teams assisted populations in 88 countries to respond to COVID-19 and other emergencies including violence and disease outbreaks, that were made more complex by the pandemic. About half of the organization’s global expenditures in 2020 served populations in 10 countries where MSF runs its largest programs, primarily in response to ongoing humanitarian crises: Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, Yemen, Central African Republic, Nigeria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Syria, and Lebanon. MSF programs are designed to fill serious gaps in available care while developing effective and efficient models that can be replicated by governments and other health organizations worldwide. MSF programs seek to reduce morbidity and mortality by addressing the health, nutritional, and water and sanitation needs of vulnerable populations. Specific objectives are to fill gaps by providing access to high quality medical care to people trapped in conflict or disasters, and to remain responsive to crises by adapting to evolving needs. Our medical and humanitarian relief programs help us achieve these objectives by caring for people who have fled their homes, providing nutritional care for malnourished children, conducting surgery in places with limited access to surgical expertise, and meeting other needs. While each individual project sets targets during our annual planning process prior to the start of the year, we also adapt programs throughout the year to fill remaining gaps or meet arising needs. We maintain nimble programs so that our teams can respond rapidly to new emergencies and ensure emergency preparedness (known as e-prep) with adequate supplies stored on the ground in key locations. Indicators used to track outcomes in our programs include the following: • Number of outpatient consultations at MSF-run or supported hospitals and clinics; • Hospitalization of children and adults admitted to inpatient wards; • Surgery performed on war wounded, women with obstetric emergencies, and others in urgent need of surgery, as well as post-operative care; • Nutritional care for malnourished children; • Mental health consultation for victims of violence and displacement; • Vaccinations and other disease prevention strategies.