Innovation has been central to MSF’s medical work and culture since the organisation’s inception nearly 50 years ago. As the organisation has grown and become more complex in recent years, more effort has been made to ‘professionalise’ MSF’s innovation work. Read on to learn more about where we are now and our plans for the future.

Between March 2018 and January 2019, the MSF Sweden Innovation Unit carried out the Innovation Partnership Project. The project is aimed at improving our understanding of how MSF can better position itself when engaging with external partners on innovative projects.  

Read on for this month's updates including how MSF is navigating digital health solutions for humanitarian and global health settings and a new method for ensuring cold chains support the optimal transfer of essential medicines.

Cold Chain Indicators - From Concept to Commercialisation

Innovations in humanitarian health require robust scientific investigation in order to justify scale-up and investment. Read on to find out whether Negative Pressure Wound Therapy lived up to expectations for war-related injuries.

Ebola transportation workshop with the WHO, discussing climate and health adaptation with the Lancet Countdown and leveraging AI for COVID-19 outbreak understanding. Read on for more…