The intertwined crises of climate change, environmental degradation and COVID-19 have increased humanitarian needs and vulnerabilities. in the first of the SIU Planetary health blog series of 2021, we provide a snapshot of activity currently underway. More deep-dives incoming soon!

Looking for some hard evidence of our dedication to patient centred innovation? You're in the right place. Read on for insight into MSF India's amplification of multi-drug resistant TB patient voices, the consensus-based MSF Innovation Principles underpinning our HQ and field activity, and more.

MSF, and others in the healthcare space, are facing increasing proximity challenges - particularly in low resource and humanitarian settings. It was estimated by the WHO and World Bank that approximately half of the world population lacks access to essential healthcare services. This was before COVID-19. Can digital health solutions help to improve patient access and outcomes in the fight against this pandemic and beyond?

For MSF, COVID-19 served as a catalyst for the scale-up of numerous Telehealth efforts which in turn pointed towards a clear need for us to take a long and hard look at our foundations and how they may be set to facilitate new demands. Read on to learn about the MSF Telehealth Toolkit, MSF REACH and much more.

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.