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Every year MSF provides medical care to many thousands of people in crisis situations around the world. Offering high-quality, evidence-based treatment in challenging, low-resource settings means that innovation is in our life blood.

Unconventional settings often require unconventional approaches, whether that’s developing new technologies and adapting existing ones, or finding new and better ways of working. This blog gives our teams a chance to reflect on what’s worked and what hasn’t, with the goal of saving lives and reducing suffering. It brings together the personal experiences of staff from across MSF, as they attempt to solve some of the toughest problems faced by our medical teams in the field.

You can keep up with what’s new in the world of humanitarian innovation by following @MSF_Innovation on Twitter.

Josie Gilday
Josie Gilday
Soins infirmiers
Innovation: A day in the life of a humanitarian nursing team – The roll-out
After a successful pilot, Josie and the team are ready to launch their research project, using smartphones to track the work of Médecins sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) nurses caring for children in Bangladesh …
03 jan 2019 / 6 minute read
Epidemiologist Larissa Vernier and an MSF colleague
Larissa Vernier
Larissa Vernier
Epidemiologiste
Innovation: Introducing R4Epis
In an epidemic Médecins sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) need to respond, fast. But how to find the source of the outbreak, or to know which communities are most at risk? That's where epidemiologists come in. Larissa Vernier blogs about an innovative new project that's aiming to save them time in a crisis...
20 déc 2018 / 6 minute read
Josie Gilday
Josie Gilday
Soins infirmiers
Innovation: A day in the life of a humanitarian nursing team – The things you learn during a pilot
What does a humanitarian nurse do in an “average” day? And how can finding out benefit our patients? Josie blogs from an innovative project that’s aiming to answer those questions…
18 déc 2018 / 8 minute read
Stephen midwife Malakal MSF
Obulejo Stephen Melebi
Sage femme
Innovation: How ultrasound is saving lives in South Sudan
Stephen is a midwife from South Sudan, working with MSF in Malakal camp to provide care to people displaced by conflict. In this post, he explains how new kit and training in "point-of-care" ultrasound scans are helping midwives like him make life-saving diagnoses.
12 nov 2018 / 5 minute read
Josie Gilday
Josie Gilday
Soins infirmiers
Innovation: A day in the life of a humanitarian nursing team – Developing data collection tools
Do you remember everything you did today? How long did each task take? How many times did you repeat them? What if the answers to these questions could help change how MSF delivers medical care in an emergency? Nurse Josie Gilday blogs…
05 nov 2018 / 6 minute read
Roger Morton
Roger Morton
Logisticien
Innovation: The myth of the lone inventor
Roger Morton is a logistician whose work for MSF in Iraq inspired him to design and develop a personal decontamination kit. In this blog he looks at the origin of his drive to innovate. 
29 oct 2018 / 3 minute read
Josie Gilday
Josie Gilday
Soins infirmiers
Innovation: A day in the life of a humanitarian nursing team - the start
Nurses are key members of the Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders MSF team, providing vital medical care to patients in emergencies around the world. But staffing guidelines for nurses are largely based on experience and expert opinion rather than evidence.  Josie blogs from the start of a new project that’s aiming to change that…
29 oct 2018 / 6 minute read
Pete Masters
From biofuel to virtual reality: Four innovative new projects from Doctors Without Borders
How can we use technology to save more lives? Pete blogs about the latest Doctors Without Borders projects aiming to do just that...
19 oct 2018 / 7 minute read
Roger's notebook
Roger Morton
Roger Morton
Logisticien
Innovation: How to start 
Roger Morton is a logistician whose work for MSF in Iraq inspired him to design and develop a personal decontamination kit. In this blog he takes us on a tour of the thought process that drives innovation. 
16 oct 2018 / 6 minute read
Landcruiser
Roger Morton
Roger Morton
Logisticien
Innovation: Personal decontamination and the principles of lean design
Logistician Roger describes how Toyota contributes more than the iconic Land Cruiser to MSF.
09 oct 2018 / 5 minute read
Lucie Gueuning MSF
Lucie Gueuning
Coordination de projets
MSF REACH: The new project that could help MSF act faster in an emergency
Lucie Gueuning, from Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF)’s Emergency Support Unit, writes about an innovative new project that will help our teams rapidly respond to reach those in need.
05 oct 2018 / 11 minute read
Kate Hughes
Innovation: Can stories help to save lives?
How can story-telling help communities fight disease? Kate blogs about a new Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) project that’s aiming to change perceptions in Nigeria… People do not resist change – they resist being changed
15 mai 2018 / 5 minute read