MSF Scientific Days – Asia 2026 has evolved into a key regional platform for showcasing research, innovation, and field-based experiences across humanitarian and public health settings. The event brings together researchers, frontline responders, academics, policymakers, and community partners to advance evidence-based improvements in care for populations affected by crises and health inequities.
Building on the success of previous editions, the 2026 conference will be hosted in Singapore for the first time, reflecting MSF’s commitment to strengthening regional collaboration, operational learning, and locally grounded research.
The event is co-organised by MSF South Asia and MSFHKF, in collaboration with MSF Access Asia Pacific and MSF Korea, with the National University of Singapore (NUS) Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health serving as the academic partner. NUS SSHSPH is a leading institution in Asia for research, education, and policy engagement in global and population health.
Rooted in the principles of independence, impartiality, and témoignage (bearing witness), MSF Scientific Days Asia promotes critical dialogue, scientific rigor, inclusivity, and the translation of knowledge into action. The 2026 edition will focus on complex and interconnected health challenges, with an emphasis on equity, operational relevance, and access to care in resource-constrained and crisis-affected settings.
Exploring ethical and operational challenges in delivering healthcare in challenged settings, focusing on equity, prioritization, access barriers, and quality of care under constraint. Includes ethical use of AI and digital tools in clinical and operational decision-making and their implications for equity and accountability in low-resource contexts
Focus:
How decisions are made under constraint, and who benefits or gets excluded.
Topics may include:
Accountability in high-risk environments
Examining innovative and sustainable healthcare delivery approaches in fragile, urban, informal, and protracted crisis settings. The stream also covers ageing populations, geriatric care, non-communicable diseases (NCDs), sexual and reproductive health (SRHR), digital health, AI-enabled care, health financing, and equitable UHC, with emphasis on integrated and resilient systems.
Focus:
How care is actually delivered when systems are weak, fragmented, or collapsing.
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Explore the intersection of climate change, humanitarian crises, and access to healthcare in vulnerable settings.
Focus:
Direct and indirect health impacts of climate change and environmental degradation.
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Addressing evolving communicable disease burdens and response strategies.
Focus:
Detection, treatment, and control of communicable diseases.
Topics may include:
Diagnostics and surveillance innovations (including genomics)
Highlighting challenges and solutions for mobile and displaced populations.
Includes refugee and migrant health, continuity of care, surveillance gaps, cross border collaborations and service delivery in informal or transient settings.
Focus:
Health systems access and moving population.
Topics May include:
Legal, policy, and operational barriers
Use of data science, AI, and modelling to strengthen preparedness and response. Includes early warning systems, predictive analytics, spatial and environmental data, and community-informed surveillance for real-time, actionable decision-making in humanitarian settings.
Focus:
How data improves speed, accuracy, and foresight in operations.
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Abstract submissions for MSF Scientific Days Asia 2026 are now closed.
Event registrations will open soon. Stay tuned for updates.
