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Who We Are

Learn about our mission, our charter and principles, and who we are.

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How we work

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How we're run

Discover our governance and what it means to be an association. Find a quick visual guide to our offices around the world.

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Reports and financials

Read through our annual financial and activity reports, and find out about where our funds come from and how they are spent.

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What we do

Médecins Sans Frontières brings medical humanitarian assistance to victims of conflict, natural disasters, epidemics or healthcare exclusion.

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Where we work

In more than 70 countries, Médecins Sans Frontières provides medical humanitarian assistance to save lives and ease the suffering of people in crisis situations.

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MSF Websites

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Our offices around the world
Our offices around the world
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MSF Association

Our staff “own” and manage MSF, making sure that we stay true to our mission and principles, through the MSF Associations.

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Access Campaign

We set up the MSF Access Campaign in 1999 to push for access to, and the development of, life-saving and life-prolonging medicines, diagnostic tests and vaccines for people in our programmes and beyond.

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Patient blogs

Hear directly from the inspirational people we help as they talk about their experiences dealing with often neglected, life-threatening diseases.

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CRASH

Based in Paris, CRASH conducts and directs studies and analysis of MSF actions. They participate in internal training sessions and assessment missions in the field.

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UREPH

Based in Geneva, UREPH (or Research Unit) aims to improve the way MSF projects are implemented in the field and to participate in critical thinking on humanitarian and medical action.

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ARHP

Based in Barcelona, ARHP documents and reflects on the operational challenges and dilemmas faced by the MSF field teams.

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MSF Analysis

Based in Brussels, MSF Analysis intends to stimulate reflection and debate on humanitarian topics organised around the themes of migration, refugees, aid access, health policy and the environment in which aid operates.

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MSF Supply

This logistical and supply centre in Brussels provides storage of and delivers medical equipment, logistics and drugs for international purchases for MSF missions.

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MSF Logistique

This supply and logistics centre in Bordeaux, France, provides warehousing and delivery of medical equipment, logistics and drugs for international purchases for MSF missions.

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Amsterdam Procurement Unit

This logistical centre in Amsterdam purchases, tests, and stores equipment including vehicles, communications material, power supplies, water-processing facilities and nutritional supplements.

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Southern Africa Medical Unit

SAMU provides strategic, clinical and implementation support to various MSF projects with medical activities related to HIV and TB. This medical unit is based in Cape Town, South Africa.

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Brazilian Medical Unit

BRAMU specialises in neglected tropical diseases, such as dengue and Chagas, and other infectious diseases. This medical unit is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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MSF Medical Guidelines

Our medical guidelines are based on scientific data collected from MSF’s experiences, the World Health Organization (WHO), other renowned international medical institutions, and medical and scientific journals.

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Manson Unit

The Manson Unit is a London, UK-based team of medical specialists who provide medical and technical support, and conduct research for MSF.

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Epicentre

Providing epidemiological expertise to underpin our operations, conducting research and training to support our goal of providing medical aid in areas where people are affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or excluded from health care.

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Evaluation Units

Evaluation Units have been established in Vienna, Stockholm, and Paris, assessing the potential and limitations of medical humanitarian action, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of our medical humanitarian work.

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LGBTQI+ Inclusion in Health Settings

MSF works with LGBTQI+ populations in many settings over the last 25-30 years. LGBTQI+ people face healthcare disparities with limited access to care and higher disease rates than the general population.

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LUXOR

The Luxembourg Operational Research (LuxOR) unit coordinates field research projects and operational research training, and provides support for documentation activities and routine data collection.

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MSF Academy for Healthcare

To upskill and provide training to locally-hired MSF staff in several countries, MSF has created the MSF Academy for Healthcare.

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Humanitarian Law

This Guide explains the terms, concepts, and rules of humanitarian law in accessible and reader-friendly alphabetical entries.

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MSF Paediatric Days

The MSF Paediatric Days is an event for paediatric field staff, policy makers and academia to exchange ideas, align efforts, inspire and share frontline research to advance urgent paediatric issues of direct concern for the humanitarian field.

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MSF Foundation

The MSF Foundation aims to create a fertile arena for logistics and medical knowledge-sharing to meet the needs of MSF and the humanitarian sector as a whole.

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DNDi

A collaborative, patients’ needs-driven, non-profit drug research and development organisation that is developing new treatments for neglected diseases, founded in 2003 by seven organisations from around the world.

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Africa

 
Helping tackle malnutrition and malaria in Angola
Africa

Angola

After handing over our medical activities to the Angolan Ministry of Health, MSF left Angola in August 2023.

25,300

malaria cases treated

2,750

admissions of children to outpatient feeding programmes 

880

children admitted to inpatient feeding programmes
 
Maternal and neonatal health in Couffo
Africa

Benin

Learn about MSF's activities in Benin.

13,400

outpatient consultations

3,780

patients admitted to hospital

3,420

births assisted, including 1,010 caesarean sections
 
Water suply in Kongoussi
Africa

Burkina Faso

MSF is providing people affected by insecurity with essential services.

109.6M

litres of water distributed

1,020,100

outpatient consultations

374,300

malaria cases treated

42,300

patients admitted to hospital
 
Malaria et Choléra à Cibitoke
Africa

Burundi

MSF is responding to malaria in five districts of Burundi.

584,300

outpatient consultations

117,800

malaria cases treated
 
IWD Cameroon: Women tracing their paths through 40 years of intervention
Africa

Cameroon

MSF is working in the Far North and Centre regions of Cameroon.

96,200

outpatient consultations

21,500

malaria cases treated

1,800

people treated for cholera

510

surgical interventions
 
Africa

Cape Verde

MSF worked in Cape Verde following a dengue fever outbreak in 2009.
 
CAR : A Forgotten Health Emergency
Africa

Central African Republic

Learn about our medical humanitarian work in the Central African Republic, where years of intense violence have resulted in thousands being killed or wounded and millions being displaced, severely restricting access to medical care, food, water and shelter.

725,700

outpatient consultations

10,600

surgical interventions

9,230

people receiving HIV antiretroviral treatment

6,030

people treated for sexual violence
 
Sudanese refugees in Adre, February 2024
Africa

Chad

Since 2015, thousands of people in the Lake Chad region have been forced to flee their homes as a result of violent clashes between armed groups and Chadian military forces.

173.2M

litres of water distributed

1,358,900

vaccinations against measles in response to an outbreak

63,100

admissions of children to outpatient feeding programmes

29,700

patients admitted to hospital
 
Emergency intervention against Cholera Comoros
Africa

Comoros

MSF responded to a cholera outbreak in Comoros in 2024.
 
Armed clashes following presidential election.
Africa

Côte d'Ivoire

MSF is increasing access to specialised care.

20,500

outpatient consultations

12,200

malaria cases treated

1,790

individual mental health consultations
 
A year after the opening of the Salama Clinic
Africa

Democratic Republic of Congo

In DRC, MSF runs some of its largest medical relief operations, working in 17 of 26 provinces, responding to diseases outbreaks, conflict and displacement, and tackling health problems such as HIV/AIDs.

2,578,300

outpatient consultations

1,495,400

vaccinations against measles in response to an outbreak

779,800

malaria cases treated

29,000

people treated for sexual violence

14,100

surgical interventions

1,410

people with advanced HIV under direct MSF care
 
Africa

Djibouti

MSF began work in Djibouti in 1978 and closed our projects in 2012. We currently maintain an operational support base for our Yemen projects in Djibouti city.
 
Africa

Eritrea

MSF opened its first mission in Eritrea in April 2000, in response to the growing risk of hunger and renewed conflict between Eritrea and its southern neighbor and former ally, Ethiopia.
 
Mobile TB clinic
Africa

Eswatini

MSF is working with communities to provide comprehensive sexual and reproductive healthcare.

1,230

outpatient consultations

510

people receiving HIV antiretroviral treatment

400

consultations for contraceptive services
 
MSF addresses immediate needs for clean water and sanitation in conflict affected areas of Tigray
Africa

Ethiopia

In Ethiopia, we fill gaps in healthcare and respond to emergencies such as cholera and measles outbreaks.

413,100

outpatient consultations

64,300

malaria cases treated

11,300

births assisted

2,990

children admitted to inpatient feeding programmes
 
Vital Response to Diphtheria in Siguiri - Guinea
Africa

Guinea

In Guinea, MSF teams provide support to people living with HIV and the health needs of children at a community level.

10,800

people with advanced HIV under MSF care
 
Africa

Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau is among the poorest and least developed countries in the world. Years of political instability and economic stagnation have had a serious impact on its crumbling health system.
 
Habiba showing her portable cooler box
Africa

Kenya

We offer care to refugees, survivors of sexual violence and people who use drugs in Kenya, and respond to public health challenges, including HIV.

11,500

individual mental health consultations

10,700

admissions of children to outpatient feeding programmes

3,840

births assisted including caesarean sections

3,490

people treated for sexual violence
 
WAD - Fatima Health Post, Lesotho
Africa

Lesotho

MSF briefly returned to Lesotho in 2021 to respond to COVID-19.
 
Covid-19 Response in Liberia
Africa

Liberia

Although health services are being progressively restored in Liberia, important gaps persist, notably in specialised paediatric care and mental health.

2,430

people received care for mental health disorders or epilepsy

1,430

children admitted to hospital
 
Malnutrition emergency: mobile clinic in Ranobe
Africa

Madagascar

Read about MSF medical and humanitarian activities in Madagascar.

306,000

litres of water distributed

56,100

outpatient consultations

14,300

malaria cases treated

5,860

admissions of children to outpatient feeding programmes
 
Palliative care
Africa

Malawi

Learn about our medical projects in Malawi, where an estimated 980,000 people are living with HIV. We are supporting efforts to combat the virus, while also responding to emergencies such as the devastating floods that hit the country in March 2019.

59,700

outpatient consultations

11,400

people treated for cholera

530

surgical interventions
 
palliative care & oncology service in Bamako
Africa

Mali

As violence spirals in Mali, millions are in need of humanitarian assistance.

530,000

outpatient consultations

66,000

patients admitted to hospital

1,870

surgical interventions

1,040

people treated for intentional physical violence
 
Refugees at Mbera camp in Mauritania’s desert
Africa

Mauritania

We provide medical care to Malian refugees and host communities in Mauritania, and in the last three months of 2016 saw the biggest influx of refugees since 2013.