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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

See what triggers an intervention and how supply and logistics allow our teams to respond quickly.

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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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MSF outreach activities in Boma, GPAA
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Latest

Discover all our latest news, stories and publications. Use the filter to get to the content you're looking for.

 
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War in Ukraine

MSF provides medical support following Russian strike in Sumy

Press Release 18 Nov 2024
 
MSF Patient Mr Yurii is focusing on balance exercises, 53 Years Old.
Ukraine

Providing holistic care to Ukraine’s war injured

Project Update 18 Nov 2024
 
Leon Safari, a 36-year-old displaced person from works as pump operator
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

MSF again calls for urgent water and sanitation response in North Kivu displacement camps

Press Release 18 Nov 2024
 
Situation in north Gaza
Gaza-Israel war

In Gaza, all the components of a society have been destroyed

Op-Ed 15 Nov 2024
 
MSF support of burnt patients in September explosion
War and conflict

MSF outraged by police attack on ambulance and execution of patients in Haiti

Press Release 13 Nov 2024
 
Malaria surge in Aweil State Hospital
Malaria

Alarming spike in admissions of children with malaria at Aweil state hospital

Press Release 12 Nov 2024
 
Mental Health session for UAMs
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

MSF closes activities in Bulgaria amid ongoing challenges for refugees

Project Update 12 Nov 2024
 
Troisième phase d’évaluation clinique de l’application Antibiogo à Amman, Jordanie
Antibiotic resistance

The Broken Lens: Antimicrobial Resistance in Humanitarian Settings

Report 11 Nov 2024
 
Bekaa Valley - Sept. 25, 2024
Lebanon

Seeking refuge from Israeli bombardment in Baalbek, Lebanon

Voices from the Field 4 Nov 2024
 
Flooding in Old Fangak
Climate emergency

MSF and the Lancet Countdown joint brief 2024

org.uk 1 Nov 2024
 
Fighting dengue with mosquitoes
Honduras

Promising results from study on mosquitoes has researchers buzzing in Honduras

Project Update 1 Nov 2024
 
Nur Shams camp/Tulkarem
Gaza-Israel war

Treating open wounds in Tulkarem, West Bank

Project Update 31 Oct 2024
 
Agok hospital
Gaza-Israel war

Protection must be guaranteed for MSF doctor and medical staff detained by Israeli forces

Statement 31 Oct 2024
 
Am Timan Hospital
Mali

MSF condemns violence against our team in Mali

Press Release 30 Oct 2024
 
Hepatitis E cases in Al-Tanideba, Sudan
Gaza-Israel war

Israeli UNRWA ban will deepen Palestinian humanitarian catastrophe

Press Release 29 Oct 2024
 
Life On The Levee - Extreme Flooding In Old Fangak
South Sudan

Life on the levee: Extreme flooding in Old Fangak

Documentary 29 Oct 2024
 
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Gaza-Israel war

MSF outraged by killing of our colleague in south Gaza

Statement 28 Oct 2024
 
Chad: medical care in a conflict
Conflict in Sudan

Echoes from Darfur

Voices from the Field 28 Oct 2024
 
Shattered windows and external damage shown at Mechnikov hospital following attack on Dnipro
War in Ukraine

No place feels safe: Civilian and medical infrastructure hit amid rising casualties

Press Release 27 Oct 2024
 
Hepatitis E cases in Al-Tanideba, Sudan
Gaza-Israel war

MSF concerned following loss of contact with Dr Obeid at Kamal Adwan hospital in north Gaza

Statement 26 Oct 2024
 
"Whatever we lose, we will come back"
Photo Story

“Whatever we lose, we will come back”

24 Oct 2024
Photo Story
 
Migrants in transit in Ecuador, Colombia and Panama
Panama

MSF resumes activities in Darién Gap

Project Update 22 Oct 2024
 
MSF activities in Azarieh shelter
Lebanon

Beyond survival: Helping children and adults cope with the traumas of war in Lebanon

Project Update 22 Oct 2024
 
BP-5 Distribution in Djibo
Burkina Faso

MSF temporarily suspends activities in Djibo, Burkina Faso due to escalating insecurity

Press Release 21 Oct 2024
MSF Logistique - Bordeaux
How we work

How we deliver medical humanitarian assistance

Everywhere we work, the circumstances are unique. Nonetheless, our programmes generally follow a common set of practices designed to make sure our resources and expertise are used to maximum effect.

 

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