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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 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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Katiola program: Saving mothers and children’s life in Cote d’Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire

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The political, economic and military crises of 2002-2010 have taken a severe toll on the Ivorian health system.

The country’s health system is one of the weakest in Africa, with only one medical doctor per 10,000 inhabitants, and a lack of medical infrastructure.

Epilepsy and mental health are stigmatised and little-diagnosed in Côte d'Ivoire. MSF teams work in Gbêkê region, in the country’s centre, to improve access to mental healthcare, and diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy, at clinics.

In Abidjan, our teams screen and treat people at the community level for malaria. We also work to provide consultations via telemedicine – the practice of providing medical consultations via communication technologies – to improve patients' access to healthcare.

Our activities in 2023 in Côte d'Ivoire

Data and information from the International Activity Report 2023.

95

95

staff in 2023 (full-time equivalent)

€3.2 M

3.2M

Expenditure in 2023

1990

199

Year MSF first worked in the country
MSF in Côte d'Ivoire in 2023 Médecins Sans Frontières’ programmes in Côte d’Ivoire focus on medical assistance for refugees, treatment for mental health disorders and epilepsy, and improving access to a range of specialist services.
Ivory Coast IAR map 2023

In 2023, our teams in northern Côte d’Ivoire responded to the needs of refugees from neighbouring Burkina Faso, driven from their homes by recurrent violence. Some refugees are hosted by local families, but many are living in precarious conditions, with little access to basic services, including healthcare.

We supported both refugee and host communities by offering general healthcare and reproductive health services, particularly in Ouangolodougou district.

We also continued our regular activities in Côte d’Ivoire in 2023, in collaboration with our local partners and the country’s health authorities. In Bouaké, we run a project for people living with mental health disorders and epilepsy, while in Agboville district, we promote access to specialised care, including cardiology, gynaecology, obstetrics and paediatrics, via telemedicine services in 11 health facilities.

 

in 2023

20,500

20,5

outpatient consultations

12,200

12,2

malaria cases treated

1,790

1,79

individual mental health consultations
 
Côte d'Ivoire

Hospital and health structures in rebel held area of Ivory Coast assisted by MSF

Project Update 9 Jan 2003
 
Côte d'Ivoire

MSF prepares for possible refugee flows from Ivory Coast

Project Update 16 Oct 2002
 
Côte d'Ivoire

MSF reinforces team in Cote d'Ivoire and starts to deliver aid to Bouake

Project Update 7 Oct 2002
 
HIV/AIDS

Profiteers resell Africa's cheap Aids drugs

Project Update 4 Oct 2002
 
Côte d'Ivoire

MSF reinforces its team and sends 10 tonnes of medical and logistical material to Côte d'Ivoire

Press Release 30 Sep 2002
 
War and conflict

Populations Affected by War in the Mano River Region of West Africa: Issues of Protection

Report 24 May 2002

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