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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.

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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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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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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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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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 Science Portal

Our digital portal dedicated to sharing the latest medical evidence from our humanitarian activities around the globe.

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Noma

Noma is a preventable and treatable neglected disease, but 90 per cent of people will die within the first two weeks of infection if they do not receive treatment.

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TIC

The TIC is aiming to change how MSF works to better meet the evolving needs of our patients.

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Telemedicine

MSF's telemedicine hub aims to overcome geographic barriers for equitable, accessible, and quality patient care.

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Sweden Innovation Unit

Launched in 2012, the MSF Sweden Innovation Unit deploys a human-centered approach for promoting a culture of innovation within MSF.

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Gaza protest
Mental Health: Rohingya Trauma and Resilience
Migrants and Refugees in Mexico shelters
2018 Union Conference - Johnson & Johnson (J&J) protest
Behind the Frontlines of Hodeidah
Médicos sin fronteras

Memoria Internacional 2018

Gaza: desbordados por las heridas de bala
Los rohingyas: hogar en ningún país
El sueño americano se ha roto: violencia en la ruta migratoria de Centroamérica
Tuberculosis: de la desesperanza a la cura

Índice

South Kivu reportage: Numbi & Lulingu
Países
Aquarius Disembarking at Valencia Port Spain
Presentación
Ebola outbreak - Bunia
Resumen del año
In the aftermath of May 14th
Gaza: desbordados por las heridas de bala
Migrants and Refugees in Mexico shelters
El sueño americano se ha roto: violencia en la ruta migratoria de Centroamérica
Mental Health: Rohingya Trauma and Resilience
Los rohingyas: hogar en ningún país
2018 IAR TB Feature – Patient Profile
Tuberculosis: de la desesperanza a la cura
Behind the Frontlines of Hodeidah
2018 en cifras

Regiones

Old Fangak Stories
África
Tondo project in Philippines
Asia y el Pacífico
SAR activities June 2017
Europa y Asia Central
Voices from Oaxaca
América
Newly renovated ICU Opens at Sulaymaniyah Emergency Hospital
Oriente Próximo y norte de África

Resumen del año

En 2018, los equipos de Médicos Sin Fronteras (MSF) brindaron asistencia médica y humanitaria a personas que sufrían situaciones extremas en más de 70 países. La respuesta de emergencia siguió siendo fundamental: tratamos a heridos de guerra cada vez más cerca de la línea del frente en Yemen, respondimos a brotes epidémicos (como el de cólera en Níger) y asistimos a quienes huían de la violencia en República Centroafricana.

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Waiting for monsoon season in Cox´s Bazar
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A year in pictures 2018

20 Dec 2018
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Actividades de MSF en el mundo

Nuestros equipos trabajaron en 74 países en 2018. Clica en el mapa para saber más.

Nuestros proyectos

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      La toponimia y el trazado de fronteras no reflejan opinión alguna de MSF sobre el estatus de estos territorios.
      A fondo
      Gaza protest
      Un herido es evacuado de la frontera de Gaza con Israel durante las protestas del 14 de mayo de 2018, en la séptima semana de manifestaciones. Más de 1.300 palestinos resultaron heridos y 60 murieron ese día, cuando coincidieron la inauguración de la Embajada de Estados Unidos en Jerusalén y el 70 aniversario de la declaración del Estado de Israel.
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      Gaza: desbordados por las heridas de bala

      ¿Cómo se atiende a miles de personas con heridas que posiblemente requerirán tratamiento durante años? Marie-Elisabeth Ingres describe lo que vio en Gaza en 2018.

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      Waiting for monsoon season in Cox´s Bazar

      Un año en imágenes

      Esta fotogalería repasa un año de trabajo proporcionando asistencia médica y humanitaria en condiciones extremas (contenido disponible solo en inglés y árabe).

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      2018 EN CIFRAS

      Te presentamos nuestros principales datos de actividades médicas, financieros y de recursos humanos.

      2018 EN CIFRAS

      NUESTRAS CIFRAS
      Guerrero (Mexico): Under siege

      11.218.700

      Consultas externas
      _BAR4275_

      2.396.200

      Casos de malaria tratados
      Sexual and reproductive healthcare in Mrima Hospital

      309.500

      Partos asistidos, incluyendo cesáreas
      Big Numbers of the year - International Activity Report 2018 (ENG)
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      2018 en 1 minuto

      Tu apoyo lo hizo posible

      Gracias a los 6,3 millones de personas y entidades privadas que nos apoyan, en 2018 pudimos atender a millones de pacientes, poner cientos de miles de vacunas, ayudar a dar a luz a cientos de miles de mujeres… y mucho más.