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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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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
Médecins Sans Frontières

Rapport international d'activités 2018

Gaza : Submergée par les blessés par balles
Les Rohingyas, un peuple sans patrie
La fin du rêve américain : Violence sur la route migratoire d'Amérique centrale
Tuberculose résistante : du désespoir à la guérison

Table des matières

South Kivu reportage: Numbi & Lulingu
Les pays
Aquarius Disembarking at Valencia Port Spain
Avant-propos
Ebola outbreak - Bunia
Le bilan de l'année
In the aftermath of May 14th
Gaza : Submergée par les blessés par balles
Migrants and Refugees in Mexico shelters
La fin du rêve américain : Violence sur la route migratoire d'Amérique centrale
Mental Health: Rohingya Trauma and Resilience
Les Rohingyas, un peuple sans patrie
2018 IAR TB Feature – Patient Profile
Tuberculose résistante : du désespoir à la guérison
Behind the Frontlines of Hodeidah
2018 en chiffres

Régions

Old Fangak Stories
Afrique
Tondo project in Philippines
Asie & Pacifique
SAR activities June 2017
Europe & Asie Centrale
Voices from Oaxaca
Amérique
Newly renovated ICU Opens at Sulaymaniyah Emergency Hospital
Moyen Orient & Afrique du Nord

Le bilan de l'année

En 2018, les équipes de Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ont offert une aide médicale et humanitaire aux populations en grande difficulté dans plus de 70 pays.

Les interventions d'urgence restent au cœur de notre action, pour soigner les blessés de guerre toujours plus près des lignes de front au Yémen, pour répondre aux épidémies comme le choléra au Niger, ou encore pour porter secours à ceux qui fuient les violences en République Centrafricaine.

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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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Les activités de MSF dans le monde

Nos équipes ont géré des activités médicales dans 74 pays en 2018. Cliquez sur la carte pour en savoir plus.

Nos programmes

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      Les noms de lieux et frontières qui figurent dans ce document ne reflètent pas la position de MSF quant à leur statut juridique.
      Articles thématiques
      Gaza protest
      Un blessé est évacué de la foule de dizaines de milliers de manifestants rassemblés à la frontière entre Gaza et Israël, le 14 mai 2018, durant la septième semaine de manifestation. Plus de 1’300 Palestiniens ont été blessés et 60 ont été tués le long de la clôture ce jour-là, date du 70e anniversaire de la création de l'État d'Israël et de l'inauguration de l'ambassade des États-Unis à Jérusalem.
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      Gaza : Submergée par les blessés par balles

      Comment traiter des milliers de blessures similaires, qui demandent toutes des traitements en plusieurs étapes sur des années ? Marie-Elisabeth Ingres décrit ce qu'elle a vu à Gaza.

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      01 / 04

      2018 en chiffres

      Ces chiffres fournissent un aperçu des activités de MSF et présentent la situation consolidée au niveau international des finances de MSF en 2018.

      2018 en chiffres

      2018 en chiffres
      Guerrero (Mexico): Under siege

      11 218 700

      consultations ambulatoires
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      2 396 200

      cas de paludisme traités
      Sexual and reproductive healthcare in Mrima Hospital

      309 500

      naissances assistées, y compris les césariennes

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