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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.

 
Health at risk in Haiti as crisis and violence worsen
Haiti

People’s healthcare in danger amidst worsening anger and despair

Project Update 5 Jul 2019
 
NUEVO LAREDO, NOT A SAFE PLACE
Central American migration

Northern Mexican city too dangerous to send back people seeking asylum

Press Release 3 Jul 2019
 
Emergency response in Ituri
Democratic Republic of Congo

Urgent humanitarian response needed on unprecedented crises in northeast DRC

Press Release 27 Jun 2019
 
PERALTA INTERVENTION
El Salvador

La Peralta: a community organised by health

Project Update 27 Jun 2019
 
WOMEN FROM GUERRERO
Mexico

Life amidst the violence: the strong women of Guerrero

Voices from the Field 27 Jun 2019
 
Nsanje: Treating advanced HIV
Access to medicines

Gilead fails to keep promise on access to lifesaving drug for people living with HIV

Press Release 27 Jun 2019
 
Cholera Treatment Center - Dhi Sufal district
Yemen

The indirect consequences of war for people in Yemen

Project Update 25 Jun 2019
 
Condemned to drown at sea or be locked up in Libya
Libya

“Healthwise, it was a disaster” in Libya’s Zintan and Gharyan detention centres

Project Update 21 Jun 2019
 
MSF emergency response activities
Mali

Violence in central Mali has reached unprecedented levels

Interview 20 Jun 2019
 
Daily life in Saada city
Yemen

Aerial bombardments in Sa'ada

Project Update 20 Jun 2019
 
Emin Ozmen, MSF in Bentiu, Thaker & Dhorjak
South Sudan

Life inside or outside a displacement camp

Project Update 20 Jun 2019
 
MSF on the migration route to Mexico
Mexico

Mass arrests drive migrants underground and cut them off from medical care

Press Release 19 Jun 2019
 
Dreams and hopes clash with daily realities in a refugee camp
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Refugees around the world: Stories of survival

Voices from the Field 19 Jun 2019
 
Kenema Hospital first construction phase.
Sierra Leone

New hospital to counter high maternal and child mortality rates

Project Update 14 Jun 2019
 
Building trust with the communities in an Ebola affected region
Democratic Republic of Congo

Restoring trust among communities fearful of Ebola

Project Update 13 Jun 2019
 
Bending the Curves - Eshowe HIV
HIV/AIDS

HIV project in South Africa reaches 90-90-90 target one year ahead of deadline

Press Release 12 Jun 2019
 
Diplomatic Stand Off Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean migration

European policies continue to claim lives on the Mediterranean Sea

Press Release 12 Jun 2019
 
Measles campaign in DRC
Democratic Republic of Congo

Massive mobilisation urgently needed to curb fast-spreading measles outbreak

Press Release 11 Jun 2019
 
MSF PRESENCE IN RED ZONES OF SAN SALVADOR ALLOWS HEALTH OFFICIALS TO RESTART ACTIVITIES
El Salvador

Behind the wheel – driving ambulances in El Salvador’s red zones

Voices from the Field 7 Jun 2019
 
Mother and Child Health in Balochistan
Pakistan

Witnessing poor mother and child healthcare in Balochistan

Project Update 6 Jun 2019
 
After the floods in Iran, providing health care to the vulnerable populations in Lorestan
Iran

Providing health care to vulnerable people in Lorestan after floods in Iran

Project Update 6 Jun 2019
 
Surviving conflict in northeast Nigeria
Photo Story

Fighting to survive: Conflict in northeast Nigeria

5 Jun 2019
Photo Story
 
Cholera response in Khamer, Amran hospital
Yemen

Endemic in Yemen, cholera still hits Yemenis hard

Project Update 5 Jun 2019
 
Medical activities in Hodeidah, Al Salakhana hospital
Yemen

A day treating wounded in Yemen's Al Salakhana hospital

Project Update 30 May 2019
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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