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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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MSF outreach activities in Boma, GPAA
Content Portal

Latest

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

 
Tanzania Refugee Crisis - November 2016
Photo Story

"Tanzania - Aid is needed before situation deteriorates"

18 Nov 2016
Photo Story
 
Living Conditions in Taiz - Yemen
Yemen

76 wounded and at least 21 dead in Taiz on the first day of the newly announced ceasefire

Project Update 18 Nov 2016
 
Ngala, Nigeria: Emergency aid to victims of violence and displacement
Nigeria

Crisis Info on Borno emergency - November 2016

Crisis Update 18 Nov 2016
 
MSF outpatient department in Carnot
Central African Republic

Don't turn off the life support

Project Update 17 Nov 2016
 
East Aleppo
Syria

Hospital bombings in east Aleppo force staff to move children and premature babies to basement for shelter

Project Update 17 Nov 2016
 
Uganda overwhelmed as tens of thousands flee violence in South Sudan
Uganda

Testimonies from Bidi Bidi refugee camp

Voices from the Field 17 Nov 2016
 
Tanzania Refugee Crisis - November 2016
Tanzania

Urgent increase in assistance needed as refugee camps now full

Project Update 16 Nov 2016
 
Healthcare in Boguila, Central African Republic
Central African Republic

Testimonies from MSF patients and staff

Voices from the Field 16 Nov 2016
 
Kabo, Health Centre, CAR
Central African Republic

A protracted crisis that must not be forgotten

Project Update 16 Nov 2016
 
Medical activities in Bentiu PoC, South Sudan, 2016
South Sudan

Testimonies from Bentiu protection of civilians site

Voices from the Field 16 Nov 2016
 
Medical activities in Bentiu PoC, South Sudan, 2016
South Sudan

Medical situation remains fragile in Bentiu protection of civilians site

Project Update 16 Nov 2016
 
East Aleppo
Syria

Doctors under siege

Crisis Update 15 Nov 2016
 
East Aleppo
Syria

Besiegement and bombing of east Aleppo is deepening a desperate health crisis

Voices from the Field 15 Nov 2016
 
Uganda overwhelmed as tens of thousands flee violence in South Sudan
Uganda

Country overwhelmed as tens of thousands flee violence in South Sudan

Crisis Update 15 Nov 2016
 
Vaccination against pneumonia
Access to medicines

MSF welcomes Pfizer's pneumonia vaccine price reduction for children in humanitarian emergencies

Press Release 14 Nov 2016
 
"Because Tomorrow Needs Her" communications project - Unsafe abortion in Haiti
Women's health

Safe abortion: An integral part of healthcare services for women

Interview 11 Nov 2016
 
Situation in Borno state, November 2016
Nigeria

I kept telling the team “it’s all about food”

Voices from the Field 11 Nov 2016
 
Journal article

Palliative Care in Humanitarian Crises

11 Nov 2016
Journal article
 
Yemen

Record number of babies born on hospital’s one-year anniversary

Project Update 10 Nov 2016
 
MSF delivers $17m to Pfizer to get them to drop the price of the pneumonia vaccine
A Fair Shot

World Pneumonia Day Call-A-Thon today!

Campaign 9 Nov 2016
 
Greece

Providing mental healthcare to stranded asylum seekers

Voices from the Field 9 Nov 2016
 
Bangassou - multi antigen vaccination campaign.
Access to Healthcare

The reality of pneumonia

Voices from the Field 9 Nov 2016
 
Syria

It has taken four years and 20 surgical operations to repair the damage

Voices from the Field 8 Nov 2016
 
October on board of Dignity I
Photo Story

October - A merciless month on the Mediterranean

4 Nov 2016
Photo Story
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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