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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

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Medical activities in Hodeidah, Al Salakhana hospital
Yemen

Authorities in Yemen must do all they can to facilitate COVID-19 response

Press Release 10 Apr 2020
 
MSF Intervention in Alcalá de Henares
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Spain must urgently improve the care of elderly in COVID-19 response

Press Release 9 Apr 2020
 
COVID-19 training in Lebanon
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

MSF responds to COVID-19 in Lebanon

Project Update 9 Apr 2020
 
Migrants and Refugees in Mexico shelters
Central American migration

MSF calls for release of migrants after deadly fire in Tenosique detention centre

Press Release 3 Apr 2020
 
Coronavirus: MSF's mobile clinic for vulnerable groups
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Ensuring medical care for vulnerable people in and around Paris as COVID-19 spreads

Project Update 3 Apr 2020
 
Borno State – Gwoza
Nigeria

Other diseases will not relent in Borno state during COVID-19 pandemic

Project Update 3 Apr 2020
 
COVID-19 Project in Brussels, Belgium
Belgium

COVID-19: MSF launches our largest ever response in Belgium

Project Update 3 Apr 2020
 
COVID-19 Prevention in Northwest Syria
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Northwest Syria: “COVID-19 adds another layer of complexity to an already catastrophic situation”

Voices from the Field 2 Apr 2020
 
Dr. Claudia Lodesani
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic brings new challenges to well-developed healthcare systems

Interview 31 Mar 2020
 
MSF starts COVID-19 coronavirus activities in France
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

MSF steps up COVID-19 response in Europe

Press Release 30 Mar 2020
 
MSF Intervention in Alcalá de Henares
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

MSF calls for no patents or profiteering on COVID-19 drugs and vaccines

Press Release 27 Mar 2020
 
Distribution in Deir Hassan
Syria

MSF provides relief items and adapts response for COVID-19 in Idlib

Project Update 27 Mar 2020
 
Infection prevention and hygiene measures in Abidjan
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Preparation is key to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic in Côte d'Ivoire

Project Update 27 Mar 2020
 
The Migration Protection Protocol in the state of Tamaulipas
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

US must include asylum seekers in COVID-19 response, rather than shut border

Press Release 27 Mar 2020
 
MSF Intervention in Leganés
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

MSF steps up COVID-19 response with activities in Spain

Project Update 25 Mar 2020
 
Coronavirus: MSF intervenes in Iran
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

MSF “deeply surprised” that Iranian authorities put a stop to our COVID-19 response

Press Release 25 Mar 2020
 
Katwa Ebola treatment center
DRC Ebola outbreaks

How the Ebola response failed the people of DRC

Opinion 24 Mar 2020
 
Life inside the Protection of Civilians sites in South Sudan
Tuberculosis

Between war and fragile health systems, tackling TB in Sudan and South Sudan

Voices from the Field 24 Mar 2020
 
Grace Siemtharmawi (17)
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19: Avoiding a ‘second tragedy’ for those with TB

Project Update 23 Mar 2020
 
MSF provides support with response in second worst affected province in Iran
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

MSF sends hospital and medical team to treat COVID-19 patients in Iran

Project Update 22 Mar 2020
 
MSF activities in Titao - February 2020
Burkina Faso

Four questions on the unprecedented humanitarian emergency in Burkina Faso

Interview 20 Mar 2020
 
Codogno Hospital, Lodi Province
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

“Our priority is to protect hospital staff” where COVID-19 began in Italy

Project Update 20 Mar 2020
 
Maroua Regional Hospital - August 2019
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Vulnerable communities are bracing for impact of COVID-19

Op-Ed 20 Mar 2020
 
Codogno Hospital, Lodi Province
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

In the midst of COVID-19, “we’re getting down to work”

Open Letter 20 Mar 2020
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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