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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
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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.

 
TVT
Ethiopia

Displacement and humanitarian response in Ethiopia: challenges and dilemmas in complex crises

Report 3 Oct 2019
 
Beni ebola treatment center
DRC Ebola outbreaks

Vaccinating against Ebola in a challenging context

Project Update 3 Oct 2019
 
Lebogang Seketema, MSF Driver
South Africa

Drivers for victims: changing lives in Rustenburg

Project Update 2 Oct 2019
 
Syria

Women treated for gunshot wounds amidst violence and unrest in Al-Hol camp

Press Release 30 Sep 2019
 
MSF protest against sofosbuvir patent in Munich
Access to medicines

20 years on, the access-to-medicines battle is going global

Op-Ed 27 Sep 2019
 
AskPharma Protest
Access to medicines

6 things Big Pharma doesn’t want you to know!

Project Update 26 Sep 2019
 
MSF on the migration route to Mexico
El Salvador

El Salvador is not a safe country for refugees or asylum seekers

Press Release 26 Sep 2019
 
Safe Abortion Colombia illustration
Colombia

Women and girls prevented from having a safe abortion

Press Release 25 Sep 2019
 
MSF worker sits with a female patient
Colombia

Unsafe abortion: women at risk

Report 25 Sep 2019
 
Ebola vaccination in Ikoko Impenge
DRC Ebola outbreaks

Independent Ebola vaccination committee is needed to overcome lack of WHO transparency

Press Release 23 Sep 2019
 
MSF’s Hepatitis C Clinic in Machar Colony, Karachi
Pakistan

Working to turn the tide of hepatitis C in Karachi’s Machar Colony

Project Update 20 Sep 2019
 
Rohingya in Malaysia: Context (Construction Site)
Rohingya refugee crisis

Healthcare for struggling refugee communities in Malaysia

Project Update 20 Sep 2019
 
Idlib- Beyond Trauma Injuries - Illustration 01
Syria

Beyond trauma injuries: One of Syria’s neglected health needs

Voices from the Field 17 Sep 2019
 
Ocean Viking - Kubro, Rotation 2, Standby International Waters
Mediterranean migration

Ocean Viking survivors to disembark in Lampedusa six days after the first survivors were rescued at sea

Press Release 14 Sep 2019
 
The “big road” in Cox’s Bazar
Rohingya refugee crisis

ASEAN should show true leadership on Rohingya, Myanmar

Op-Ed 13 Sep 2019
 
L’Arche de Kigobe Trauma Center
Burundi

In Bujumbura, accident victims get back on their feet for free

Project Update 12 Sep 2019
 
IRAQ - maternal health activities in Mosul - August 2019
Iraq

Mosul's expectant mothers just can't wait

Project Update 11 Sep 2019
 
Condition of migrants in Paris
France

Unaccompanied minors, symbols of a policy of mistreatment

Report 10 Sep 2019
 
Reception, medical and administrative center in Paris for unaccompanied minors
France

Rejected and traumatised: Unaccompanied minors arriving in France

Project Update 10 Sep 2019
 
MSF Clinic: inpatient department and surgical capacity, Gogrial, Warrap State. South Sudan
About MSF

Dr Christos Christou new International President of MSF

Statement 9 Sep 2019
 
The Migration Protection Protocol in the state of Tamaulipas
Central American migration

US migration policy endangers lives of asylum seekers in Tamaulipas state

Press Release 6 Sep 2019
 
Moria Camp
Greece

Greek and EU authorities deliberately neglecting people trapped on islands

Press Release 5 Sep 2019
 
Last stop Khamer: stories of exile in Yemen
Photo Story

Last stop, Khamer: displaced people in exile in northwestern Yemen

3 Sep 2019
Photo Story
 
Treating Gaza’s infections
Antibiotic resistance

Treating resistant infections in Gaza under the blockade

Project Update 2 Sep 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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