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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.

 
Nigeria

“Our team is working all the time, because IDPs arrive every week.”

Voices from the Field 23 Jul 2015
 
Treating multi drug resistant TB and HIV/AIDS in Manipur, India
Access to medicines

TPP negotiators must fix the most damaging trade agreement ever for global health

Press Release 23 Jul 2015
 
Ethiopia

A tale of a desperate midwife

Voices from the Field 23 Jul 2015
 
South Sudan

Patient tells of cholera recovery at new MSF Cholera Treatment Centre in Juba

Voices from the Field 22 Jul 2015
 
Nepal

Three months after the earthquakes, MSF reduces operations

Project Update 22 Jul 2015
 
HIV/AIDS

As HIV burden overwhelmingly shifts to ‘middle-income’ countries, access to affordable medicines is under threat

Press Release 22 Jul 2015
 
HIV/AIDS

MSF warns successful global HIV response will require bigger emphasis on adherence

Press Release 21 Jul 2015
 
HIV/AIDS

MSF applauds data showing immediate treatment for all people with HIV saves lives and reduces transmission

Press Release 20 Jul 2015
 
Kara Tepe Camp in Lesbos, Greece.
Greece

Testimonies from migrants and asylum seekers in Lesbos

Voices from the Field 20 Jul 2015
 
Greece

Thousands of migrants and asylum seekers stranded in precarious conditions across islands

Press Release 20 Jul 2015
 
Tanzania

Camp for Burundi refugees ‘at breaking point’

Press Release 20 Jul 2015
 
Italy

Migration: Bourbon Argos not authorised to land 700 rescued migrants in Sicily

Press Release 17 Jul 2015
 
Haemorrhagic fevers

crisis update - 17 July 2015

Crisis Update 17 Jul 2015
 
Haemorrhagic fevers

“We must finish the job”

Crisis Update 17 Jul 2015
 
Palestine

Gaza activity update - July 2015 - One year report

Crisis Update 16 Jul 2015
 
Central African Republic

Emergency team finishes 3 month intervention in Kouango after performing almost 1,500 consultations

Project Update 14 Jul 2015
 
Niger

critical situation in Diffa as hunger gap and malaria season approach

Project Update 14 Jul 2015
 
Women's health

Q&A on consequences of unsafe abortion

Voices from the Field 14 Jul 2015
 
Journal article

Reconstruction of the health sector in Haiti: a missed opportunity?

13 Jul 2015
Journal article
 
Belgium

Countries, beware: Climbing up the income ladder can seriously damage your health!

Voices from the Field 13 Jul 2015
 
Who do we turn to (13)
Photo Story

Gallery: Financing for Development Conference

10 Jul 2015
Photo Story
 
increased national health expenditure and health lost in the mix (02)
Ethiopia

People’s needs, not country income, should guide development funding for health

Project Update 10 Jul 2015
 
Dramatic increase in number of war-wounded arriving to Ramtha hospital
Jordan

Dramatic increase in Syrian patients wounded by barrel bombs at surgical project in northern Jordan

Press Release 9 Jul 2015
 
Cholera vaccination at Nyaragusu refugee camp in Tanzania
Tanzania

Services in Nyarugusu refugee camp ‘stretched beyond their limits’

Voices from the Field 8 Jul 2015
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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