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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.

 
Myanmar

Needs of survivors remain critical two months after Cyclone Nargis

Project Update 4 Jul 2008
 
Zimbabwe

MSF calls upon South African authorities to immediately stop deportation of Zimbabweans

Press Release 28 Jun 2008
 
Somalia

Malnutrition in Somalia increases drastically as assistance dwindles

Project Update 26 Jun 2008
 
Somalia

First-hand account of Somalia catastrophe

Voices from the Field 26 Jun 2008
 
Somalia

Trapped Somali populations need immediate life-saving assistance

Press Release 26 Jun 2008
 
China

MSF provides relief items to flood victims in southern China

Project Update 24 Jun 2008
 
Chad

MSF staff in Dogdoré, eastern Chad, evacuated after security incident

Project Update 23 Jun 2008
 
Kenya

Drawing attention to Mount Elgon violence has been difficult

Project Update 23 Jun 2008
 
Kenya

Terrorised population in desperate need of assistance

Project Update 23 Jun 2008
Annual Report

International Activity Report 2007

22 Jun 2008
Annual Report
 
Chad

Rumours forecast violent outbreaks in eastern Chad

Interview 20 Jun 2008
 
Yemen

Violent conditions faced by thousands of Somalis and Ethiopians crossing the Gulf of Aden

Press Release 19 Jun 2008
 
Somalia

MSF vehicle damaged in explosion in Mogadishu; no MSF staff injured

Project Update 13 Jun 2008
 
Zambia

Crafting programs in Zambia for limited resources

Interview 13 Jun 2008
 
Myanmar

Aid distribution in Myanmar Delta dependent on the number of boats - and boats on the tides

Voices from the Field 13 Jun 2008
 
Ethiopia

MSF scaling up nutritional programs in Ethiopia

Project Update 13 Jun 2008
 
Myanmar

MSF hiring and training national staff for emergency response in Myanmar

Project Update 12 Jun 2008
 
China

MSF teams in Sichuan Province, China, focusing on mental health, shelter, and basic relief items

Voices from the Field 6 Jun 2008
 
Ethiopia

MSF expands nutritional programmes in southern regions of Ethiopia

Project Update 6 Jun 2008
 
Myanmar

One month after Cyclone Nargis: Hope and despair

Project Update 4 Jun 2008
 
South Africa

Relocation process exacerbates trauma of displaced people in South Africa

Press Release 2 Jun 2008
 
Malnutrition

UN food crisis summit must move beyond old, ineffective recipes

Press Release 2 Jun 2008
 
Myanmar

How national staff bore the brunt of MSF aid effort in first days of Myanmar's cyclone disaster

Interview 2 Jun 2008
 
Iraq

MSF is supplying hospitals with medical materials after a violent blast caused a high number of victims in the town of Sinjar, Iraq

Project Update 1 Jun 2008
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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