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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

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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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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

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Medical activities in Hodeidah, Al Salakhana hospital
Yemen

A population on the frontline, indiscriminate attacks on civilians, and still no sign of change

Voices from the Field 27 Aug 2019
 
Pneumonia vaccination - Greek islands
Access to medicines

Gavi should stop awarding special funds to Pfizer and GSK for pneumonia vaccine

Press Release 26 Aug 2019
 
Role of interpreters in the West Bank mental health project
Palestine

Mental healthcare in translation

Project Update 25 Aug 2019
 
Message from Ocean Viking
Mediterranean migration

Ocean Viking rescue survivors finally offered place of safety

Press Release 23 Aug 2019
 
MSF medical activities on board
Mediterranean migration

“He just kept running, despite the wound and the bleeding”

Voices from the Field 22 Aug 2019
 
Franck Ale - MSF Epidemiologist
Cholera

How to identify the causes of an epidemic and respond strategically

Interview 21 Aug 2019
 
MSF working to prevent a new cholera epidemic in northern Cameroon
Cameroon

A multidisciplinary approach to stem the spread of cholera

Project Update 21 Aug 2019
 
Ah Nauk Ye camp, Central Rakhine
Rohingya refugee crisis

Being Rohingya in Myanmar: “We hold our frustration inside because we cannot speak out”

Voices from the Field 20 Aug 2019
 
Kutupalong megacamp
Rohingya refugee crisis

Two years on: No solutions in sight for the Rohingya

Project Update 20 Aug 2019
 
Kutupalong megacamp
Rohingya refugee crisis

Being Rohingya in Bangladesh: “The population has been completely suspended in time”

Voices from the Field 20 Aug 2019
 
Kutupalong megacamp
Rohingya refugee crisis

“The collective fate of the Rohingya is in our hands”

Voices from the Field 20 Aug 2019
 
Ocean Viking First Rescue - August 9
Mediterranean migration

On board the Ocean Viking: “We feel humbled by their courage”

Voices from the Field 19 Aug 2019
 
Measles vaccination in Mai-Ndombe Province
Democratic Republic of Congo

A deadly measles outbreak is spreading like wildfire

Project Update 16 Aug 2019
 
MSF Moreh Clinic
Tuberculosis

Promising new tuberculosis drug pretomanid approved, but will it be affordable?

Press Release 15 Aug 2019
 
Humanitarian and medical needs of Venezuelan migrants and asylum seekers in Roraima state, Brazil
Brazil

The struggle of Venezuelan migrants and asylum seekers in northern Brazil

Project Update 14 Aug 2019
 
Ocean Viking First Rescue - August 9
Mediterranean migration

Place of safety needed for 356 people rescued in Central Mediterranean

Press Release 13 Aug 2019
 
Fori therapeutic feeding centre, Maiduguri
Nigeria

Children in displacement camps need immediate protection

Voices from the Field 13 Aug 2019
 
IDP camp in Maiduguri, Borno state
Nigeria

Crisis Info: Borno and Yobe states, August 2019

Crisis Update 13 Aug 2019
 
IDP camp in Maiduguri, Borno state
Nigeria

Ten years and counting: Needs in northeast Nigeria remain dire after a decade of conflict

Project Update 12 Aug 2019
 
A doctor tends to a patient in Aden, Yemen, 1 August 2019.
Yemen

Hospital in Aden overwhelmed by wounded in intense fighting

Press Release 10 Aug 2019
 
MSF staff providing treatment
Niger

MSF teams forced to leave Maïné Soroa after two years

Interview 9 Aug 2019
 
Aquarius__People leaving for Maltese boat
Mediterranean migration

Europe must act now to end preventable deaths in Libya and at sea

Op-Ed 6 Aug 2019
 
Mental health in Pulka
Nigeria

More mental health support needed for people in Pulka

Project Update 5 Aug 2019
 
Decontamination activities in Kalunguta health zone, North Kivu province, DRC
DRC Ebola outbreaks

10 facts on a year of Ebola in DRC

Project Update 2 Aug 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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