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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.

 
3 March 2023 - Elevated number of bullet wounded patients in Turgeau Emergency Center
Haiti

Attack on ambulance forces suspension of activities in Port-au-Prince emergency centre

Press Release 15 Dec 2023
 
Rotation 33 - Rescue 1
Mediterranean migration

MSF calls on EU Parliament and EU Member States to prioritise safety of people seeking sanctuary

Open Letter 12 Dec 2023
 
To be in the most difficult places is perhaps a fortunate misfortune
Mali

People at serious risk as violence escalates in Mali

Project Update 11 Dec 2023
 
Attacks on MSF in Gaza - Al-Awda Hospital
Gaza-Israel war

Gaza: The Security Council must end its complicity in the ongoing carnage

Press Release 8 Dec 2023
 
MSF mobilisation
Gaza-Israel war

MSF calls US veto of Gaza ceasefire resolution “a vote against humanity”

Statement 8 Dec 2023
 
Rotation 17 - Testimony - Amadou
Libya

MSF report on abuse in Abu Salim and Ain Zara detention centres in Libya

Report 6 Dec 2023
 
Rescue September 25, 2017
Libya

People are beaten, sexually abused and killed in Libyan detention centres

Project Update 6 Dec 2023
 
Out of Fear, Rohingya youth trapped in violence and despair (stills)
Rohingya refugee crisis

Rohingya youth trapped in violence and despair in Cox's Bazar

Documentary 6 Dec 2023
 
Water crisis in Metche camp for Sudanese refugees and returnees in Chad
Chad

Severe lack of water causing serious health risks for children in Chad

Project Update 5 Dec 2023
 
Treating people injured during the protests in Lima
Photo Story

A Year in Pictures 2023

5 Dec 2023
Photo Story
 
Gaza - Al Aqsa Hospital
Gaza-Israel war

Hospitals in south Gaza overflow with hundreds of injured as Israeli forces step up bombardment

Project Update 4 Dec 2023
 
Gaza - Stop Now! - Protest Poster - 7
Gaza-Israel war

Gaza: “It must all stop now.” Letter to UN Security Council

Open Letter 4 Dec 2023
 
Access to water in Southern Madagascar
Climate emergency

MSF at COP28: speech on champions leading the way on climate and health

Speech 2 Dec 2023
 
MSF convoy attacked in Gaza
Gaza-Israel war

MSF convoy attacked in Gaza: all elements point to Israeli army responsibility

Press Release 1 Dec 2023
 
Gaza - Al Aqsa Hospital
Gaza-Israel war

Five things to know about the dire situation in southern Gaza

Project Update 30 Nov 2023
 
Migrants in transit in Ecuador, Colombia and Panama
Central American migration

Migrants left without protection as Darién Gap crossings reach half a million

Project Update 30 Nov 2023
 
Agok hospital
Burkina Faso

Malnutrition crisis grips children trapped in western Burkina Faso

Press Release 28 Nov 2023
 
MSF ambulance damaged after attack in Selydove
Ukraine

Repeated attacks on hospitals in Ukraine take a tragic toll on lives and infrastructure

Press Release 24 Nov 2023
 
Tsiva Aurélien, fisherman
Climate emergency

At COP28, more failure on climate change is not an option for vulnerable communities

Press Release 23 Nov 2023
 
Rotation 33 - Rescue 4
Mediterranean migration

“No one came to our rescue”: The human costs of European migration policies in the Central Mediterranean

Report 22 Nov 2023
 
Rotation 20 Rescue 2
Mediterranean migration

EU member states must reverse deadly inaction on Central Mediterranean migration

Press Release 22 Nov 2023
 
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Gaza-Israel war

MSF doctors killed in strike on Al-Awda hospital in northern Gaza

Press Release 21 Nov 2023
 
Diphtheria, Kano project
Vaccination

Dramatic upscaling of vaccination needed in West Africa to curb deadly diphtheria outbreaks

Press Release 21 Nov 2023
 
Maternal and neonatal health in Couffo
Benin

Limiting maternal and child loss in communities in Benin

Project Update 21 Nov 2023
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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