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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.

 
Measles - Isolation Ward Boost Hospital | Patient
Afghanistan

Measles poses deadly risk for malnourished children in Afghanistan

Project Update 9 Mar 2022
 
MSF responds to massive displacement in Twic County
South Sudan

Humanitarian aid urgently needed for thousands of displaced people from Agok

Project Update 9 Mar 2022
 
MSF in Odessa
War in Ukraine

In Odessa, “everyone is preparing for the worst”

Interview 8 Mar 2022
 
Medical emergency supplies on its way to Kyiv
War in Ukraine

Emergency medical supplies rushed to Kyiv by train from Ukraine warehouse

Project Update 6 Mar 2022
 
Mariupol - March 03, 2022
War in Ukraine

Corridors are not enough for civilians and humanitarian aid in Ukraine

Project Update 5 Mar 2022
 
Mariupol - March 03, 2022
War in Ukraine

“We are calling for respect for human life” in Ukraine

Interview 5 Mar 2022
 
Mariupol, eastern Ukraine
War in Ukraine

Civilians must be allowed safe passage out of dire conditions in Mariupol

Project Update 5 Mar 2022
 
Mariupol, eastern Ukraine
War in Ukraine

Accessing areas most affected by fighting in Ukraine

Interview 3 Mar 2022
 
Second cylone Emnati hit Mananjary
Madagascar

Cyclones cut people off from healthcare in eastern Madagascar

Project Update 2 Mar 2022
 
MSF Clinic: inpatient department and surgical capacity, Gogrial, Warrap State. South Sudan
South Sudan

Access to medical care undermined following robbery of MSF staff in Yei

Press Release 1 Mar 2022
 
Korczowa's temporary accommodation site, southeastern Poland.
Ukraine

MSF mobilises response in Ukraine and nearby countries as conflict escalates

Project Update 1 Mar 2022
 
Berezove Village
War and conflict

MSF assesses response as Ukraine conflict escalates

Statement 25 Feb 2022
 
Lassa fever Health Promotion Activity
Nigeria

Tackling deadly and difficult-to-diagnose Lassa fever

Project Update 25 Feb 2022
 
DISTRICT HOSPITAL OF MADAROUNFA, NIGER
Niger

Airstrike kills 12 people including children in south Niger

Press Release 21 Feb 2022
 
Let's kick COVID out. Vaccinate!
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Vaccinating people with comorbidities in South Africa

Press Release 17 Feb 2022
 
STILLS - Lucky to be alive (La peur au ventre)
Nigeria

Amid hunger, people are “lucky to be alive” in northwest Nigeria

Documentary 15 Feb 2022
 
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South Sudan

MSF mourns colleague murdered in Agok

Press Release 14 Feb 2022
 
Nosy Varik, Madagascar
Madagascar

Cyclone Batsirai leaves people vulnerable to food shortages and malaria

Project Update 14 Feb 2022
 
Burn Care in Gaza
Palestine

Gaza: Burn injuries are a chronic health problem

Project Update 10 Feb 2022
 
Lead poisoning and gold processing in Zamfara state, Nigeria, Ap
Nigeria

Prevention is key to stop children from dying of lead poisoning

Project Update 7 Feb 2022
 
Cabo Delgado: A crisis far from over
Mozambique

Attacks and violence in Cabo Delgado displace thousands as cyclone season begins

Project Update 4 Feb 2022
 
Wire fence on the Polish-Belarusian Border
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Poland-Belarus border crisis: “We don’t want people to die in the forest”

Voices from the Field 3 Feb 2022
 
Niger - Magaria Paediatric Unit
Niger

Working with the community to counter malaria and malnutrition

Project Update 3 Feb 2022
 
"We sit, we wait and we're scared": migrants' communities in Libya through the eyes of photographer Ricardo García Villanova
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Italy-Libya agreement: Five years of EU-sponsored abuse in Libya and the central Mediterranean

Project Update 2 Feb 2022
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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