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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.

 
Access to medicines

MSF puts drug patents under the spotlight

Press Release 22 May 2003
 
Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF working again in Bunia

Press Release 21 May 2003
 
Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF vaccinating 80,000 children in Banalia

Project Update 16 May 2003
 
Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF opens 11 health posts near DRC cease-fire line

Project Update 16 May 2003
 
War and conflict

MSF sends medical teams to help civilians wounded in Chechnya bomb blasts

Press Release 14 May 2003
 
Ethiopia

An estimated 3,000 to 4,000 children suffer fromacute malnutrition in Damot Gale district

Press Release 14 May 2003
 
Russia

Some 200 people call on government to do more to find and free kidnapped aid worker

Project Update 13 May 2003
 
Access to medicines

MSF message for WHO member country delegations to 56th World Health Assembly

Open Letter 13 May 2003
 
Ethiopia

MSF alarmed at dramatic situation at Ethiopia resettlement site

Press Release 12 May 2003
 
Access to medicines

The G8 : no more broken promises

Project Update 10 May 2003
 
Nepal

Nepal mission opens in Jumla district

Project Update 8 May 2003
 
DNDi

New drug research body will tackle diseases that kill the poor

Project Update 7 May 2003
 
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Report: Left without a choice: Chechens forced to return to Chechnya

Report 6 May 2003
 
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Left without a choice: Chechens forced to return to Chechnya

Press Release 6 May 2003
 
Malaria

Medicine and health policy

Project Update 3 May 2003
 
Malaria

Roll Back Malaria campaign still has a long way to go

Project Update 3 May 2003
 
Iraq

Posing threat to health of Iraqi people

Press Release 2 May 2003
 
Côte d'Ivoire

MSF vaccinates thousands against measles in Ivory Coast

Project Update 2 May 2003
 
Burundi

Burundian health authorities block medical supplies

Press Release 29 Apr 2003
 
Iraq

Occupying power failing in medical responsibilities in Iraq

Project Update 28 Apr 2003
 
Jordan

Stuck in unsuitable camp in 'no man's land'

Project Update 28 Apr 2003
 
HIV/AIDS

Glaxo cuts price of Aids drugs in poor countries

Project Update 28 Apr 2003
 
Access to Healthcare

In memoriam: Carlo Urbani

Project Update 26 Apr 2003
 
Humanitarian principles

Distinguishing between military relief and humanitarian aid

Project Update 26 Apr 2003
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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