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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

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US ASYLUM RESTRICTIONS ARE DEEPENING THE CRISIS ALONG THE MEXICAN BORDER
Central American migration

US asylum restrictions are deepening Mexican border crisis

Press Release 13 Dec 2018
 
No safe haven for Iraq’s displaced
Iraq

Iraq’s displaced see no hope on the horizon

Voices from the Field 12 Dec 2018
 
MMR Vaccination in Chios, Greece
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

"Migration is not a crime. Saving lives is not a crime"

Speech 11 Dec 2018
 
Condemned to drown at sea or be locked up in Libya
Libya

Open letter to the UN on the fate of refugees trapped in dangerous Libya

Open Letter 10 Dec 2018
 
Photo Story

MSF in Lebanon: Then and Now

7 Dec 2018
Photo Story
 
Aquarius: denouncing and activity
Mediterranean migration

Aquarius forced to end operations as Europe condemns people to drown

Press Release 6 Dec 2018
 
MSF Trauma Center - Taiz
Yemen

Whether it be from the sky or on the ground, medical care is a target in Yemen

Op-Ed 6 Dec 2018
 
Inpatient Male Department, Al-Nasser Hospital - Ad Dhale
Yemen

“When you add it all up, you’re looking at a devastating situation for the people of Yemen”

Interview 6 Dec 2018
 
Mrs Iqbal Story - Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Treatment, Peshawar
Pakistan

Bringing hope to sufferers of a neglected disease

Project Update 5 Dec 2018
 
Essential Hepatitis C medicine Sofosbuvir and Daclatasvir
Hepatitis C

Appeal lodged against decision to uphold Gilead’s patent on hepatitis C drug

Press Release 5 Dec 2018
 
Ebola outbreak - Bunia
DRC Ebola outbreaks

Ebola spreads further into urban communities and isolated areas in North Kivu

Project Update 3 Dec 2018
 
NAURU - MSF forced to end its Mental Health activities
Nauru

“I can see my life going down and sinking into the oceans”

Voices from the Field 2 Dec 2018
 
NAURU - MSF forced to end its Mental Health activities
Nauru

Medical report shows disastrous impact of Australia’s offshore processing policy

Press Release 2 Dec 2018
 
NAURU - MSF forced to end its Mental Health activities
Nauru

Report: Indefinite Despair

Report 2 Dec 2018
 
Out of Darkness- fighting Hepatitis C
Ukraine

"I am one of you: I live with HIV and used to live with hepatitis C"

Voices from the Field 30 Nov 2018
 
Out of Darkness- fighting Hepatitis C
Ukraine

Mykolaiv project shows that hepatitis C can be effectively treated in people living with HIV

Project Update 30 Nov 2018
 
ENDURING BENTIU
South Sudan

125 women and girls seek emergency assistance in Bentiu after horrific sexual violence

Press Release 30 Nov 2018
 
Aquarius__People leaving for Maltese boat
Mediterranean migration

Spanish fishing boat blocked by EU authorities highlights search and rescue crisis

Press Release 29 Nov 2018
 
Guinea-Bissau. MSF emergency paediatric project in the national hospital in Bissau
Guinea-Bissau

Paediatric emergency services in practice

Voices from the Field 29 Nov 2018
 
Guinea-Bissau. MSF emergency paediatric project in the national hospital in Bissau
Guinea-Bissau

Five things to know about our emergency paediatric project in Bissau

Project Update 29 Nov 2018
 
Health center of Miandja
Democratic Republic of Congo

Mortality among malnourished children on the rise in Masisi

Project Update 29 Nov 2018
 
HIV department of Arua Regional hospital
HIV/AIDS

Treatment scale-down ahead?

Report 29 Nov 2018
 
Castors Maternity - Bangui
World AIDS Day

UNAIDS report overlooks significant aspects of the global HIV response

Statement 29 Nov 2018
 
Chiradzulu: HIV care for adolescents
HIV/AIDS

Pharmaceutical corporations are failing children with HIV

Press Release 29 Nov 2018
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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