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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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Syria: Situation in Idlib deteriorates dramatically
Syria

“There are no safe places for people in Idlib”

Interview 27 Dec 2019
 
DRC-Mambasa: Emergency medical and psychological care for victims of sexual violence
DRC Ebola outbreaks

Military presence leads MSF to stop activities in Ebola-affected Biakato

Press Release 24 Dec 2019
 
Trapped in Danger
Photo Story

Trading in suffering: detention, exploitation and abuse in Libya

23 Dec 2019
Photo Story
 
Measles Unit in Biringi Hospital, Ituri Province
Democratic Republic of Congo

More effort needed to stop deadly measles epidemic

Project Update 20 Dec 2019
 
Measles outbreak in Maiduguri
Nigeria

Medical assistance urgently needed outside northeast ‘garrison’ towns

Interview 19 Dec 2019
 
Venezuelan migrants in Colombia: an unattended crisis
Colombia

Venezuelans in Colombia: an unattended crisis

Press Release 18 Dec 2019
 
The Migration Protection Protocol in the state of Tamaulipas
Mexico

Hopelessness and anxiety: the consequences of waiting for US asylum

Interview 18 Dec 2019
 
People on the move in Assamaka, Agadez
Photo Story

Niger, at the crossroads of migration

17 Dec 2019
Photo Story
 
Refugees from North-Eastern Syria in Iraq
Photo Story

A year in pictures 2019

17 Dec 2019
Photo Story
 
Masisi, a neglected crisis in North Kivu
Democratic Republic of Congo

Extra humanitarian assistance urgently needed in southern North Kivu crisis

Press Release 16 Dec 2019
 
Nigeria

MSF condemns the killing of four aid workers in northeast Nigeria

Statement 13 Dec 2019
 
Nigeria - Malaria in Borno state
Nigeria

Malaria season ends, but healthcare challenges remain in Borno state

Project Update 13 Dec 2019
 
DRC-Mambasa: Emergency medical and psychological care for victims of sexual violence
Democratic Republic of Congo

As security situation deteriorates, MSF withdraws staff from Biakato

Statement 6 Dec 2019
 
NAURU - MSF forced to end its Mental Health activities
Nauru

Medevac repeal entrenches dangerous precedents on denial of medical care

org.au 4 Dec 2019
 
Tabarre
Haiti

MSF opens trauma hospital in Port-au-Prince amid deepening health crisis

Press Release 4 Dec 2019
 
MSF stunt at Gavi replenishment meeting Berlin
Access to medicines

Pharma giants shouldn’t receive multi-million dollar pneumonia vaccine subsidy

Press Release 3 Dec 2019
 
Mental healthcare in Cox’s Bazar.
Bangladesh

Rohingya refugee crisis: Unseen wounds need to heal

Project Update 3 Dec 2019
 
Mora - Far North Region of Cameroon
Cameroon

Conflict in Far North region strips people of hope

Project Update 3 Dec 2019
 
Malawi - Advanced HIV
HIV/AIDS

AIDS death toll stagnating due to lack of testing at community level

Press Release 1 Dec 2019
 
Malawi - Advanced HIV
Malawi

New model of care aims to reduce deaths among advanced HIV patients

Project Update 1 Dec 2019
 
Condition of migrants in Paris
France

Real solutions for migrants needed following evacuation of Paris camps

Press Release 29 Nov 2019
 
Lesbos and Samos Oct2019
Greece

European leaders: Stop punishing asylum seekers on the Greek islands

Open Letter 27 Nov 2019
 
Malawi - Advanced HIV
HIV/AIDS

MSF report "No time to lose" examines the fight against AIDS in 15 countries

Report 27 Nov 2019
 
Ocean Viking - Rotation 4, Rescue 3
Mediterranean migration

Survivors disembark in Italy amidst deadly week in the Mediterranean

Press Release 25 Nov 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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