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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.

 
Ebola testimony
DRC Ebola outbreaks

“I will start today from zero”

Voices from the Field 19 Jun 2018
 
Omar Mahmoud Mental Health Activity Manager Assistant
Iraq

Syrian refugee works to heal wounds of Iraq's displaced

thenational.ae 19 Jun 2018
 
Shelter situation in Pulka, Nigeria
Nigeria

“There is no place to take cover or hide from the rain”

Project Update 18 Jun 2018
 
Guinea-Bissau. New healthcare project for children in Bafata
Guinea-Bissau

Medical knowledge that outlasts MSF project

Voices from the Field 18 Jun 2018
 
MSF Doctor David Beversluis - Spokesperson
Mediterranean migration

Over 600 rescued people adrift in Europe’s political limbo

Voices from the Field 17 Jun 2018
 
Aquarius Disembarking at Valencia Port Spain
Mediterranean migration

European governments must put people’s lives before politics

Press Release 17 Jun 2018
 
MSF bio lab at MSF’s Aden hospital
Yemen

MSF provides support to hospitals treating wounded from Hodeidah

Project Update 14 Jun 2018
 
Diplomatic Stand Off Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean migration

MSF urges immediate disembarkation of 629 people on board Aquarius at nearest port of safety

Press Release 12 Jun 2018
 
Syrian Refugees Ramtha hospital Jordan
Jordan

Lack of patients forces closure of Ramtha surgical project

Project Update 11 Jun 2018
 
Emergency Trauma Surgery in Al Ramtha Governmental Hospital.
Jordan

Voices of Ramtha

Voices from the Field 11 Jun 2018
 
Idlib, a crowded IDP camp
Syria

In dust and despair, displaced Syrians wait

Project Update 8 Jun 2018
 
Ebola - Ibopko - OCBA
DRC Ebola outbreaks

Fighting Ebola on the ground, a race against time

Project Update 7 Jun 2018
 
Innovations to save lives in north-east Nigeria
Nigeria

Crisis update: Borno and Yobe states, June 2018

Crisis Update 5 Jun 2018
 
Wadi Khaled - Jandoula Clinic
Child health

Paediatrics in West Africa: small patients, big diseases

Project Update 1 Jun 2018
 
The Stop Stocks Outs Project South Africa April 2015
South Africa

Country takes landmark step for access to medicines

Press Release 31 May 2018
 
Outdoors support clinics, Thaker. Leer, South Sudan
South Sudan

People caught in the frontlines of intense fighting in country’s north

Press Release 31 May 2018
Chiradzulu: HIV care for adolescents
Annual Report

International Financial Report 2017

30 May 2018
Annual Report
 
Ebola Vaccination in Bikoro
DRC Ebola outbreaks

MSF starts Ebola vaccination targeting remote communities

Press Release 29 May 2018
 
Guerrero (Mexico): Under siege
Mexico

Guerrero under siege

Voices from the Field 28 May 2018
 
Aquarius Miracle
Mediterranean migration

A healthy baby boy called Miracle born on the Aquarius

Voices from the Field 27 May 2018
 
Libya

Dozens of refugees and migrants wounded after trying to escape horrific captivity conditions

Press Release 25 May 2018
 
Patrick Durrant, MSF PC, Sulaymaniyah
Iraq

“Hospitals must always be prepared; you never know what will happen”

Voices from the Field 25 May 2018
 
Ebola Treatment Centre (ETC) in Bikoro
DRC Ebola outbreaks

MSF response to second Ebola outbreak in DRC since 2016

Project Update 23 May 2018
 
Sexual and Reproductive Health in the Community
Bangladesh

“This feels more like an emergency room than a normal delivery room”

Project Update 23 May 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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