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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
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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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Daniel Kuju, health promotion supervisor, and Beatrice Johnson, community health educator, visit semi-nomadic communities in Labarab, Greater Pibor administrative area to conduct health awareness sessions. South Sudan, February 2024.
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MSF response to Moria Fire
Greece

EU must stop trapping people in miserable conditions on the Greek islands

Statement 8 Oct 2020
 
Doctor iilaya talking to patient pramod in the HFNC ward
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

MSF supports India and South Africa ask to waive COVID-19 patent rights

Press Release 7 Oct 2020
 
Malaria peak in Batangafo
About MSF

In the bush in Central African Republic

msf.org 6 Oct 2020
 
MSF provides medical assistance in Covid+ centres in Paris and the suburbs
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

High COVID-19 rates found among people living in extreme hardship in Paris

Press Release 6 Oct 2020
 
MSF response to Moria Fire
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Enough is enough: new pact, same misery for refugees

Op-Ed 5 Oct 2020
 
Lassa Fever - Abakaliki
Relatório Anual 2019

Glossário de Doenças e Atividades

2 Oct 2020
 
Protesters demonstrate outside Supreme Court in Pretoria, South Africa Monday March 5, 2001
Relatório Anual 2019

Campanha de Acesso: 20 anos de defesa por mudanças em ação

2 Oct 2020
 
Refugees from North-Eastern Syria in Iraq
Album de fotos

Um ano em fotos 2019

1 Oct 2020
Album de fotos
 
Testimony from Vathy Camp. Samos - July 2020
Greece

European policies of deterrence and containment degrade human life

Op-Ed 1 Oct 2020
 
Protesters demonstrate outside Supreme Court in Pretoria, South Africa Monday March 5, 2001
Memoria internacional 2019

Campaña de Acceso: 20 años en acción

1 Oct 2020
 
COVID-19 Intervention: National Public Health Laboratory, Juba
South Sudan

Young biotechnologists at the forefront of the COVID-19 response

Project Update 1 Oct 2020
 
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Relatório Anual 2019

Artigos

30 Sep 2020
 
Refugees from North-Eastern Syria in Iraq
Photo Story

2019 en imágenes

29 Sep 2020
Photo Story
 
Maroua Regional Hospita - Far North Region of Cameroon
Relatório Anual 2019

2019 em números

29 Sep 2020
 
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Memoria internacional 2019

A fondo

29 Sep 2020
 
Thousands of migrants trapped ahead of Bosnian winter.
Memoria internacional 2019

Menos que seres humanos: las políticas europeas perjudican a las personas refugiadas, migrantes y solicitantes de asilo

29 Sep 2020
 
Thousands of migrants trapped ahead of Bosnian winter.
Relatório Anual 2019

MENOS QUE HUMANOS: como as políticas da Europa prejudicam refugiados, migrantes e solicitantes de asilo

29 Sep 2020
 
MSF emergency response activities
Relatório Anual 2019

SAHEL: civis encurralados em uma espiral mortal de violência

29 Sep 2020
 
Refugees from North-Eastern Syria in Iraq
Relatório Anual 2019

O ano em foco

29 Sep 2020
 
MSF supports the Ebola Transit Center in Bunia
Relatório Anual 2019

A resposta ao Ebola na República Democrática do Congo

29 Sep 2020
 
MSF emergency response activities
Memoria internacional 2019

Sahel: poblaciones atrapadas en una mortífera espiral de violencia

29 Sep 2020
 
MSF supports the Ebola Transit Center in Bunia
Memoria internacional 2019

La respuesta al Ébola en República Democrática del Congo

29 Sep 2020
 
Refugees from North-Eastern Syria in Iraq
Memoria internacional 2019

Resumen del año

29 Sep 2020
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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