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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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MSF Association

Our staff “own” and manage MSF, making sure that we stay true to our mission and principles, through the MSF Associations.

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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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Patient blogs

Hear directly from the inspirational people we help as they talk about their experiences dealing with often neglected, life-threatening diseases.

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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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Southern Africa Medical Unit

SAMU provides strategic, clinical and implementation support to various MSF projects with medical activities related to HIV and TB. This medical unit is based in Cape Town, South Africa.

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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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Manson Unit

The Manson Unit is a London, UK-based team of medical specialists who provide medical and technical support, and conduct research for MSF.

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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 outreach activities in Boma, GPAA
Content Portal

Latest

Discover all our latest news, stories and publications. Use the filter to get to the content you're looking for.

 
My Life With HIV: Carmen slideshow pictures
Access to medicines

Why MSF needs India to remain open for business

Report 1 Jul 2015
 
Niger: thousands facing precarious conditions after being forced to leave Lake Chad
Photo Story

Around Lake Chad: People living in fear

1 Jul 2015
Photo Story
 
Photo Story

Gallery: Chhattisgarh, India: Walking that extra mile

30 Jun 2015
Photo Story
 
Melut, Upper Nile state, South Sudan
South Sudan

Staff return to Melut to find water system blocked and main water tanks riddled with bullets

Voices from the Field 29 Jun 2015
 
Daily life in Qatabah - Yemen
Yemen

Testimonies from Al-Dhale

Voices from the Field 29 Jun 2015
 
South Sudan

Activity Update April & May 2015

Project Update 29 Jun 2015
 
Melut, Upper Nile state, South Sudan
South Sudan

MSF resumes activities in Melut amid challenges to access the population in parts of Upper Nile state

Project Update 29 Jun 2015
 
Bunyakiri Vaccination Campaign
Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF teams vaccinate 42,000 children against measles in the region of Bunyakiri

Project Update 26 Jun 2015
 
Mediterranean migration

Migration: MSF's response to European council meeting

Speech 26 Jun 2015
 
Spring Offensive in the North of Afghanistan
Afghanistan

Scores of wounded treated after heavy fighting in Kunduz province

Press Release 25 Jun 2015
 
Yemen

Crisis update – 25 June 2015

Crisis Update 25 Jun 2015
 
Kenya, Dadaab - Mental Health
Kenya

Dadaab refugees - a plea for dignity

Voices from the Field 23 Jun 2015
 
Mediterranean migration

EU leaders orchestrating humanitarian crisis on Europe’s shores

Press Release 23 Jun 2015
Ebola Treatment Centre in Kailahun, Sierra Leone
Annual Report

International Activity Report 2014

22 Jun 2015
Annual Report
 
Cholera vaccination at Nyaragusu refugee camp in Tanzania
Tanzania

MSF to carry out oral cholera vaccination for Burundian and Congolese refugees

Project Update 22 Jun 2015
 
In Idlib area, MSF in an hospital for burn patients
Syria

Fuel shortage puts health structures at risk

Press Release 22 Jun 2015
 
Chad - Medical care for people fleeing Boko Haram attacks
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Lake Chad: Waves of displacement and fear

Project Update 19 Jun 2015
 
Migrants in Kos, Greece
Photo Story

Gallery: Responding to the crisis of migration in Kos

19 Jun 2015
Photo Story
 
Mediterranean migration

A Somali migrant says: "I survived and I would ask the world to help me."

Voices from the Field 19 Jun 2015
 
Greece

Deplorable reception conditions for migrants on Kos

Voices from the Field 18 Jun 2015
 
Migrants in Kos, Greece
Greece

No welcome for migrants and refugees landing in Greek Dodecanese Islands

Voices from the Field 18 Jun 2015
 
South Syria
Syria

Barrage of barrel bombs destroys MSF health facility

Press Release 18 Jun 2015
 
Emergency in South Irumu: Vaccinations and distributions in unstable areas
Democratic Republic of Congo

A new project for victims of violence in Boga

Project Update 17 Jun 2015
 
Journal article

A Global Biomedical R&D Fund and Mechanism for Innovations of Public Health Importance

17 Jun 2015
Journal article
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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