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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.

 
Bending the Curves - Eshowe HIV
HIV/AIDS

MSF calls for quality HIV care in neglected communities

Press Release 18 Jul 2016
 
MSF HIV Programe in Bangui, Central African Republic
Central African Republic

Patients stories from Hôpital Communautaire

Project Update 18 Jul 2016
 
MSF HIV Programe in Bangui, Central African Republic
Central African Republic

If you provide care, they will come

Voices from the Field 18 Jul 2016
 
Psychological support in Ragusa
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Mental health disorders in asylum seekers and migrants overlooked by inadequate reception system

Report 15 Jul 2016
 
Leer & Thonyor - May 2016
South Sudan

South Sudan: Activity Update, May 2016

Report 15 Jul 2016
 
South Sudan

Activity Update, May 2016

Project Update 15 Jul 2016
 
Mobile Clinics in Gudele, South Sudan
South Sudan

Our patients are telling us terrible stories

Voices from the Field 15 Jul 2016
 
Jordan

Staff testimonies from the reconstructive surgery hospital in Amman

Voices from the Field 14 Jul 2016
 
Jordan

Patients testimonies from the reconstructive surgery hospital in Amman

Voices from the Field 14 Jul 2016
 
Mandera, Kenya: Double outbreak of cholera and chikungunya placing huge strain on medical services
Kenya

Double cholera and chikungunya epidemic in Mandera town is under control

Project Update 14 Jul 2016
 
MSF Mother and Child hospital, Taiz Yemen
Yemen

Crisis update - July 2016

Crisis Update 14 Jul 2016
 
Jordan

Hundreds of war wounded are on the waiting list at MSF hospital for reconstructive surgery in Amman

Project Update 14 Jul 2016
 
Vaccination Campaign in Idomeni, Greece.
Greece

Expensive pneumonia vaccine key barrier to vaccinating refugee children

Project Update 14 Jul 2016
 
Second anniversary of the ARV programme in Khayelitsha
Photo Story

No valley without shadows

13 Jul 2016
Photo Story
 
Telemedicine Ethiopia
Medical resource

Telemedicine helps to bridge the gap between remote areas and large hospitals

Project Update 13 Jul 2016
 
MSF South Sudan
South Sudan

MSF responds to medical needs after intense fighting in Juba

Project Update 12 Jul 2016
 
La Linière refugee camp - France
France

Grande-Synthe: Humanitarian camps are supposed to offer refugees shelter, not turn them away

Project Update 12 Jul 2016
 
Photo Story

Healthcare for refugees at the Elliniko camp in Athens

7 Jul 2016
Photo Story
 
Greece

Video: Healthcare for refugees at Elliniko camp in Athens, Greece

Project Update 7 Jul 2016
Annual Report

International Activity Report 2015

7 Jul 2016
Annual Report
 
Peshawar maternity ward
Pakistan

More than interesting it’s been quite eye-opening

Voices from the Field 6 Jul 2016
 
Peshawar maternity ward
Pakistan

Celebrating the fifth anniversary of Peshawar women’s hospital

Project Update 6 Jul 2016
 
Ukraine/ Mobile clinics Mariupol
Ukraine

We are lost here and very scared

Project Update 5 Jul 2016
 
Kunduz Hospital Aftermath - 14 Oct 2015
Afghanistan

The attack on Kunduz trauma centre

Voices from the Field 1 Jul 2016
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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