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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
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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.

 
Gambella Ethiopia: South Sudanese refugees
Ethiopia

Amid enormous needs in Ethiopia, MSF forced to suspend majority of healthcare

Statement 10 Sep 2021
 
Mariam*, a woman originally from Afghanistan, who lives in Lesbos for two years.
Greece

One year on from Moria fire, EU denies dignity to migrants trapped on Greek islands

Project Update 10 Sep 2021
 
MSF IDP activities in Kunduz July 2021
Afghanistan

Overcoming obstacles: Treating trauma in Kunduz

Voices from the Field 10 Sep 2021
 
HAITI MSF Projects southern province 13
Haiti

Complex needs of earthquake survivors require continued specialised care

Project Update 9 Sep 2021
 
Tapachula
Central American migration

US and Mexico asylum policies leave migrants in deplorable and dangerous conditions

Press Release 9 Sep 2021
 
MSF COVID-19 treatment center in Gazer Gah Hospital
Afghanistan

Afghanistan: medical needs grow as international organisations suspend activities

Voices from the Field 6 Sep 2021
 
Addressing the ocean of gaps in the treatment of tuberculosis in children and adolescents
Access to medicines

Lifesaving TB medicines still out of reach for children in high-burden countries

Press Release 3 Sep 2021
 
Venezuela: How studying mosquito behavior help bring down malaria in Sucre state
Venezuela

Tracking mosquitoes to prevent malaria in Venezuela

Project Update 1 Sep 2021
 
MSF's clinic in Arsal
Lebanon

Healthcare system in Lebanon disintegrates as political vacuum persists

Project Update 1 Sep 2021
 
Haiti earthquake - Tabarre
Haiti

The long road to recovery for earthquake survivors in Haiti

Project Update 30 Aug 2021
 
Khost Tani outreach
Afghanistan

Amid uncertainty, hospitals are still full in Afghanistan

Voices from the Field 27 Aug 2021
 
Borno State – Pulka
Nigeria

MSF ends activities in Gwoza and Pulka

Interview 25 Aug 2021
 
Hepatitis E, AWD and WASH in Bentiu IDP camp, South Sudan
South Sudan

Hepatitis E on the rise among poor sanitary conditions in Bentiu camp

Press Release 25 Aug 2021
 
Taiz City, mother and child healthcare at Al Jamhouri hospital
Yemen

Seeking healthcare in Taiz, a city split by a frontline

Project Update 24 Aug 2021
 
Haiti earthquake - Jérémy
Haiti

After the earthquake, a surgical team works nonstop

Interview 23 Aug 2021
 
CAR: Conflict hits the countryside
Central African Republic

Renewed conflict has displaced hundreds of thousands of people in Central African Republic

Project Update 20 Aug 2021
 
Kunduz Emergency Trauma Unit
Afghanistan

Medical needs urgent as ever in Afghanistan after Taliban takeover

Project Update 18 Aug 2021
 
Haiti earthquake
Haiti

Death, destruction and thousands of injured people in wake of Haiti earthquake

Project Update 17 Aug 2021
 
Palestine: Tackling COVID-19 in Hebron, the epicenter of the outbreak
Palestine

“We are all afraid”: Settler attacks against Palestinians in Hebron on the rise

Project Update 16 Aug 2021
 
Mobile clinic in Ranobe
Madagascar

Emergency aid in Madagascar prevented as medical staff are denied access

Press Release 12 Aug 2021
 
Caring for patients in Tefé
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Responding to COVID-19: Global Accountability Report 4 - January to April 2021

Report 12 Aug 2021
 
Al Jumhouri Covid center, Sanaa, Yemen
Yemen

Treating COVID-19 in Yemen amongst fear, stigma and misinformation

Project Update 11 Aug 2021
 
Operating Theatre | Boost Hospital - Lashkar Gah
Afghanistan

As violence soars across Afghanistan access to healthcare is dangerously limited

Project Update 10 Aug 2021
 
Bajo Chiquito
Central American migration

COVID-19 forces thousands of migrants to cross perilous jungle from Colombia to Panama

Project Update 5 Aug 2021
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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