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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.

 
Rwanda

'I try to stay unknown as much as I can' - Portrait of a Rwandan seeking refuge

Project Update 22 Jun 2006
 
Uganda

Security improves but fears remain - MSF maintains health care for displaced in Pader District, Uganda

Project Update 20 Jun 2006
 
Chad

Over 10,000 people flee violence in Chad

Press Release 16 Jun 2006
 
Somalia

Malnutrition on the rise in south-central Somalia

Project Update 14 Jun 2006
 
Papua New Guinea

Papua hit by simultaneous epidemics

Project Update 8 Jun 2006
 
Côte d'Ivoire

Another attack against civilians in Ivory Coast 'confidence zone'

Project Update 7 Jun 2006
 
Indonesia

Focus on major surgery cases, goods distribution and mental health care as MSF teams continue at Indonesian earthquake zone

Project Update 6 Jun 2006
 
Indonesia

MSF mobilises to complement Indonesian relief efforts

Project Update 1 Jun 2006
 
Indonesia

Local response has been quick but gaps still remain in the aftermath of the Indonesian earthquake

Project Update 31 May 2006
CRENIs and ambulatory feeding center
Annual Report

International Financial Report 2005

30 May 2006
Annual Report
 
Somalia

Médecins Sans Frontières in the forgotten crisis of Somalia

Report 30 May 2006
 
Indonesia

Rain and power blackouts hamper aid delivery at Indonesian earthquake zone

Project Update 30 May 2006
 
Access to medicines

WHA passes breakthrough resolution hailed by MSF as 'crucial first step' towards global R&D framework that meets health needs

Press Release 29 May 2006
 
Indonesia

First MSF teams to Indonesia earthquake

Project Update 28 May 2006
 
Child health

Upsurge of violence harming civilians in southern Sudan

Press Release 23 May 2006
 
Sudan

MSF facilities looted - for many Sudanese life is just as difficult now as before the peace accord

Project Update 23 May 2006
 
Access to medicines

MSF helps develop a simple rapid HIV/AIDS viral load test

Project Update 19 May 2006
 
cholera epidemic in Lubango
Cholera

Murky Waters: Why the cholera epidemic in Angola was a disaster waiting to happen

Report 17 May 2006
 
Angola

Access to safe and free water needs to be guaranteed

Press Release 17 May 2006
 
Mental health

After four years, MSF is about to hand over mental health projects in Armenia

Project Update 16 May 2006
 
War and conflict

Violence continues in Darfur as MSF treats 46 war wounded from latest attack

Project Update 15 May 2006
 
Malnutrition

In El Wak the land might find relief, but malnutrition has taken hold

Project Update 10 May 2006
 
Access to medicines

MSF supports opposition to Gilead's tenofovir patent application in India

Press Release 10 May 2006
 
Vaccination

'The epidemic has started' - Responding to a meningitis outbreak in southern Sudan

Project Update 2 May 2006
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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