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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.

 
India

The future of generic medicines made in India

Project Update 21 Apr 2005
 
Angola

Stronger measures needed in Marburg Fever outbreak in Angola

Project Update 20 Apr 2005
 
Tuberculosis

World TB Day 2005: Development of simple and rapid diagnostic tools key for fighting tuberculosis

Press Release 15 Apr 2005
 
Sudan

A Financial Controller's Story

Voices from the Field 13 Apr 2005
 
Niger

Alarming increase in malnutrition in Niger

Project Update 12 Apr 2005
 
Sudan

MSF condemns violence in Darfur

Statement 8 Apr 2005
 
Natural hazards

Asian tsunami: Three months financial overview

Project Update 8 Apr 2005
 
Global health

The beginning of the end of affordable generics

Press Release 22 Mar 2005
 
Guatemala

New Guatemalan law and intellectual property provisions in DR-CAFTA threaten access to affordable medicines

Press Release 11 Mar 2005
 
Sudan

The Crushing Burden of Rape: Sexual Violence in Darfur

Report 8 Mar 2005
 
Greece

MSF Greece reintegrated into the MSF international movement

Press Release 9 Feb 2005
 
Natural hazards

Asian tsunami: Overview of MSF activities in Sri Lanka

Project Update 31 Jan 2005
 
Indonesia

Overview of MSF Activities in Indonesia

Project Update 31 Jan 2005
 
Natural hazards

Asian tsunami: Overview of MSF activities in India, Thailand, Myanmar and Malaysia

Project Update 31 Jan 2005
 
HIV/AIDS

Global AIDS treatment efforts not on track

Press Release 28 Jan 2005
 
Natural hazards

Aceh tsunami - one month later, the first volunteer looks back

Voices from the Field 27 Jan 2005
 
Democratic Republic of Congo

Looting causes suspension of MSF project in North Kivu

Project Update 20 Jan 2005
 
Global

Beyond the headlines: MSF issues list of the year's 'Top 10' most underreported humanitarian stories

Press Release 19 Jan 2005
 
Indonesia

MSF aid operations in the tsunami zone

Project Update 6 Jan 2005
 
Indonesia

MSF surgical team starts operation in Sigli, east of Banda Aceh

Project Update 5 Jan 2005
 
Indonesia

Teams expand action and, to date, over 200 tonnes of goods have been brought to Banda Aceh.

Project Update 4 Jan 2005
 
Indonesia

MSF clarifies donations for Asian tsunami disaster relief

Press Release 4 Jan 2005
 
Somalia

Serious rise in numbers at MSF feeding centre in Galcayo

Project Update 3 Jan 2005
 
Indonesia

MSF continues medical consultations and provides body bags in Aceh

Project Update 3 Jan 2005
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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