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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

A Global Network
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.

 
Central African Republic

MSF suspends humanitarian relief activities following attack in Bangassou

Press Release 22 Nov 2017
 
Tondo project - HPV vaccination
Photo Story

Supporting young girls in the slums of Manila

21 Nov 2017
Photo Story
 
Syria

MSF teams respond to car explosion in Al-Hasakah, north-east Syria

Statement 20 Nov 2017
 
MSF Response Rohingya Crisis
Rohingya refugee crisis

Crisis update – November 2017

Crisis Update 20 Nov 2017
 
OpED on Yemen - David Noguera, President of MSF Spain
Yemen

Misery deepens as borders close

Op-Ed 20 Nov 2017
 
Access to Healthcare

Unmerited Pfizer patent on pneumonia vaccine limits access for children

Press Release 20 Nov 2017
 
Yemen staff testimonies
Yemen

MSF statement on Saudi-led coalition blockage

Statement 17 Nov 2017
 
India, Asansol project. Antibiotic resistance
Antibiotic resistance

Drug-resistant infections are a looming challenge around the world

Project Update 16 Nov 2017
 
Mobile activities at La Chapelle
France

Critical situation for refugees and migrants stuck on Paris streets as winter approaches

Press Release 16 Nov 2017
 
Cholera epidemic, Am Timan
Chad

Misinformation and lack of resources hamper cholera response

Project Update 16 Nov 2017
 
Medical care in Ain Issa camp
Syria

“During the battle for Raqqa, nobody cared about the civilians”

Voices from the Field 15 Nov 2017
 
Insein clinic, for treatment for HIV, TB, and Hepatitis C in Yangon. By Alessandro Penso, Feb 2018.
Website

Stop TB Partnership

stoptb.org
 
The Crossing 01
Photo Story

"The Crossing", night portraits on the rescue boat Prudence

15 Nov 2017
Photo Story
 
Myanmar

Destruction of MSF Clinics in Northern Rakhine State, Myanmar

Report 15 Nov 2017
 
TB support in Swaziland
Tuberculosis

Governments given deadline to increase testing and treatment

Press Release 15 Nov 2017
 
Medical care in Ain Issa camp
Photo Story

Doing whatever it takes to escape

14 Nov 2017
Photo Story
 
Tuberculosis treatments yield promising results in the Chechen Republic
Russia

Tuberculosis treatments yield promising results in the Chechen Republic

Voices from the Field 10 Nov 2017
 
Nawagai, Bajaur Agency
Pakistan

Closure of MSF project in northwest will leave thousands without healthcare

Statement 10 Nov 2017
 
Cholera response in Yemen
Yemen

Saudi coalition urged to immediately allow humanitarian access during blockade

Press Release 8 Nov 2017
 
Responding to the violent conflict in Kasai, DRC
Democratic Republic of Congo

The work of mobile medical teams in Kasai

Project Update 8 Nov 2017
 
Vaccination campaign in Dundo camps, Angola
Angola

“People in the camp had one goal – to stay alive”

Voices from the Field 6 Nov 2017
 
First rescue seen from rhib 2
Mediterranean migration

Nearly 600 people rescued but unknown number missing presumed drowned

Project Update 3 Nov 2017
 
Untreated Violence
Sexual violence

Untreated Violence: Critical gaps in medical and clinical forensic care for survivors of sexual violence in South Africa

org.za 1 Nov 2017
 
Diffa. Preventing the spread of hepatitis E
Niger

Preventing the spread of hepatitis E

Project Update 1 Nov 2017
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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