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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.

 
Clinical trial of a new vaccine against Rotavirus in Maradi / Niger
Photo Story

Innovative vaccine against rotavirus

21 Mar 2017
Photo Story
 
MSF field hospital
South Sudan

Urgent humanitarian assistance needed for thousands of people who fled fighting in Wau Shilluk

Crisis Update 15 Mar 2017
 
MSF national staff from Wau Shilluk who evacuated Wau Shilluk
South Sudan

“My future is unclear, and I don't know what will happen to all of us from Wau Shilluk.”

Voices from the Field 15 Mar 2017
 
East Aleppo
Syria

Warring groups must allow aid to population in need

Statement 14 Mar 2017
 
Winter Living Conditions in Belgrade, Serbia
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

One year after the EU-Turkey deal: migrants and asylum seekers are paying the price with their health

Report 14 Mar 2017
 
Journal article

Dilemmas in access to medicines: a humanitarian perspective

14 Mar 2017
Journal article
 
Medical care on the frontline - North Syria
Syria

No eyes on the ground

Project Update 13 Mar 2017
 
Damage in Al-Bayan hospital
Syria

Changes in medical practice in Syria

Report 13 Mar 2017
 
Ethiopia Acute Watery Diarrhea Intervention Kebridahar 2017
Ethiopia

“I feel like I have been given a second life by the doctors and nurses here.”

Project Update 10 Mar 2017
 
Yemen

A year of life-saving activities in Ibb

Press Release 9 Mar 2017
 
Winter Conditions in Belgrade, Serbia.
Serbia

MSF denounces the widespread violence on migrants and refugees at the Serbian/Hungarian border

Press Release 9 Mar 2017
 
Medical care on the frontline - North Syria
Photo Story

Bringing aid close to the frontline

8 Mar 2017
Photo Story
 
Sara Ferrer, Medical Coordinator for Syria
Syria

The war has left tens of thousands of children unvaccinated

Voices from the Field 8 Mar 2017
 
International Women's Day 2017
Website

No woman should die to give birth

msf.org
 
Georgia: DR-TB patients find hope in new treatments
Georgia

endTB partnership launches clinical trial to target toughest strains of tuberculosis

Statement 6 Mar 2017
 
Dr Claire Fotheringham
Afghanistan

Reducing risks for pregnant women

Voices from the Field 6 Mar 2017
 
Yemeni chronicles
Yemen

MSF resumes medical work in Haydan hospital

Press Release 2 Mar 2017
 
International Women's Day 2017
International Women's Day

Safe delivery care in Afghanistan

Project Update 1 Mar 2017
 
Tanzania Refugee Crisis - November 2016
Tanzania

Humanitarian response in refugee camps still falling behind

Project Update 1 Mar 2017
 
Yousef from Iraq
Jordan

A new life for war-wounded Iraqis

Project Update 27 Feb 2017
 
Phoenix rescue 02 Sept 2015
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Dying to reach Europe: Insight into the desperate journeys Eritreans make to reach safety

Press Release 27 Feb 2017
 
Sign language training and TB support in Swaziland
Eswatini

For patients with XDR-TB, treatment is a gruelling journey with severe side effects

Voices from the Field 27 Feb 2017
 
Jean François Saint-Sauveur
Nigeria

“There are dramatic gaps in healthcare”

Voices from the Field 23 Feb 2017
 
MSF Response to Nepal Earthquake Extreme Medicine Exhibition Print
Natural hazards

MSF Evaluation Unit: reports on MSF disaster response

MSF Evaluation Unit. 22 Feb 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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