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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

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MSF intervenes in Tijuana in response to the critical situation caused by COVID19
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

MSF provides critically-needed COVID-19 medical care in Tijuana

Project Update 7 May 2020
 
Drawing (4X3) Give Me Hope: Depicting Rohingya Crisis Animation
Malaysia

MSF ready to support the government of Malaysia with safe disembarkation of people in distress at sea

Open Letter 7 May 2020
 
COVID-19: challenges in Bangladesh and the Rohingya refugee camps
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Five challenges for the Rohingya in Bangladesh amid COVID-19

Project Update 6 May 2020
 
North Kivu: COVID-19 Health Promotion Training
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Managing people’s fear and misinformation amid COVID-19 in DRC

Voices from the Field 6 May 2020
 
MSF Measles Intervention Baboua: Twins Elisabeth and Sophie
Measles

Measles is a steady, silent killer among COVID-19

Project Update 5 May 2020
 
COVID 19 response in Niger
Niger

Working with communities during a pandemic

Interview 5 May 2020
 
MSF New Clinic, Kibera South.
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

“Diseases will not wait” for COVID-19 in Kenya

Voices from the Field 5 May 2020
 
Frederic*'s story
Greece

Using torture survival skills to cope during a pandemic

Voices from the Field 5 May 2020
 
Covid-19 Response in Liberia
Liberia

MSF supports efforts to treat COVID-19 in Liberia

Interview 4 May 2020
 
Increasing activities in Matamoros-covid19
United States of America

MSF demands US end deportations to stop COVID-19 spread to fragile health systems

Press Release 4 May 2020
 
Cholera vaccination in Kyangwali
Vaccination

Overcoming barriers so vaccines can save lives

Project Update 29 Apr 2020
 
COVID-19 response in Intensive care unit of HUG
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Overwhelming, lonely, stressful – life in a COVID-19 unit in Geneva

Voices from the Field 27 Apr 2020
 
MSF Mobile Team in retiry home in Brussels
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Why protecting and supporting staff in care homes during COVID-19 is so vital

Voices from the Field 24 Apr 2020
 
MSF intervention in care homes
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Out of view, but not out of mind: MSF's response to COVID-19 in care homes

Project Update 24 Apr 2020
 
New York City COVID-19 Response
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Vulnerable communities in the US in urgent need of protection from COVID-19

Project Update 24 Apr 2020
 
The Israeli barrier and a desert street in Tubas, West Bank
Palestine

Like a virus, violence spreads in the West Bank amid COVID-19

Project Update 23 Apr 2020
 
Beni ebola treatment center
DRC Ebola outbreaks

New Ebola cases confirmed in DRC days before expected end of outbreak

Project Update 23 Apr 2020
 
Intervention in Marche region
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

A race against the pandemic – MSF COVID-19 crisis update

Crisis Update 23 Apr 2020
 
MSF Covid-19 Response in Pakistan
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

MSF launches a COVID-19 emergency response in Timergara, Pakistan

Project Update 22 Apr 2020
 
Drawing (16X9) Give Me Hope: Depicting Rohingya Crisis Animation
Rohingya refugee crisis

Rohingya refugees left to starve at sea

Voices from the Field 22 Apr 2020
 
COVID-19 São Paulo, Brazil
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

MSF provides care to vulnerable people during COVID-19 response in Brazil

Project Update 22 Apr 2020
 
Al Hole Camp - Eastern Al Hasakah Governorate
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Concerns mount over COVID-19 response in northeast Syria

Press Release 22 Apr 2020
 
Consultation rooms in advanced health post
Burkina Faso

COVID-19 will worsen access to healthcare in Burkina Faso

Project Update 21 Apr 2020
 
Supporting Sudan against coronavirus COVID-19
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

MSF provides support to hospitals and sites in response to COVID-19 in Sudan

Project Update 20 Apr 2020
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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