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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.

 
Mali

MSF calls for access to Konna

Press Release 17 Jan 2013
 
Central African Republic

MSF expands emergency response despite peace deal

Project Update 14 Jan 2013
 
Syria: Azaz ciity airstrike patients
Syria

Airstrike on market kills 20, injures 99

Press Release 14 Jan 2013
 
Mali

MSF calls for warring parties to respect the safety of civilians

Press Release 13 Jan 2013
 
Syria, MSF managed to enter Idlib Governorate, end of march 2012
Syria

Destitute civilians suffer intense bombing in Idlib governorate

Press Release 10 Jan 2013
 
Iraq - Dialysis in Kirkuk
Iraq

MSF completes dialysis unit support project in Kirkuk

Project Update 9 Jan 2013
 
Mauritania

Alarming malnutrition and mortality among malian refugees

Voices from the Field 9 Jan 2013
 
Refugees in Upper Nile State South Sudan
South Sudan

We did not want to leave but we could not stay

Voices from the Field 7 Jan 2013
 
MSF maternity hospital in eastern Khost province, Afghanistan
Afghanistan

MSF reopens Khost maternity hospital

Project Update 2 Jan 2013
 
Somalia

Operating at our own risk in Somalia

Project Update 2 Jan 2013
 
MDR-TB in Mathare, Nairobi
Tuberculosis

Bedaquiline: First new tuberculosis drug in 50 years

Press Release 31 Dec 2012
 
Response to Typhoon Bopha, Philippines
Philippines

MSF team runs mobile clinics following typhoon

Project Update 31 Dec 2012
 
In Memoriam

One year after the killing of our two colleagues in Somalia

Statement 29 Dec 2012
 
Kenya

Dadaab: A new influx of refugees will worsen already dire situation

Statement 28 Dec 2012
 
Machar Colony clinic, Karachi
Pakistan

MSF opens new clinic in Karachi

Press Release 27 Dec 2012
 
Central African Republic

MSF extends medical activities amid increasing violence

Project Update 24 Dec 2012
 
2012.10.09.Iraq-Domeez Syrian refugee camp
Syria

Response to increasing suffering inadequate

Project Update 21 Dec 2012
 
Central African Republic

People flee into the bush in fear of attack

Project Update 21 Dec 2012
 
HIV/Aids in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe

"We cannot normalise a situation that is not normal"

Voices from the Field 21 Dec 2012
 
Pakistan

MSF condemns targeting of health workers

Statement 20 Dec 2012
 
Democratic Republic of Congo

Racing against time to stem measles epidemic

Press Release 20 Dec 2012
 
Kala Azar in Bihar, India
Access to medicines

Medicines shouldn't be a luxury

Project Update 19 Dec 2012
 
Congo - Yasuyoshi Chiba - MSF Delivers 2011
Democratic Republic of Congo

Ethnic violence in Masisi limits access to treatment

Voices from the Field 19 Dec 2012
 
Voices from Gourougou, Morocco
Morocco

Voices from Gourougou

Project Update 18 Dec 2012
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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