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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.

 
Bangui, hospital communautaire, emergency operation
Central African Republic

Critical needs in the east of the country

Project Update 14 Jun 2013
 
Darfur
Sudan

"Every time you are able to save a patient, it gives you the motivation to save another life"

Voices from the Field 14 Jun 2013
 
Sana’a. Yemen
Yemen

HIV/AIDS in Yemen: Fighting discrimination

Crisis Update 12 Jun 2013
 
Democratic Republic of Congo

Situation still critical for displaced persons in Goma

Project Update 7 Jun 2013
 
Influx of Syrians into Domeez Camp, Iraq
Syria

MSF speech at the UN Syria donor conference

Speech 7 Jun 2013
 
Democratic Republic of Congo

"Life is dangerous, there is suffering"

Project Update 7 Jun 2013
 
Iraq - Syrian refugees in Domeez camp
Syria

Words must be turned into humanitarian action for Syrians

Statement 5 Jun 2013
 
HIV Testing, Lesotho
Lesotho

Maternal mortality in the mountain kingdom

Project Update 5 Jun 2013
 
Lebanon - Providing medical care to Syrian refugees in Tripoli
Lebanon

Abundant medical needs among Syrian refugees and victims of local conflict

Project Update 4 Jun 2013
 
Afghanistan

MSF strongly condemns violence against humanitarian workers and facilities

Statement 30 May 2013
 
Zaatari camp, pediatric hospital
Syria

Syrian refugee narratives: "We had been trying to avoid leaving our country but eventually we had no other choice"

Voices from the Field 30 May 2013
 
Syrian Refugees in Zaatari camp
Syria

Syrian refugees in Jordan: The limits of assistance

Press Release 30 May 2013
 
Syrian Refugees in Zaatari camp
Syria

Syrian refugee narratives: "What kind of future awaits myself and my children?"

Crisis Update 30 May 2013
 
Humaniatarian emergency in Rakhine state, Myanmar

Government restrictions severely impact access to healthcare in Rakhine state

Press Release 28 May 2013
 
Lebanon -The plight of Palestinian refugees who fled Syria
Photo Story

In pictures: The plight of Palestinian refugees who fled Syria

24 May 2013
Photo Story
 
Project Update

HPN: Have we lost the ability to respond to refugee crises? The Maban response

In the Media 24 May 2013
 
Niger

MSF treats cholera patients

Project Update 23 May 2013
 
Fistula Gitega, Burundi
Project Update

Treating fistula: Prevention or cure?

Project Update 23 May 2013
 
Yida, refugee camp, malnutrition.
South Sudan

Humanitarian deadlock in Yida

Project Update 23 May 2013
 
newly displaced people in and around Goma, in Muguga III camp
Democratic Republic of Congo

Displaced people caught up in fighting west of Goma

Press Release 22 May 2013
 
Attacks on medical care

Medical care under fire

Statement 21 May 2013
 
Transit camp in Aleppo province
Syria

10,000 people at the gates of Turkey

Project Update 21 May 2013
 
Lebanon -The plight of Palestinian refugees who fled Syria
Lebanon

From Syria to Ain el-Helweh: Alleviating the suffering of refugees in Saida

Project Update 17 May 2013
 
Sibut emergency project
Central African Republic

The violence has ended but the emergency continues

Voices from the Field 17 May 2013
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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