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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.

 
Snapshots from Bama
Nigeria

“All I have in this world are the clothes on my back”

Project Update 8 Jan 2019
 
Dr Patrick Indradjaja with Elis' family in Cigondang village, Indonesia
Indonesia

"Thank God, my family is safe!"

Voices from the Field 3 Jan 2019
 
MSF Mother and Child Hospital - Taiz
Yemen

A week in Yemen

Campaign 31 Dec 2018
 
Sunda Strait Tsunami
Indonesia

MSF supports health centres tending to Sunda Strait tsunami victims in Indonesia

Crisis Update 24 Dec 2018
 
TB in Zhytomyr, Ukraine
Access to medicines

Calling on governments to scale up oral TB treatment

Press Release 22 Dec 2018
 
General view outside Amana village, Cross River State
Nigeria

Tens of thousands of Cameroonians seek refuge in southern Nigeria

Project Update 21 Dec 2018
 
Bannon Dadaab press photos
Ethiopia

“It was overwhelming – no one was expecting injuries on this scale”

Voices from the Field 21 Dec 2018
 
Responding to Ethiopia’s displacement crisis
Ethiopia

“People who fled their homes said there was no warning”

Voices from the Field 21 Dec 2018
 
Responding to Ethiopia’s displacement crisis
Ethiopia

More aid needed for people caught in multiple displacement crises

Project Update 21 Dec 2018
 
MDR-TB Project Yerevan
Armenia

Drug-resistant tuberculosis: 30 years of MSF in Armenia

Project Update 21 Dec 2018
 
Waiting for monsoon season in Cox´s Bazar
Photo Story

A year in pictures 2018

20 Dec 2018
Photo Story
 
Armenia

Children in difficult situations: 30 years of MSF in Armenia

Project Update 20 Dec 2018
 
El Salvador
El Salvador

“They ripped my soul out”

Project Update 19 Dec 2018
 
MSF clinic in Niamey to treat people on the move
Niger

Medical care for people on the move in Niamey

Project Update 19 Dec 2018
 
Armenia

Earthquake response: 30 years of MSF in Armenia

Project Update 19 Dec 2018
 
MIGRANTS DAY: NTCA AND MEXICO
Central American migration

“I want a normal life for my son”

Voices from the Field 18 Dec 2018
 
مستشفى السلام في شرق الموصل في العراق
Iraq

A new emergency room for Al ‘Salaam hospital, East Mosul

Press Release 18 Dec 2018
 
Cholera vaccination campaign in Maradi
Niger

Preventing future outbreaks in a cholera hotspot

Project Update 17 Dec 2018
 
Many people in the Platinum belt have family members working in the mines. Houses are often built close together in smaller, spread out neighbourhoods.
South Africa

Critical gaps in mental healthcare for survivors of sexual violence

Report 17 Dec 2018
 
Body Mapping as a mental health response to sexual violence
South Africa

The mental healthcare lottery faced by victims of sexual violence

Voices from the Field 17 Dec 2018
 
Diffa, Niger: Young managed touched by the conflict
Niger

Diffa’s young minds damaged by the conflict

Project Update 14 Dec 2018
 
Diffa, Niger: Young managed touched by the conflict
Niger

Lives haunted by violence

Voices from the Field 14 Dec 2018
 
Diffa, Niger: Young managed touched by the conflict
Mental health

“It takes a lot to bring these children back to something approaching a normal life”

Interview 13 Dec 2018
 
US ASYLUM RESTRICTIONS ARE DEEPENING THE CRISIS ALONG THE MEXICAN BORDER
Central American migration

US asylum restrictions are deepening Mexican border crisis

Press Release 13 Dec 2018
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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