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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

Discover all our latest news, stories and publications. Use the filter to get to the content you're looking for.

 
DoctorsWithoutBorders
Access to medicines

There’s still time to stop the TPP from cutting off the critical lifeline of affordable generic medicines

Press Release 3 Feb 2016
 
MSF Activities in Central African Republic
Photo Story

No hope of returning home anytime soon

2 Feb 2016
Photo Story
 
Syria

Starvation continues in Madaya - MSF denounces continued blockage of essential aid and medical evacuations

Press Release 29 Jan 2016
 
Grande-Synthe refugee camp Dunkirk - Jan 2016
France

Measles vaccination campaign launched in Calais and Grande-Synthe camps

Press Release 29 Jan 2016
 
Grande-Synthe refugee camp Dunkirk - Jan 2016
France

Frequently Asked Questions about MSF's work in Grande Synthe camp

Project Update 29 Jan 2016
 
Portrait of a Man from Pakistan
Italy

"My work is a real opportunity to help those in need, just like me."

Voices from the Field 28 Jan 2016
 
MSF Activities in Central African Republic
Central African Republic

No hope of returning home anytime soon

Voices from the Field 27 Jan 2016
 
MSF treats malaria cases in Dan Issa, southern Niger
Photo Story

MSF treats malaria cases in Dan Issa, southern Niger

27 Jan 2016
Photo Story
 
Yemen.Shiara hospital bleeding after attack.
Yemen

“I’d never before seen the level of casualties I saw in Saada. The scale of wounded was extreme.”

Voices from the Field 27 Jan 2016
 
OccupiedMinds_ANNAS AL ATRASH
Palestine

“You shot an innocent person and destroyed a whole family’s life.”

Voices from the Field 26 Jan 2016
 
Yemen.Shiara hospital bleeding after attack.
Yemen

"They didn’t realise that the missile had hit the hospital itself."

Voices from the Field 25 Jan 2016
 
Yemen.Shiara hospital bleeding after attack.
Yemen

Health facilities under attack - MSF wants answers

Press Release 25 Jan 2016
 
Seeking malaria treatment around Aweil, South Sudan
Disease prevention

Five epidemics to watch

Press Release 25 Jan 2016
 
Yemen.Shiara hospital bleeding after attack.
Yemen

Saada attacks wound dozens and kill at least 6, including ambulance driver

Project Update 22 Jan 2016
 
Besieged Taiz - Yemen
Yemen

At least 10 children killed and three wounded while walking back home from school in Taiz

Voices from the Field 21 Jan 2016
 
Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF forced to close major humanitarian project in Mweso following abduction of staff

Press Release 20 Jan 2016
 
Besieged Taiz - Yemen
Yemen

Medical supplies reach hospitals in besieged Taiz

Statement 19 Jan 2016
 
Trapani Italy - refugee reception and mental health
Mediterranean migration

European policies dramatically worsened the so-called 2015 “refugee crisis”

Report 19 Jan 2016
 
Yemen.Shiara hospital bleeding after attack.
Yemen

Our patients and staff need to feel safe

Voices from the Field 18 Jan 2016
 
The Jungle, Calais
France

MSF continues to assist refugees in Calais

Project Update 18 Jan 2016
 
MSF assisting IDPs in Malakal & Wau Shiluk
South Sudan

Fighting in Malakal site leaves at least 18 dead, two of them MSF staff

Press Release 18 Jan 2016
 
Refugees in Kapise village, Malawi
Malawi

Waves of Mozambicans fleeing violence seek refuge in Malawi

Voices from the Field 18 Jan 2016
 
Syria

Five more starvation deaths in Madaya since humanitarian convoy arrival

Press Release 15 Jan 2016
 
Haemorrhagic fevers

The Ebola outbreak - a brief history

Project Update 14 Jan 2016
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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