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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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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.

 
Democratic Republic of Congo

In camps for displaced people in Kibati, just north of Goma, people are seeking refuge from recent fighting.

Voices from the Field 5 Nov 2008
 
Democratic Republic of Congo

Cholera during DRC violence is closely monitored along with medical and sanitation conditions

Project Update 5 Nov 2008
 
Democratic Republic of Congo

"These people are so vulnerable to the elements"

Voices from the Field 4 Nov 2008
 
Democratic Republic of Congo

Needs race ahead of aid in the DRC

Project Update 4 Nov 2008
 
Democratic Republic of Congo

A desperate, dangerous situation in the DRC - a volunteer's description

Project Update 3 Nov 2008
 
Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF remains in the DRC - cholera patients flee as conditions worsen

Project Update 31 Oct 2008
 
Italy

MSF forced to leave the island of Lampedusa, Italy, after six years of activities

Press Release 31 Oct 2008
 
Democratic Republic of Congo

International assistance dwindles as fighting renews in the DRC

Project Update 30 Oct 2008
 
Niger

French section of MSF forced to leave Niger

Press Release 30 Oct 2008
 
Pakistan

MSF team dispatched to villages hit by earthquake in Balochistan, southwestern Pakistan

Project Update 29 Oct 2008
 
South Sudan

Sudanese authorities threaten to suspend MSF activities in South Darfur

Project Update 27 Oct 2008
 
Myanmar

MSF handing over cyclone projects in Myanmar, but will remain for greater health needs throughout the country

Project Update 27 Oct 2008
 
India

Interview with Martin Sloot

Voices from the Field 27 Oct 2008
 
Guinea-Bissau

Over 10,000 affected by cholera in Guinea Bissau

Project Update 23 Oct 2008
 
Niger

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is involved in other activities in Niger besides malnutrition.

Project Update 22 Oct 2008
 
Niger

MSF calls upon the President of Niger to lift the ban on its activities immediately

Project Update 21 Oct 2008
 
Uganda

We fear the worst is still to come

Project Update 16 Oct 2008
 
Uganda

Responding to food insecurity and malnutrition in northeast Uganda

Project Update 16 Oct 2008
 
Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF intervenes in Haut-Uele province, DRC, to assist displaced people in Bangadi as violence escalates

Project Update 15 Oct 2008
 
Georgia

Georgia - two months on, uncertainty remains for many

Project Update 13 Oct 2008
 
Haiti

Homelessness and food shortages for hurricane victims in Haiti

Press Release 13 Oct 2008
 
Colombia

MSF asks Colombian government and health care providers to guarantee comprehensive health care to victims of sexual violence

Press Release 9 Oct 2008
 
Humanitarian principles

MSF protests comments by French Foreign Minister in Jerusalem

Statement 7 Oct 2008
 
Malnutrition

WHO experts raise antiquated nutrition standards

Press Release 6 Oct 2008
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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