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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.

 
Natural hazards

MSF continues psychological care for earthquake and tsunami survivors

Project Update 11 May 2011
 
Italy

Seeking Refuge, Finding Suffering

Report 3 May 2011
 
Italy

Italy must drastically improve conditions facing refugees, asylum seekers and migrants fleeing North Africa, including Libya

Press Release 3 May 2011
 
Uzbekistan

Comprehensive TB care for all: The Karakalpakstan Experience

Report 2 May 2011
 
In Memoriam

Chris Hondros

Project Update 22 Apr 2011
 
Photo Story

Medical and humanitarian emergency continues as violence persists in Ivory Coast

22 Apr 2011
Photo Story
 
Meningitis

Meningitis vaccine for 607,000 people in rural Chad

Project Update 22 Apr 2011
 
Yemen

MSF helps respond to increased medical needs while continuing relief activities

Project Update 20 Apr 2011
 
Malaria and malnutrition in South Sudan, Bentiu PoC, Sept 2015 Brendan Bannon.
Malaria

Making the Switch: Ensuring access to improved treatment for severe malaria in Africa

Report 19 Apr 2011
 
Malaria

Revolutionary advance in severe malaria treatment: Using artesunate instead of quinine could save 200,000 lives annually

Press Release 19 Apr 2011
 
Libya

MSF carries out second boat evacuation from Misrata, Libya, with 64 war-wounded onboard

Press Release 16 Apr 2011
 
Côte d'Ivoire

In the safe haven of surgery: A little respite in Bangolo hospital

Project Update 14 Apr 2011
 
Côte d'Ivoire

Treating the wounded then restoring dignity with small gestures

Voices from the Field 14 Apr 2011
 
Democratic Republic of Congo

Two MSF teams attacked by armed men in South Kivu, DRC

Press Release 12 Apr 2011
 
Afghanistan

Immediate care given to victims of military bus attack in Afghanistan

Voices from the Field 12 Apr 2011
 
Italy

Survivors of boat collapse off Lampedusa coast receive medical and psychological care

Project Update 12 Apr 2011
 
Libya

Frontline: In Libya, Working to meet the greatest medical needs

Project Update 11 Apr 2011
 
Japan

'The people around me in Kenya saw it as an event in another world, but for me it was my problem'

Voices from the Field 8 Apr 2011
 
Côte d'Ivoire

MSF in Ivory Coast works amidst high insecurity to supply and support medical facilities

Project Update 7 Apr 2011
 
India

Europe opens new front against affordable medicines in trade deal with India

Project Update 7 Apr 2011
 
Japan

MSF psychologists work with quake and tsunami survivors in Japan

Voices from the Field 5 Apr 2011
 
Libya

MSF evacuates over 70 war-wounded by boat from Misrata

Press Release 4 Apr 2011
 
Côte d'Ivoire

MSF unable to reach patients in war-torn Abidjan

Press Release 4 Apr 2011
 
Côte d'Ivoire

MSF calls for immediate end to violence against civilians

Project Update 2 Apr 2011
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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