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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

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Hepatitis E cases in Al-Tanideba, Sudan
Gaza-Israel war

Last remaining hospitals in north Gaza under siege and people trapped

Press Release 19 Oct 2024
 
Access challenges in Cross River
Nigeria

Four challenges to reaching remote communities in Nigeria

Voices from the Field 18 Oct 2024
 
Displaced from Al-Hasahisa camp, Zalingei, Sudan to an abandoned and looted bank.
About MSF

IKEA Foundation supports MSF in scale-up for underreported Sudan crisis

Press Release 17 Oct 2024
 
Militarised Polish-Belarus border Kozie Borki natural park
Poland

MSF urges Polish authorities to retract announced suspension of right to seek asylum

Press Release 16 Oct 2024
 
Tuberculosis in Tondo, Manila - Ezra Acayan
TACTiC – Test, Avoid, Cure Tuberculosis in Children

Urgent action needed as governments and donors fail children with tuberculosis

Press Release 15 Oct 2024
 
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Gaza-Israel war

MSF mourns and condemns the tragic killing of our colleague in northern Gaza

Statement 14 Oct 2024
 
Mobile Clinics and Distribution of NFI in Beirut
Lebanon

MSF urges for protection of civilians and medical staff amid Israeli bombardment in Lebanon

Press Release 10 Oct 2024
 
Malnutrition in Zamzam
Conflict in Sudan

Supply blockade forces MSF to stop care for 5,000 malnourished children in Sudan

Press Release 10 Oct 2024
 
MSF psychologist and ICM Athens DCC
Mental health

A mental health crisis among refugees and migrants in Greece

Voices from the Field 10 Oct 2024
 
Emergency Medical Aid (EMA) for new arrivals in Samos, Greece
Gaza-Israel war

Israeli forces pushing people from north to south Gaza will only worsen humanitarian catastrophe

Press Release 8 Oct 2024
 
Mobile Clinics and Distribution of NFI in Beirut
Lebanon

Israeli bombardment in Lebanon is causing mass displacement and urgent humanitarian needs

Project Update 4 Oct 2024
 
From Rafah to Khan Younis, lives in ruins
Gaza-Israel war

Israel and allies must bring year-long war in Gaza to an end

Press Release 3 Oct 2024
 
Survivors of sexual violence at MSF clinic in Bulengo
Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF has and continues to treat more than two victims of sexual violence per hour in DRC

Press Release 30 Sep 2024
 
Airstrikes in South Beirut
Lebanon

“We are in a safe place, for now.”

Voices from the Field 29 Sep 2024
 
Rotation 66 - Geo Barents
Mediterranean migration

Italian authorities punish Geo Barents rescue ship with two detention orders

Press Release 25 Sep 2024
 
Biosafety level 3 laboratory
Antibiotic resistance

Concrete action needed in fight against antimicrobial resistance

Press Release 25 Sep 2024
 
Maternity in South Darfur
Conflict in Sudan

Pregnant women and children dying in shocking numbers in South Darfur

Press Release 25 Sep 2024
 
Collective Shelter for IDPs in Saida, South Lebanon
Lebanon

MSF responds to Israeli bombing in Lebanon

Project Update 24 Sep 2024
 
MSF cars
South Sudan

MSF suspends medical activities in Yei, Central Equatoria state, following attack on staff

Press Release 24 Sep 2024
 
Massive flooding in Maiduguri
Nigeria

Fears of outbreaks grow in Maiduguri following severe flooding

Press Release 20 Sep 2024
 
Gazan patients in MSF Amman hospital
Jordan

The long road to recovery for war-wounded children from Gaza

Project Update 20 Sep 2024
 
Destruction in Jenin
Photo Story

Jenin after nine days of military incursion

18 Sep 2024
Photo Story
 
Massive flooding in eastern Chad
Chad

One month after floods in Koukou

Project Update 16 Sep 2024
 
NOVEL ALL-ORAL SHORT COURSE TREATMENT FOR DR-TB | Context
Russia

MSF-Netherlands closes programmes in Russia after instruction to deregister

Press Release 16 Sep 2024
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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