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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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El Fasher - July 2023
Sudan

Nowhere is safe as deadly fighting escalates in El Fasher, North Darfur

Voices from the Field 15 May 2024
 
In the shadows of war: Increased violence and restrictions in the West Bank
Gaza-Israel war

Palestinians face increase in extreme violence and restrictions in the West Bank

Project Update 15 May 2024
 
Displaced Palestinians who returned to Khan Younis from Rafah
Gaza-Israel war

Another hospital in Gaza forced to close amid intensified Israeli offensive in Rafah

Press Release 14 May 2024
 
MSF convoy attacked in Gaza
Gaza-Israel war

Strikes, raids and incursions: Seven months of relentless attacks on healthcare in Palestine

Project Update 14 May 2024
 
People are gathering at a health facility in El Fasher
Conflict in Sudan

Bomb kills two children and puts El Fasher hospital out of action amid fighting

Press Release 12 May 2024
 
Mobile Clinics in Wad Madani, Sudan, June 2023
Conflict in Sudan

MSF forced to suspend essential support in Wad Madani due to obstructions and harassment

Press Release 9 May 2024
 
'Gaza's silent killing' - Report
Gaza-Israel war

Thousands forced to flee as Israeli military offensive intensifies and aid is blocked in Rafah

Press Release 8 May 2024
 
MSF Emergency Centre in Turgeau
Haiti

People cut off from vital healthcare as intense violence grips Port-au-Prince

Project Update 3 May 2024
 
City of Mosul
Iraq

MSF hands over activities after six years of healing wounds in Al-Wahda

Project Update 3 May 2024
 
Inside Gaza - illustrations
Gaza-Israel war

The near impossible task of getting lifesaving supplies into Gaza

Op-Ed 2 May 2024
 
Malnutrition in Zamzam camp, North Darfur
Conflict in Sudan

Catastrophic malnutrition crisis in Zamzam camp amidst escalating violence in North Darfur

Press Release 1 May 2024
 
AlHol MH/ NES
Syria

Funding cuts for medical referrals in northeast Syria will increase preventable deaths  

Press Release 29 Apr 2024
 
Christopher Lockyear visit to Rafah
Gaza-Israel war

Gaza's silent killings: The destruction of the healthcare system in Rafah

Report 29 Apr 2024
 
Rafah Indonesian Field Hospital
Gaza-Israel war

People in Gaza at serious risk of preventable deaths as healthcare crumbles

Press Release 29 Apr 2024
 
Gaza - Al Aqsa Hospital
Gaza-Israel war

Gaza’s healthcare workers grapple with the mental health impact of an unyielding war

Project Update 26 Apr 2024
 
medicine for the treatment of drug resistant tuberculosis
Tuberculosis

MSF reveals cost of landmark TB clinical trial in push for drug-development cost transparency

Press Release 25 Apr 2024
 
MENTAL HEALTH IN WAR, DISPLACEMENT AND MIGRATION _Ukraine
War in Ukraine

War-torn minds: navigating mental health issues amid war in Ukraine

Project Update 25 Apr 2024
 
Malaria and malnutrition in Ikongo
Madagascar

Malaria on the rise in Madagascar as climate change leaves healthcare out of reach

Project Update 25 Apr 2024
 
Rescue 2 - Rotation 54
Mediterranean migration

Charges in case against rescues at sea dropped in Italy

Press Release 19 Apr 2024
 
Kidney Screening
Guatemala

MSF highlights urgent need to care for patients with chronic kidney disease

Project Update 17 Apr 2024
 
Fire at MSF office Buthidaung
Myanmar

MSF office and pharmacy in Rakhine state destroyed in fire amid ongoing violence

Press Release 16 Apr 2024
 
Mother and Child Health in Balochistan
Pakistan

MSF concerned over deportations of Afghans from Pakistan

Statement 16 Apr 2024
 
Naga, Myanmar, Access to healthcare for remote communities
Myanmar

Five things to know about the humanitarian crisis in northern Rakhine

Interview 15 Apr 2024
 
Faces and Voices from Wad Madani 06
Conflict in Sudan

After a year of war in Sudan, a rapid scale up of response is needed to avoid catastrophe

Press Release 12 Apr 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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