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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.

 
Day of Violence in the Central African Republic
Central African Republic

Unprotected: Report on violence and lack of protection for civilians in CAR

Report 19 Feb 2019
 
Snakebite MSF Project - Abdurafi, Ethiopia
Snakebite

“The first ten minutes are critical”: treating snakebite in Ethiopia

Voices from the Field 14 Feb 2019
 
Goura, Cameroon - Displaced from Rann, Nigeria
Cameroon

Nothing to drink and nowhere to sleep for thousands who’ve fled Rann, Nigeria

Press Release 14 Feb 2019
 
Measles epidemic in (ex-) Katanga Province
Democratic Republic of Congo

Even during a widespread measles epidemic, we can save kids’ lives

Interview 14 Feb 2019
 
Patient in Ad Dahi emergency room
Yemen

MSF opens new emergency room in Ad Dahi hospital

Project Update 14 Feb 2019
 
Butembo and its surroundings, the new epicentre of the outbreak
DRC Ebola outbreaks

Potential new Ebola drugs being trialled in MSF treatment centres

Statement 12 Feb 2019
 
MSF PRESENCE IN RED ZONES OF SAN SALVADOR ALLOWS HEALTH OFFICIALS TO RESTART ACTIVITIES
El Salvador

Breaking the invisible barriers that divide neighbourhoods controlled by gangs

Project Update 11 Feb 2019
 
Violence in Buenaventura
Colombia

Buenaventura: “MSF fills a huge vacuum in helping victims of violence”

Interview 11 Feb 2019
 
South Kivu reportage: Numbi & Lulingu
Photo Story

South Kivu: Marathon journeys to access basic medical care

8 Feb 2019
Photo Story
 
2018 Union Conference - Johnson & Johnson (J&J) protest
Access to medicines

TB activists challenge patent in India, in bid to prevent J&J from extending monopoly

Press Release 8 Feb 2019
 
NAURU - MSF forced to end its Mental Health activities
Nauru

MSF launches remote mental health service for former patients in distress

Press Release 7 Feb 2019
 
Djugu displaced people, DRC
Democratic Republic of Congo

Ten thousand people living in desperate conditions in northeastern DRC

Project Update 7 Feb 2019
 
A place to stay - Passerelle project
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Nine countries and 7,000km; Asad’s journey from Somalia to Europe

Voices from the Field 6 Feb 2019
 
Rest before the new journey
France

Migrants trapped in relentless cycle of rejection on French-Spanish border

Project Update 6 Feb 2019
 
Attack on Cholera treatment centre in Abs
Yemen

Unacceptable investigation findings into Abs health centre bombing

Press Release 6 Feb 2019
 
Rohingya Exodus - 6 months
Rohingya refugee crisis

The 5 things we've found after one million consultations in Cox’s Bazar

Project Update 5 Feb 2019
 
Haibata and her granddaughter in Barsalogho IDP camp
Burkina Faso

Escalating violence leaves displaced with significant needs

Project Update 31 Jan 2019
 
Cameroonian Refugees in Cross Rive State
Photo Story

Cameroonian refugees in Nigeria

25 Jan 2019
Photo Story
 
Surgeries in Al-Awda Hospital
Palestine

The challenge of filling gaps in the legs of Gaza’s wounded

Project Update 24 Jan 2019
 
Condemned to drown at sea or be locked up in Libya
Libya

Refugees returned to overcrowded Libyan detention centres

Project Update 23 Jan 2019
 
Nduta Refugee Camp, Tanzania
Mental health

Displaced and distressed: people’s mental health in East Africa

Project Update 22 Jan 2019
 
Ebola Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
DRC Ebola outbreaks

Ebola patient care increases amid growing tensions in North Kivu

Project Update 18 Jan 2019
 
Lassa fever project
Neglected diseases

Lassa fever: A challenging disease to diagnose and treat

Project Update 18 Jan 2019
 
Emergency intervention in Dessa, Tillabery
Niger

“These displaced people live in fear of being attacked at any time”

Interview 17 Jan 2019
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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