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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.

 
Masafer Yatta
Palestine

Israel’s coercive measures undermine people’s health in Masafer Yatta

Press Release 3 Apr 2023
 
Masafer Yatta
Palestine

The health impact of Israeli measures to forcibly evict residents of Masafer yatta

Report 3 Apr 2023
 
MSF-supported Al-Jamhouri Hospital | Antenatal Consultation
Yemen

Eight years of war create perfect storm for humanitarian crisis 

Voices from the Field 31 Mar 2023
 
HIV MEDICATIONS
HIV/AIDS

Pharmaceutical company ViiV must provide transparency on HIV prevention drug

Press Release 30 Mar 2023
 
MSF Mobile Activities in Pirot, Serbia
Serbia

EU must increase scrutiny on border force activities in Balkan countries

Press Release 28 Mar 2023
 
Mobile clinic in the South Omo zone
Ethiopia

People in Omo Valley at high risk to kala azar 

Project Update 28 Mar 2023
 
Providing healthcare among the rubble in Jindires
Türkiye and Syria earthquake response

Northwest Syria: Providing healthcare amongst the rubble in Jindires

Project Update 27 Mar 2023
 
Cyclone Freddy in Malawi
Malawi

People cut off from healthcare after cyclone Freddy batters Malawi

Project Update 24 Mar 2023
 
Ukraine Re-Taken Areas
War in Ukraine

Between Enemy Lines: The destruction of healthcare in Ukraine

arcgis.com 23 Mar 2023
 
Ukraine Re-Taken Areas
War in Ukraine

Occupation and destruction of medical structures severely impede access to healthcare

Press Release 23 Mar 2023
 
Mobile clinic under tree in Huila province
Angola

Waiting 21 years for a doctor in Angola

Voices from the Field 22 Mar 2023
 
SMARRTT Out Patient | Maria Story
Tuberculosis

New safer and shorter drug-resistant TB treatment must be scaled up

Press Release 22 Mar 2023
 
CAR, 10 years of violence/Adapting/Louison
Central African Republic

Ten years of atrocities and violence in Central African Republic 

Project Update 20 Mar 2023
 
MSF denounces the severe lack of shelter and support for migrants abandoned in Assamaka
Niger

MSF condemns appalling conditions for migrants abandoned in Assamaka

Press Release 16 Mar 2023
 
Malnutrition emergency: mobile clinic in Ranobe
Natural hazards

Immediate medical needs in Malawi after cyclone Freddy hits southern region

Press Release 14 Mar 2023
 
Animal-assisted therapy
Mexico

Providing animal-assisted psychological support to victims of violence in Mexico

Project Update 14 Mar 2023
 
Malatya, Türkiye, after earthquakes
Türkiye and Syria earthquake response

Surviving among the rubble: Syria and Türkiye one month on

Interview 9 Mar 2023
 
3 March 2023 - Elevated number of bullet wounded patients at Turgeau
Haiti

Violent clashes force temporary closure of MSF hospital in Cité Soleil

Press Release 9 Mar 2023
 
MSF support to Abs Hospital
Yemen

Abs hospital overwhelmed as medical needs surge

Press Release 9 Mar 2023
 
Rotation 24 Rescue 1
Mediterranean migration

Appeal lodged against illegitimate detention of MSF rescue ship

Press Release 7 Mar 2023
 
General - Tales of Women at Sea
International Women's Day

Tales of women at sea

Voices from the Field 7 Mar 2023
 
Missile attack on a residential building in Zaporizhzhia
War in Ukraine

MSF teams treating patients after missile attack on residential building in Zaporizhzhia

Press Release 2 Mar 2023
 
Marvellous Nzenza with her mother Jacqueline and MSF social worker Relative Chitungo
International Women's Day

Overcoming taboos to ensure women's sexual health

Project Update 2 Mar 2023
 
MSF Japan GD's Visit to Bangladesh
Rohingya refugee crisis

Cuts to refugees’ food rations will have severe health impact

Press Release 2 Mar 2023
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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