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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.

 
Nigeria: Searching for aid after fleeing the fighting
Nigeria

Borno State crisis update – November 2017

Crisis Update 30 Nov 2017
 
Detention Centres - Tripoli, Libya
Libya

When France becomes accomplice to the very crimes it condemns

Opinion 30 Nov 2017
 
Outreach project
South Africa

Responding to pervasive sexual violence in the platinum belt

Project Update 30 Nov 2017
 
Al Khansaa hospital in East Mosul
Iraq

Crisis update – November 2017

Crisis Update 30 Nov 2017
 
Test and Treat in South Sudan
South Sudan

Delivering HIV treatment to conflict areas

Project Update 29 Nov 2017
 
France

MSF opens day centre for unaccompanied minors in Paris

Press Release 28 Nov 2017
 
Destroyed Ambulances in East Ghouta, Syria
Syria

Medical services stretched beyond limit after shelling in East Ghouta

Statement 27 Nov 2017
 
Papua New Guinea

MSF urges access to asylum seekers and refugees in Manus Island Transit Centres

Statement 25 Nov 2017
 
Crisis in Borno, Nigeria
Nigeria

What’s happening in the northeast?

Project Update 23 Nov 2017
 
Al Khansaa hospital in East Mosul
Iraq

From chaos to the provision of care

Voices from the Field 23 Nov 2017
 
Central African Republic

MSF suspends humanitarian relief activities following attack in Bangassou

Press Release 22 Nov 2017
 
Tondo project - HPV vaccination
Photo Story

Supporting young girls in the slums of Manila

21 Nov 2017
Photo Story
 
Syria

MSF teams respond to car explosion in Al-Hasakah, north-east Syria

Statement 20 Nov 2017
 
MSF Response Rohingya Crisis
Rohingya refugee crisis

Crisis update – November 2017

Crisis Update 20 Nov 2017
 
OpED on Yemen - David Noguera, President of MSF Spain
Yemen

Misery deepens as borders close

Op-Ed 20 Nov 2017
 
Access to Healthcare

Unmerited Pfizer patent on pneumonia vaccine limits access for children

Press Release 20 Nov 2017
 
Yemen staff testimonies
Yemen

MSF statement on Saudi-led coalition blockage

Statement 17 Nov 2017
 
India, Asansol project. Antibiotic resistance
Antibiotic resistance

Drug-resistant infections are a looming challenge around the world

Project Update 16 Nov 2017
 
Mobile activities at La Chapelle
France

Critical situation for refugees and migrants stuck on Paris streets as winter approaches

Press Release 16 Nov 2017
 
Cholera epidemic, Am Timan
Chad

Misinformation and lack of resources hamper cholera response

Project Update 16 Nov 2017
 
Medical care in Ain Issa camp
Syria

“During the battle for Raqqa, nobody cared about the civilians”

Voices from the Field 15 Nov 2017
 
Insein clinic, for treatment for HIV, TB, and Hepatitis C in Yangon. By Alessandro Penso, Feb 2018.
Website

Stop TB Partnership

stoptb.org
 
The Crossing 01
Photo Story

"The Crossing", night portraits on the rescue boat Prudence

15 Nov 2017
Photo Story
 
Myanmar

Destruction of MSF Clinics in Northern Rakhine State, Myanmar

Report 15 Nov 2017
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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