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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.

 
South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda
Uganda

At night, I can’t stop thinking about what is going to happen to me and my children

Voices from the Field 18 May 2017
 
People fetching water in Palorinya refugee camp, Uganda
Uganda

Over 900,000 South Sudanese refugees are in need of humanitarian aid

Project Update 18 May 2017
 
Uganda

Crisis Update - May 2017

Crisis Update 17 May 2017
 
Baby Nubia Is Released From MSF Clinic in Conakry
G20 Health Ministers’ Meeting

Open letter from MSF to the Meeting of the G20 Health Ministers

Open Letter 17 May 2017
 
Crisis in Bangassou, May 2017
Central African Republic

"The city of Bangassou has turned into a battlefield; we fear the worst for the civilian population"

Voices from the Field 16 May 2017
 
Central African Republic

MSF treats 70 wounded in fighting in Bangassou

Project Update 16 May 2017
 
Central African Republic

MSF calls for a ceasefire in Bangassou to allow for the deployment of urgent medical aid

Press Release 13 May 2017
 
Democratic Republic of Congo

Team dispatched following Ebola confirmation

Project Update 12 May 2017
 
Exodus - Mexico
Central American migration

Forced to flee Central America's Northern Triangle: A Neglected Humanitarian Crisis

Report 12 May 2017
 
Mexico Migrants Report 2017
Central American migration

No way to safety for people fleeing extreme violence in Central America’s Northern Triangle

Press Release 12 May 2017
 
Crisis in Aburoch, South Sudan
South Sudan

Fighting and deplorable conditions in Aburoc force 20,000 people to flee

Project Update 11 May 2017
 
Diffa, Niger: a region devastated by the Boko Haram crisis
Photo Story

The burden of violence in the Diffa region

10 May 2017
Photo Story
 
Diffa, Niger: a region devastated by the Boko Haram crisis
Niger

Diffa - the burden of violence

Project Update 10 May 2017
 
Yemeni chronicles
Yemen

MSF calls for increased response to cholera outbreak

Press Release 9 May 2017
 
Nigeria: Fighting the worst meningitis C epidemic in nine years
Nigeria

Fighting the worst meningitis C outbreak since 2008

Project Update 9 May 2017
 
Airstrikes hit an MSF-supported hospital in Dara’a governorate.
Syria

"MSF adapts to respond to the needs of a war-afflicted population"

Voices from the Field 8 May 2017
 
Post Operative Care in South Mosul, Iraq
Iraq

Crisis update Mosul - May 2017

Crisis Update 8 May 2017
 
Treating MDR-TB in Tajikistan, Dushanbe, Sept 2013
Tuberculosis

New report highlights need to better tackle world’s deadliest infectious disease

Project Update 7 May 2017
 
MSF HOSPITAL, IDLIB Region, SYRIA
Syria

MSF condemns incursion by armed men into supported hospitals in East Ghouta

Statement 1 May 2017
 
Measles Vaccination in Maniema, DRC
Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF staff treat measles cases across five provinces

Press Release 28 Apr 2017
 
A Fair Shot petition handover
Vaccination

Investors join MSF in calling Pfizer to reduce the price of pneumonia vaccine

Press Release 27 Apr 2017
 
In April 2017, up to 25,000 people were forced to flee Kodok for the IDP camp in Aburoc as the frontline approached.
South Sudan

Intense fighting around Kodok forces up to 25,000 people to flee without humanitarian support

Press Release 27 Apr 2017
 
Diffa: Water and sanitation conditions
Niger

Hepatitis E outbreak linked to water shortages and poor sanitation

Press Release 26 Apr 2017
 
Yemeni chronicles
Yemen

MSF statement at Geneva donor conference

Statement 25 Apr 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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