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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.

 
Crisis in Gaza
Gaza-Israel war

MSF staff cross out of Gaza

Statement 1 Nov 2023
 
Medical evacuation from Kherson
Ukraine

A Journey of Resilience: 36 hours caring for patients on a train

Voices from the Field 1 Nov 2023
 
Medical evacuation from Kherson
Ukraine

MSF evacuates 150 patients as hospitals in Kherson are attacked repeatedly

Press Release 30 Oct 2023
 
Crisis in Gaza
Gaza-Israel war

Immediate ceasefire is needed in Gaza to stop the bloodshed

Press Release 28 Oct 2023
 
Patients at Al Shifa hospital
Gaza-Israel war

Five ways the war in Gaza is impacting Palestinians’ health

Project Update 27 Oct 2023
 
Violence, displacement, and malnutrition care in Masisi’s territory
Democratic Republic of Congo

Violence exacerbates malnutrition in North Kivu, DRC

Project Update 26 Oct 2023
 
rural area in South Africa
South Africa

Treating diabetes and hypertension closer to home in rural South Africa

Interview 25 Oct 2023
 
République Centrafricaine / Central African Republic
Central African Republic

Invisible Wounds: MSF findings on sexual violence in CAR between 2018 and 2022

Report 24 Oct 2023
 
Sexual violence. Bangui, CAR
Central African Republic

Sexual violence in Central African Republic is a “public health emergency”

Press Release 24 Oct 2023
 
Cha Hak Village, Injil District, Herat Province
Afghanistan

“What do we go back to?” Life after the earthquake in Herat

Voices from the Field 20 Oct 2023
 
Wounded influx in Al-Shifa Hospital
Gaza-Israel war

In Gaza, “the wounded are in danger of dying in the next few hours”

Interview 19 Oct 2023
 
Emergency Surgical Team at Bashair Hospital Khartoum, Sudan
Conflict in Sudan

MSF suspends surgery in Khartoum hospital as supplies remain blocked

Press Release 19 Oct 2023
 
Conflict in Gaza
Gaza-Israel war

Unconditional humanity needs to be restored in Gaza

Opinion 17 Oct 2023
 
Conflict in Gaza
Palestine

MSF calls on the Israeli authorities to show humanity

Project Update 14 Oct 2023
 
Conflict in Gaza
Palestine

Indiscriminate violence and the collective punishment of Gaza must cease

Press Release 12 Oct 2023
 
El Fasher: 2 weeks since the beginning of the clashes
Conflict in Sudan

Six months of war and neglect in Sudan is a “catastrophic failure of humanity”

Press Release 12 Oct 2023
 
Conflict in Gaza
Palestine

Hospitals are overwhelmed in ‘catastrophic situation’ in Gaza

Voices from the Field 10 Oct 2023
 
Mental health education sessions
Myanmar

Following Cyclone Mocha, mental health counsellors in Myanmar are more important than ever

Project Update 10 Oct 2023
 
Herat Earthquake
Afghanistan

Three things to know about the situation in Herat following the earthquake

Interview 10 Oct 2023
 
Hepatitis E cases in Al-Tanideba, Sudan
Conflict in Sudan

MSF-supported Al Nao hospital in Omdurman hit by shelling

Statement 10 Oct 2023
 
MSF staff prepare a medical supplies donation in Gaza on October 8, 2023
Palestine

MSF performs surgeries, donates supplies in Gaza amid overcrowded facilities

Press Release 8 Oct 2023
 
Hepatitis E cases in Al-Tanideba, Sudan
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

MSF statement in response to the EU “Crisis Regulation”

Statement 6 Oct 2023
 
Psychological first aid for people fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh
Armenia

MSF offers mental health support to people displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh

Project Update 6 Oct 2023
 
Elena* from Donetsk| displaced to Belgorod
Russia

Belgorod: Supporting people displaced by violence

Project Update 4 Oct 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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