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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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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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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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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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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 Science Portal

Our digital portal dedicated to sharing the latest medical evidence from our humanitarian activities around the globe.

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Noma

Noma is a preventable and treatable neglected disease, but 90 per cent of people will die within the first two weeks of infection if they do not receive treatment.

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TIC

The TIC is aiming to change how MSF works to better meet the evolving needs of our patients.

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Telemedicine

MSF's telemedicine hub aims to overcome geographic barriers for equitable, accessible, and quality patient care.

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Sweden Innovation Unit

Launched in 2012, the MSF Sweden Innovation Unit deploys a human-centered approach for promoting a culture of innovation within MSF.

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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.

 
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 collaborates with local NGOs to support vulnerable groups during the Omicron wave in Hong Kong
Epidemics and pandemics

MSF statement on WHO negotiating body meeting on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response

Speech 28 Feb 2023
 
Malnutrition emergency: mobile clinic in Ranobe
Italy

Over 60 people killed in Crotone shipwreck

Press Release 28 Feb 2023
 
MSF Response to bullet wounded patients - Tabarre
Haiti

MSF activities in Haiti under threat after series of security incidents

Press Release 25 Feb 2023
 
Kreinik: Access to healthcare for conflict affected communities
Sudan

Bringing healthcare back to conflict-stricken communities in Sudan

Voices from the Field 24 Feb 2023
 
Hepatitis E cases in Al-Tanideba, Sudan
Türkiye and Syria earthquake response

MSF remains committed to providing care in all areas of Syria

Press Release 22 Feb 2023
 
Measles emergency response
Democratic Republic of Congo

Measles: The never-ending fight against one of the world’s most contagious diseases

Project Update 21 Feb 2023
 
MSF Shipment from Dubaï hub to Syria
Türkiye and Syria earthquake response

MSF calls for urgent assistance to people in northwest Syria

Press Release 19 Feb 2023
 
Earthquake Northwestern Syria, 7 February 2023
Natural hazards

Hospitals overwhelmed after earthquakes: “The rooms were covered in blood”

Voices from the Field 17 Feb 2023
 
MSF response to the earthquakes through Atmeh Hospital
Natural hazards

Vital needs grow in northwest Syria after the earthquakes

Project Update 15 Feb 2023
 
20230206 Earthquake, Idlib, Northwestern Syria
Natural hazards

People in northwest Syria need urgent support after earthquakes

Voices from the Field 13 Feb 2023
 
South Sudan - MSF hospital in Agok
Burkina Faso

MSF condemns the brutal and deliberate killing of two staff in Burkina Faso

Press Release 9 Feb 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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