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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

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Overwhelming surge of malnutrition cases in Bauchi
Nigeria

Community-based solutions used for malnutrition response in Bauchi

Press Release 6 Aug 2024
 
Umm al Kheir, Masafer Yatta, West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Palestine

Restrictions and violence block Palestinians in Hebron from medical care

Press Release 6 Aug 2024
 
Photos of "Displaced Lives" - Mini-documentary series
Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF survey shows scale and continuing cycle of violence against displaced women in eastern DRC

Press Release 5 Aug 2024
 
Violent hostilities between armed men are emptying villages in northern Mali
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Violent hostilities between armed men empty villages in northern Mali

Project Update 2 Aug 2024
 
Bullet hole caused by shooting in the operating room of the Zalingei teaching hospital, Central Darfur state, Sudan.
Sudan

Attacks on hospitals and aid blockade in El Fasher jeopardises lives

Press Release 1 Aug 2024
 
Mpox in DRC
Democratic Republic of Congo

Five questions about the mpox outbreak in DRC

Interview 30 Jul 2024
 
GAZA: Al Nasser Hospital. Pedriatric and Maternity
Gaza-Israel war

Nasser hospital must be protected as south Gaza hospitals receive waves of deadly influxes

Press Release 29 Jul 2024
 
Militarised Polish-Belarus border Kozie Borki natural park
Poland

MSF calls for providing assistance to those in need at Polish-Belarusian border

Press Release 25 Jul 2024
 
Collecting Firewood
South Sudan

Women and children at the forefront of climate change in South Sudan

Project Update 25 Jul 2024
 
Bending the Curve - Machar Colony Hepatitis C
Pakistan

Persistence reaps rewards in overcoming hepatitis C in Karachi

Project Update 24 Jul 2024
 
Kebbi Malnutrition Crisis 13
Nigeria

Cooking classes help reduce child malnutrition in northern Nigeria

Project Update 24 Jul 2024
 
Bambari Community Antiretroviral Treatment Groups (CAG)
HIV/AIDS

MSF at AIDS 2024

Event 22 Jul 2024
 
Nasser hospital
Gaza-Israel war

A day in the life at the last remaining hospital in southern Gaza

Voices from the Field 22 Jul 2024
 
Attacks on Health facilities
Conflict in Sudan

A war on people: the human cost of conflict and violence in Sudan

Report 22 Jul 2024
 
El Geneina Teaching Hospital in West Darfur
Conflict in Sudan

MSF report reveals catastrophic toll of ‘a war on people’ in Sudan

Press Release 22 Jul 2024
 
GAZA: Al Nasser Hospital. Pedriatric and Maternity
Gaza-Israel war

Living conditions threaten the lives of pregnant women and newborns in Gaza

Project Update 18 Jul 2024
 
Four portraits of MSF staff
About MSF

Tackling institutional discrimination and racism within MSF

Report 16 Jul 2024
 
MSF clinic in Kyein Ni Pyin Camp, Pauktaw Township, Rakhine State.
Myanmar

MSF teams face obstacles providing medical care to communities in Rakhine state

Project Update 12 Jul 2024
 
Mobile clinic in Southern Madagascar
Conflict in Sudan

MSF suspends delivery of care in Khartoum’s Turkish hospital

Press Release 10 Jul 2024
 
From Rafah to Khan Younis, lives in ruins
Gaza-Israel war

No end in sight: The repeated trauma of displacement for people in Gaza

Voices from the Field 10 Jul 2024
 
Community outreach picture
Zimbabwe

Bringing healthcare to artisanal miners in Zimbabwe

Project Update 9 Jul 2024
 
Kiambu Medically Assisted Therapy(MAT) clinic 15
Kenya

MSF hands over opioid-subsitution therapy project in Kenya to local organisations

Project Update 9 Jul 2024
 
Garsen emergency intervention
Kenya

MSF emergency response to flooding in Tana River County

Project Update 8 Jul 2024
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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