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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.

 
Violence in Port-au-Prince
Haiti

In Port-au-Prince, the “violence is like gangrene, spreading and threatening us all.”

Voices from the Field 10 Apr 2024
 
MSF International President Dr Christos Christou visiting the Zalingei teaching hospital, Central Darfur, Sudan
Conflict in Sudan

In Sudan, “the needs are growing by the day, but the response is deeply inadequate”

Statement 8 Apr 2024
 
ATTACK ON MSF FACILITY - Pokrovsk
War in Ukraine

MSF condemns missile attack which destroys office, injures staff in Donetsk

Press Release 5 Apr 2024
 
Christopher Lockyear visit to Rafah
Gaza-Israel war

Why we won't accept the narrative of ‘regrettable incidents’ in Gaza

Speech 5 Apr 2024
 
Nasser hospital
Gaza-Israel war

How the Israeli army besieged and attacked Nasser hospital

Project Update 3 Apr 2024
 
MSF Clinic
Iraq

Eight years in Kirkuk: following along the journey of Hawija’s recovery

Project Update 29 Mar 2024
 
Yellow fever outbreak in W.E.S South Sudan
South Sudan

Urgent vaccination campaign needed to halt deadly measles outbreak in Western Equatoria state

Press Release 26 Mar 2024
 
IDPs Gathering Site in Kassala, Sudan
Conflict in Sudan

Displaced by war, people in eastern Sudan urgently need food, water and shelter

Project Update 26 Mar 2024
 
Meales Isolation Unite
Yemen

The upsurge in measles cases shows no sign of abating

Voices from the Field 26 Mar 2024
 
Rescue 2 - Rotation 54
Mediterranean migration

MSF rescue ship detained in Italy following threats by Libyan Coast Guard

Press Release 22 Mar 2024
 
Biosafety level 3 laboratory
Ukraine

Against stigma and drug-resistance: five years of treating tuberculosis in Ukraine

Project Update 22 Mar 2024
 
Collective Shelter for IDPs in Saida, South Lebanon
Lebanon

Five months into border conflict, displaced people’s needs are on the rise

Project Update 21 Mar 2024
 
Ebola in Foya, Lofa county, northern Liberia
Haemorrhagic fevers

Five things to remember a decade after the Ebola outbreak in West Africa

Project Update 20 Mar 2024
 
Rescue 1 - Rotation 54
Mediterranean migration

EU-sponsored shameful abuse in the Central Mediterranean must end

Press Release 20 Mar 2024
 
Yemen Maternity Malnutrition
Yemen

Numbers of malnourished women on the rise in Yemen

Project Update 19 Mar 2024
 
Am Timan Hospital
Gaza-Israel war

Warring parties must ensure safety of staff and patients in Al-Shifa hospital

Press Release 18 Mar 2024
 
Vaishnavi's mother, Vishakha prepares TB medication
Tuberculosis

MSF launches unprecedented project to tackle under-diagnosed tuberculosis among children

Project Update 18 Mar 2024
 
Water crisis in Metche camp for Sudanese refugees and returnees in Chad
Chad

Urgent action needed as hepatitis E spreads through Sudanese refugee camps in Chad

Press Release 15 Mar 2024
 
Violences and displacement in North Kivu
Democratic Republic of Congo

Massive humanitarian response needed to avoid health catastrophe in DRC

Interview 12 Mar 2024
 
Journal article

Impacts of climate change on human health in humanitarian settings

11 Mar 2024
Journal article
 
MSF response to malaria outbreak in Zamfara State, Nigeria
Nigeria

Neglected humanitarian crisis escalates in northwest Nigeria

Press Release 11 Mar 2024
 
Drodro general hospital, Ituri province
Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF calls for protection of patients, medical facilities and civilians following Drodro hospital attack

Press Release 8 Mar 2024
 
Assisting Survivors of Sexual Violence in Kanyaruchinya
Women's health

Women on the frontline: Defying the consequences of conflict to care for each other

Project Update 8 Mar 2024
 
Migrants in transit in ECuador, Colombia y Panama
Panama

MSF forced to suspend medical care for people on the move in Panama

Press Release 7 Mar 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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