en ع
Back to main menu

About us

Who We Are

Learn about our mission, our charter and principles, and who we are.

Learn more
How we work

See what triggers an intervention and how supply and logistics allow our teams to respond quickly.

Learn more
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.

Learn more
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.

Learn more

What we do

Médecins Sans Frontières brings medical humanitarian assistance to victims of conflict, natural disasters, epidemics or healthcare exclusion.

View all topics Activities by country

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.

View all countries

MSF Websites

A Global Network
Our offices around the world
Our offices around the world
Other Sites
View Resource Centre
MSF Association

Our staff “own” and manage MSF, making sure that we stay true to our mission and principles, through the MSF Associations.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
Patient blogs

Hear directly from the inspirational people we help as they talk about their experiences dealing with often neglected, life-threatening diseases.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
ARHP

Based in Barcelona, ARHP documents and reflects on the operational challenges and dilemmas faced by the MSF field teams.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
Humanitarian Law

This Guide explains the terms, concepts, and rules of humanitarian law in accessible and reader-friendly alphabetical entries.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
MSF outreach activities in Boma, GPAA
Content Portal

Latest

Discover all our latest news, stories and publications. Use the filter to get to the content you're looking for.

 
Four Years On: dehumanisation of Rohingya people continues
Myanmar

Ten years in dire conditions perpetuates severe mental health problems for Rohingya

Project Update 14 Jul 2022
 
Medical consequences of the violence in Port-au-Prince
Haiti

Thousands of people trapped by deadly armed clashes in Cité Soleil

Press Release 13 Jul 2022
 
Mozambique: Three new developments in the crisis in Cabo Delgado
Mozambique

Three new developments in the Cabo Delgado crisis

Project Update 11 Jul 2022
 
MSF teams witness overwhelming needs of migrants in Mexico’s northern border cities
Mexico

More assistance urgently needed for people arriving in Mexico’s northern border cities

Press Release 11 Jul 2022
 
MSF mobile healthcare supports a rural town in Ukraine
Ukraine

Supporting healthcare in a rural town in Ukraine

Project Update 8 Jul 2022
 
Nutritional crisis in northwest Nigeria
Nigeria

Out of sight: the neglected malnutrition crisis which threatens thousands of children’s lives

Press Release 7 Jul 2022
 
City of Mosul
Iraq

Mosul: A slow road to recovery for the city of two springs

Project Update 7 Jul 2022
 
Malnutrition emergency: mobile clinic in Ranobe
About MSF

MSF’s proactive efforts to address abusive behaviours

Project Update 6 Jul 2022
 
(STILLS) Gaza, youth under occupation
Palestine

Gaza, youth under occupation

Documentary 6 Jul 2022
 
Rescue trainings - Rotation 4
Mediterranean migration

Left to Drown in the Southern European Border: One year of Geo Barents at sea

Report 5 Jul 2022
 
Rescue trainings - Rotation 4
Mediterranean migration

European policies on Mediterranean migration continue to cause suffering

Project Update 5 Jul 2022
 
The Berm intervention - Syria/Jordan Border
Syria

UN Security Council must renew lifesaving cross-border aid into northwest Syria

Press Release 5 Jul 2022
 
Malnutrition in Maiduguri
Nigeria

Urgent humanitarian response needed to avoid deadly consequences in Borno

Press Release 30 Jun 2022
 
Non Food Item distribution
South Sudan

Thousands at severe risk due to malnutrition and deadly diseases in Twic County

Voices from the Field 29 Jun 2022
 
Ain Issa IDPs Camp
Syria

Access to healthcare in northwest Syria at risk over potential border crossing closure

Project Update 29 Jun 2022
 
Rotation 12 - Rescues 1
Mediterranean migration

At least 30 people feared dead after tragic rescue in the central Mediterranean

Press Release 28 Jun 2022
 
Burkina Faso - Access to health INTER
Burkina Faso

Enormous needs for hundreds of thousands of people displaced by ongoing conflict and insecurity

Project Update 27 Jun 2022
 
Assessment team
Afghanistan

Deadly earthquake in Khost and Paktika leaves hundreds killed and thousands injured

Project Update 27 Jun 2022
 
Malnutrition emergency: mobile clinic in Ranobe
About MSF

MSF Heads of Communications commit to tackle problematic imagery

Statement 24 Jun 2022
 
black background
Ethiopia

Marking one year since the loss of María, Tedros and Yohannes

Statement 24 Jun 2022
 
Recovering from the Horror - Stories of torture victims in Mexico
Mexico

Recovering from the horror: restoring body and mind after torture

Interview 23 Jun 2022
 
Doctors on Rails - MSF Medicalised train in Ukraine
War in Ukraine

No mercy for civilians - accounts from the MSF medical train

Report 22 Jun 2022
 
Flooding in Unity State
Activity Report

Year in Review 2021

Opinion 22 Jun 2022
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.

 

Learn more