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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.

 
Barsalogho IDP camp
Burkina Faso

Healthcare centre burnt down amid surge of violence in Foube

Project Update 23 Nov 2021
 
Floodings in South Sudan - aerial images
South Sudan

Lacklustre humanitarian response leaves people dangerously exposed in Bentiu floods

Press Release 23 Nov 2021
 
Ibtisam Hashim, midwife, Nablus hospital, West Mosul
Iraq

Mosul: A city recovering from war

Voices from the Field 19 Nov 2021
 
Turquesa River
Panama

Violence and danger for people crossing Panama’s Darien jungle

Interview 19 Nov 2021
 
Women and girls prevented from having a safe abortion
Safe abortion care

Putting patients first for safe abortion care

Interview 18 Nov 2021
 
Floodings in South Sudan - aerial images
South Sudan

Third year of severe floods leaves nearly 800,000 people struggling

Crisis Update 17 Nov 2021
 
Rescue 3 - Rotation 5
Mediterranean migration

Ten more lives lost on the world’s deadliest migration route

Press Release 17 Nov 2021
 
Pink October campaign in Bamako
Mali

Three questions on the challenges of treating cancer in Mali

Interview 11 Nov 2021
 
Emergency department at Tabarre hospital
Haiti

Shortages of fuel, water threaten medical care in Haiti

Press Release 10 Nov 2021
 
Mental health in Yemen: “The number of severe cases is astonishingly high”
Yemen

The rise of severe mental health conditions in Yemen

Interview 10 Nov 2021
 
Inpatient Therapeutic Feeding Centre (ITFC) at Herat Regional Hospital
Afghanistan

Malnutrition soars in Herat as healthcare reaches breaking point

Interview 10 Nov 2021
 
Responding to Severe Flooding in Old Fangak - South Sudan
Climate emergency

The climate crisis is a health and humanitarian crisis

Project Update 5 Nov 2021
 
Imphal COVID-19 Intervention
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Providing support for COVID-19 in Manipur

Project Update 5 Nov 2021
 
Rescue 1 - Rotation 4
Mediterranean migration

Search and rescue: “They describe Libya as hell”

Voices from the Field 31 Oct 2021
 
Angumu, DR Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo

Activities suspended in Ituri health district following attack on vehicle

Press Release 30 Oct 2021
 
Surviving violence
Haiti

Haiti fuel crisis severely limits access to vital medical care

Press Release 27 Oct 2021
 
Rescue 4 - Rotation 4
Mediterranean migration

Nearly 400 people rescued from the Mediterranean need a place of safety

Project Update 26 Oct 2021
 
Maternal and newborn healthcare in Al Qanawis
Yemen

Newborn babies struggle to survive in war-torn Yemen

Voices from the Field 22 Oct 2021
 
Patients - Doris Goodwin Hospital
Tuberculosis

Clinical trial results offer hope to DR-TB patients with short, effective treatment

Press Release 20 Oct 2021
 
DR TB treatment in India
Tuberculosis

EndTB clinical trial for multidrug-resistant TB completes enrolment

Press Release 18 Oct 2021
 
War and conflict

Adding salt to the wound: Counter-terrorism and healthcare

Report 18 Oct 2021
 
NFI distribution in Mosul's Old City
War and conflict

Counter terrorism “adds salt to the wound” in providing medical care in conflict

Project Update 18 Oct 2021
 
Haiti - Earthquake response in Les Cayes 07
Haiti

Two months after the earthquake, health needs remain high

Project Update 15 Oct 2021
 
MSF clinic Hermel
Lebanon

Breaking barriers to mental health care in Lebanon

Project Update 14 Oct 2021
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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