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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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Rotation 32 - Rescue 1
Greece

EU migration policies are once again killing people as they search for safety

Press Release 30 Jun 2023
 
Somaliland: MSF hands over MDR-TB project to the Ministry of Health Development.
Somalia

Recovering from multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Somaliland

Project Update 28 Jun 2023
 
Blukwa'Mbi health center, Ituri Province, DR Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo

Cycles of violence leave people in Ituri cut off from food and healthcare

Project Update 26 Jun 2023
 
El Geneina City
Conflict in Sudan

Restrictions and insecurity obstruct vital medical care in Sudan

Press Release 23 Jun 2023
 
Emergency Response for Returnees and Refugees from Sudan
South Sudan

People fleeing conflict in Sudan struggle for survival

Press Release 22 Jun 2023
 
View of Rusayo displacement site
Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF calls for a rapid increase in humanitarian aid for North Kivu crisis

Press Release 21 Jun 2023
 
MSF provides assistance to refugees in Nakivale camp in Uganda
Uganda

Thousands in need of assistance in Ugandan refugee settlement

Project Update 20 Jun 2023
 
Influx of wounded in Adre Hospital
Conflict in Sudan

Armed groups in El Geneina must spare civilians amid intense violence

Press Release 19 Jun 2023
 
Rotation 28 - Rescue 1
Mediterranean migration

The EU must not be complicit in the loss of lives at sea and in rights violations at Europe’s borders

Press Release 16 Jun 2023
 
Influx of wounded in Adre Hospital
Chad

Over 600 war-wounded Sudanese arrive in eastern Chad hospital in just three days

Press Release 16 Jun 2023
 
WASH Assessment Idlib Camps
Syria

Inadequate water and sanitation pose health threats in Syria

Project Update 16 Jun 2023
 
Emergency Surgical Team at Bashair Hospital Khartoum, Sudan
Conflict in Sudan

Over 1,100 patients in five weeks mark level of suffering in Khartoum

Press Release 15 Jun 2023
 
Mobile Clinics in Wad Madani, Sudan, June 2023
Conflict in Sudan

Displaced people face disease and dire conditions after latest violence in Khartoum

Project Update 13 Jun 2023
 
Settlers Violence in Nablus area
Palestine

Palestinians face harassment and violence from settlers in West Bank

Project Update 12 Jun 2023
 
MSF response in eastern Chad
Conflict in Sudan

Refugees fleeing violence trapped and forgotten in Chad due to rainy season

Press Release 9 Jun 2023
 
Responding to the acute needs in Türkiye
Türkiye and Syria earthquake response

People's needs stack up months after earthquake in Türkiye

Project Update 8 Jun 2023
 
Five years of fear: The human impact of an unpredictable conflict in Mozambique
Mozambique

Mozambique annual report 2022

Report 8 Jun 2023
 
Rotation 18 - Life on deck
Activity Report

Year in Review 2022

Opinion 7 Jun 2023
 
Hepatitis E cases in Al-Tanideba, Sudan
Conflict in Sudan

Huge needs arise following the eruption of conflict in West Darfur

Voices from the Field 5 Jun 2023
 
Chad: response to the Sudan crisis
Conflict in Sudan

Scores of wounded flee to Chad as conflict in Sudan surges

Press Release 2 Jun 2023
 
Responding to the acute needs in Türkiye
Türkiye and Syria earthquake response

MSF hands over emergency interventions in Türkiye

Project Update 31 May 2023
 
Dadaab - Refugees from Somalia
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Looming health catastrophe in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps

Press Release 30 May 2023
 
MSF responds in South Kivu as thousands of displaced people arrive
Democratic Republic of Congo

Thousands of families caught in neglected crisis in South Kivu

Project Update 30 May 2023
 
Emergency Surgical Team at Bashair Hospital Khartoum, Sudan
Conflict in Sudan

Vital humanitarian activities in parts of Sudan may grind to a halt

Statement 26 May 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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