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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.

 
MSF Mobile clinic in Macanip village
Philippines

“At night he can't sleep”

Voices from the Field 10 Dec 2013
 
Palestine

Physiotherapists aid patients recovery

Project Update 10 Dec 2013
 
Community Hospital in Bangui
Central African Republic

Violence in Bangui Hospitals

Press Release 9 Dec 2013
 
Mpoko Airport, CAR - December 2013
Central African Republic

Hundreds of wounded treated in Bangui and thousands of displaced in need of aid

Project Update 8 Dec 2013
 
Inflatable hospital set up in the compound of Bethany hospital, Tacloban.
Philippines

One month after the typhoon

Project Update 8 Dec 2013
 
CAR wounded in Hopital Communautaire, Bangui
Central African Republic

MSF treats wounded following violent clashes in Bangui

Press Release 5 Dec 2013
 
Philippines

Reaching out to isolated communities

Project Update 5 Dec 2013
 
Emergency in South Irumu: Vaccinations and distributions in unstable areas
Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF continues with vaccinations and distributions despite volatile conditions

Project Update 5 Dec 2013
 
Swaziland - Figthing HIV and TB dual epidemic
Project Update

Proposed shake-up to drug pricing framework risks middle-income countries paying more

Press Release 2 Dec 2013
 
Journal article

The urgent need for clinical, diagnostic and operational research for management of Buruli ulcer in Africa

2 Dec 2013
Journal article
 
Website

The Practical Guide to Humanitarian Law

guide-humanitarian-law.org
 
HIV-AIDS hospital in Kinshasa
Project Update

In some countries, the fight against HIV/AIDS has only just begun

Project Update 29 Nov 2013
 
Syria - Al Safira district
Syria

People try to live ordinary lives as conflict grinds on

Project Update 29 Nov 2013
 
South Africa

Mobile care for mobile populations

Project Update 29 Nov 2013
 
Hospital Entrance
Syria

Thriving despite a hard beginning - the story of a premature baby

Project Update 29 Nov 2013
 
Dadaab Refugee camp, Kenya.
Kenya

Dadaab: Agreement on refugee repatriation should not affect aid delivery, says MSF

Statement 28 Nov 2013
 
Inflatable hospital set up in the compound of Bethany hospital, Tacloban.
Philippines

MSF reaching remote areas still in need of aid

Project Update 26 Nov 2013
 
CAR.BOUCA.VIOLENCE
Central African Republic

Fresh fighting leads to further mass displacement in Bouca

Press Release 26 Nov 2013
 
Family Violence
Papua New Guinea

A comprehensive response to family and sexual violence is critical

Press Release 25 Nov 2013
 
South Africa

Millions still waiting for AIDS revolution

Press Release 25 Nov 2013
 
Family violence (MSB2784 )
Papua New Guinea

Epidemic of family violence in PNG requires a coordinated response

Project Update 25 Nov 2013
 
Project Update

Making violence unacceptable

Project Update 25 Nov 2013
 
first Baby born in the maternity ward of MSF in Guiuan
Philippines

Typhoon Haiyan: First baby born in MSF maternity unit

Project Update 21 Nov 2013
 
Panay Island - Mental health
Philippines

“Depression can be as much of a disability as blindness”

Project Update 21 Nov 2013
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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