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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.

 
Tuberculosis

Patient-centred approaches to ARV therapy adherence

Project Update 15 Aug 2003
 
Afghanistan

Diphtheria outbreak in Zhare Dasht IDP camp

Project Update 14 Aug 2003
 
Russia

Investigation of Arjan Erkel case a "failure" of Russsian authorities

Press Release 12 Aug 2003
 
Russia

CNN World transcript: Arjan Erkel

Project Update 12 Aug 2003
 
Russia

Humanitarian aid worker held captive - One year and counting

Project Update 12 Aug 2003
 
Russia

Previous kidnap victim pens this letter for Arjan Erkel

Project Update 12 Aug 2003
 
Russia

More than 200 people were pressured out of the camps without prior notice in the last three days

Press Release 8 Aug 2003
 
Liberia

MSF reestablishes facilities and adds to teams in Monrovia's increasing calm

Project Update 8 Aug 2003
 
Kenya

New Kenya project affirms commitment to AIDS treatment

Press Release 6 Aug 2003
 
Liberia

Battered Liberians aid each other

Project Update 6 Aug 2003
 
Indonesia

MSF tackles malaria outbreak

Project Update 5 Aug 2003
 
Mexico

Big Pharma puts block on cheap drug imports

Project Update 3 Aug 2003
 
Liberia

Monrovia casebook: Stray bullets threaten every corner of life

Project Update 1 Aug 2003
 
Uzbekistan

Thin Girl with a Headscarf

Project Update 1 Aug 2003
 
Liberia

Monrovia casebook: The old man I forgot

Project Update 31 Jul 2003
 
Liberia

A cholera outbreak in Monrovia goes unchecked as street fighting continues

Project Update 31 Jul 2003
 
Liberia

Treating war wounded in a city under siege

Project Update 30 Jul 2003
 
Liberia

Monrovia casebook: "I feel safer when I hear the gunshots"

Project Update 30 Jul 2003
 
South Africa

Launch of HIV treatment, care and support program in Lusikisiki

Press Release 29 Jul 2003
 
Democratic Republic of Congo

Illusion of protection can do more harm than good

Press Release 25 Jul 2003
 
Liberia

MSF report chronicles stories of Liberians caught in ongoing violent conflict

Press Release 23 Jul 2003
 
Angola

MSF assists in repatriation of 440,000 Moxico refugees after 27 years of civil war in Angola

Project Update 22 Jul 2003
 
HIV/AIDS

AIDS treatment scale-up efforts threatened

Press Release 16 Jul 2003
 
Guatemala

Congressional decree in Guatemala hinders access to medicines

Press Release 14 Jul 2003
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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