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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.

 
Northwest Syria: Displaced people prepare for another harsh winter
Syria

Millions of Syrians will lose access to vital aid if northwest border closes

Project Update 8 Jul 2021
 
Ethiopia: People in rural Tigray hit by impact of crisis and humanitarian neglect
Ethiopia

MSF calls for Tigray murders investigation and safety for humanitarian workers

Press Release 7 Jul 2021
 
Bukavu Team
In Memoriam

María, Yohannes and Tedros, remembered by their colleagues

Voices from the Field 7 Jul 2021
 
Geo Barents detention
Mediterranean migration

MSF is determined to return to sea to save lives after Geo Barents detained in Italy

Press Release 4 Jul 2021
 
msf activities in Lampedusa
Mediterranean migration

Seven people dead and 10 missing in shipwreck off Italian island

Press Release 2 Jul 2021
 
Mobile clinics in Fortaleza, Brazil
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic threatens to deteriorate in Brazil as 500,000 deaths recorded

Project Update 30 Jun 2021
 
Surviving Gaza: the hopes and perils of living under blockade
Palestine

Surviving Gaza: the hopes and perils of living under blockade

Project Update 29 Jun 2021
 
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About MSF

MSF mourns three colleagues brutally murdered in Ethiopia

Statement 25 Jun 2021
 
Detention Centres - Tripoli, Libya
Libya

Ongoing violence against detained migrants forces MSF to suspend Tripoli detention centre activities

Press Release 22 Jun 2021
 
Bamenda/North-West Ambulance service
Cameroon

People in northwest seek healthcare as MSF denied providing medical services

Press Release 22 Jun 2021
 
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Ethiopia Tigray crisis

Tigray violence scatters people across two countries

Crisis Update 22 Jun 2021
 
A little girl getting her hair done by her aunt in Dagahaley camp
Kenya

Return is not a solution, say refugees in Dadaab after camp closure announcement

Project Update 18 Jun 2021
 
Nasr Al Jaddouh
Syria

Millions of lives at stake if cross-border aid channels close in Syria

Press Release 18 Jun 2021
 
Rotation 1 Rescue 6
Mediterranean migration

Witnessing harrowing crossings onboard the Geo Barents

Voices from the Field 18 Jun 2021
 
Central African Republic: Thousands displaced after attack on makeshift camp in Bambari
Central African Republic

People in Bambari living in deplorable conditions following camp destruction

Project Update 17 Jun 2021
 
Health at risk in Haiti as crisis and violence worsen
Haiti

Haiti: Violence puts patients, medical activities, and staff at risk

Press Release 12 Jun 2021
 
Goma - Free access to urgent health care
Democratic Republic of Congo

Helping each other after the eruption of Nyiragongo

Exposure. 11 Jun 2021
 
Medical center, Barsalogho
Burkina Faso

Conflict in Burkina Faso: “Many people are afraid to sleep at night”

Interview 11 Jun 2021
 
EU failed containment model Report
Greece

Greece and EU must change approach to migration as scale of people’s suffering revealed

Press Release 9 Jun 2021
 
Samos island
Mediterranean migration

Constructing Crisis at Europe’s Border

Report 9 Jun 2021
 
THE DARIEN ROUTE FOR MIGRANTS IN PANAMA
Central American migration

Robbed, raped, beaten: safe migration routes urgently needed between Colombia and Panama

Press Release 9 Jun 2021
 
Boost Hospital | Neo Natal Intensive Care Unit
Afghanistan

The Continued Struggle to Access Medical Care in Afghanistan

Report 8 Jun 2021
 
Operating Theatre | Boost Hospital - Lashkar Gah
Afghanistan

So many obstacles: Chronic problems face Afghans seeking healthcare

Press Release 8 Jun 2021
 
Covid-19 intervention in Cusco
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Situation in Peru remains critical as world’s worst-hit COVID-19 country

Press Release 4 Jun 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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