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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.

 
Medical consequences of the violence in Port-au-Prince
Haiti

New survey reveals extreme levels of violence in Port-au-Prince

Press Release 7 Mar 2024
 
Medical consequences of the violence in Port-au-Prince
Haiti

Scaling up medical activities amid chaos in Port-au-Prince

Press Release 6 Mar 2024
 
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Gaza-Israel war

Gaza: MSF UK Board member killed during Israeli offensive in Khan Younis

Press Release 5 Mar 2024
 
Violence continues displacing and traumatising thousands in Cabo Delgado
Mozambique

Violence continues to displace and traumatise thousands in Cabo Delgado

Project Update 4 Mar 2024
 
Inside Gaza - illustrations
Gaza-Israel war

People killed in Gaza City while waiting for food aid

Statement 29 Feb 2024
 
Migrants in transit in Ecuador, Colombia and Panama
Central American migration

Lack of action sees sharp rise in sexual violence on people transiting Darien Gap

Press Release 29 Feb 2024
 
MSF participates in the fight against a cholera epidemic in the context of a regional outbreak
Zambia

MSF responds to a surge in cholera in Zambia amid regional outbreaks

Project Update 28 Feb 2024
 
An abandoned alley in Mbawa camp
Nigeria

Surviving sexual violence in the camps of Benue

Project Update 28 Feb 2024
 
Acute humanitarian crisis at the Belarusian borders with the EU
Belarus

Two years of response to the acute humanitarian crisis at EU’s eastern borders

Project Update 28 Feb 2024
 
Attack in Al Mawasi, Khan Younis
Gaza-Israel war

Attacks on humanitarian workers in Gaza make vital assistance nearly impossible

Project Update 27 Feb 2024
 
DRC: Emergency response against cholera in the territory of Rutshuru
Cholera

Responding to cholera is a multipronged approach

Interview 23 Feb 2024
 
MSF's Trauma and Orthopaedic Care Centre in Bunia, Ituri Province
Democratic Republic of Congo

Surgical care addresses needs of people amid resurgent violence in Ituri province

Project Update 23 Feb 2024
 
Inside Gaza - illustrations
Gaza-Israel war

MSF briefing on Gaza to UN Security Council

Speech 22 Feb 2024
 
MENTAL HEALTH IN WAR, DISPLACEMENT AND MIGRATION _Ukraine
Ukraine

Rebuilding lives damaged by the relentless war in Ukraine

Project Update 22 Feb 2024
 
A boat used to transfer hundreds people docks at Bulukat port
South Sudan

Urgent response at transit sites in South Sudan essential to prevent deadly outbreaks

Press Release 22 Feb 2024
 
Attack in Al Mawasi, Khan Younis
Gaza-Israel war

MSF strongly condemns Israeli attack on MSF shelter in Al-Mawasi which kills two and injures six

Press Release 21 Feb 2024
 
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Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

EU policies promote violence by denying safety and protection to refugees and migrants

Press Release 21 Feb 2024
 
Rafah Indonesian Field Hospital
Gaza-Israel war

Evacuation orders and forced displacement jeopardise people's health in Gaza

Project Update 21 Feb 2024
 
Malnutrition emergency: mobile clinic in Ranobe
Gaza-Israel war

MSF calls for the protection and safe evacuation of patients from Nasser hospital in Gaza

Statement 20 Feb 2024
 
Eastern Chad - Daguessa and Goz Aschiye
Chad

In eastern Chad, people fleeing Sudan continue to face unmet needs amid limited response

Press Release 20 Feb 2024
 
Militarised Polish-Belarus border Kozie Borki natural park
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Death, despair and destitution: The human costs of the EU’s migration policies

Report 20 Feb 2024
 
Umdawanban hospital OCG
Conflict in Sudan

Addressing myriad medical needs amidst conflict in Sudan

Voices from the Field 15 Feb 2024
 
Nasser hospital
Gaza-Israel war

Displaced people forced to evacuate Nasser hospital have nowhere to go in Gaza

Press Release 14 Feb 2024
 
An informal camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah city, in the south of the Gaza Strip near the Egyptian border.
Gaza-Israel war

Ground offensive on Rafah would be catastrophic and must not proceed

Statement 12 Feb 2024
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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