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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

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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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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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7565 Results
 
COVID-19 training in Lebanon
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

MSF responds to COVID-19 in Lebanon

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has launched activities in Lebanon to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, aiming at increasing access to healthcare for vulnerable communities. Project Update - 9 Apr 2020
 
Migrants and Refugees in Mexico shelters
Central American migration

MSF calls for release of migrants after deadly fire in Tenosique detention centre

MSF calls for the release of migrants in detention centres and their access to medical care and protection, after a fire in Tenosique, Mexico. Press Release - 3 Apr 2020
 
Coronavirus: MSF's mobile clinic for vulnerable groups
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Ensuring medical care for vulnerable people in and around Paris as COVID-19 spreads

MSF teams are providing medical care to people confined in emergency shelters or living on the streets or in makeshift camps in Paris and the suburbs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Project Update - 3 Apr 2020
 
Borno State – Gwoza
Nigeria

Other diseases will not relent in Borno state during COVID-19 pandemic

After more than a decade of armed conflict, malnutrition, malaria, measles and cholera, over a million displaced people in Borno now face COVID-19. Project Update - 3 Apr 2020
 
COVID-19 Project in Brussels, Belgium
Belgium

COVID-19: MSF launches our largest ever response in Belgium

To support the COVID-19 response in Belgium, we're assisting with infection control in hospitals, care for the elderly and support for vulnerable groups Project Update - 3 Apr 2020
 
COVID-19 Prevention in Northwest Syria
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Northwest Syria: “COVID-19 adds another layer of complexity to an already catastrophic situation”

The spread of COVID-19 in northwest Syria will be catastrophic without immediate international mobilisation, says MSF's field coordinator there. Voices from the Field - 2 Apr 2020
 
Dr. Claudia Lodesani
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic brings new challenges to well-developed healthcare systems

MSF Italy’s president and COVID-19 emergency coordinator describes how our teams are providing existing outbreak expertise to help deal with the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic. Interview - 31 Mar 2020
 
MSF starts COVID-19 coronavirus activities in France
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

MSF steps up COVID-19 response in Europe

MSF widens our COVID-19 response in Italy, Spain, Switzerland, France, Norway, Greece and Belgium; seeks solutions to coronavirus impact on projects elsewhere. Press Release - 30 Mar 2020
 
MSF Intervention in Alcalá de Henares
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

MSF calls for no patents or profiteering on COVID-19 drugs and vaccines

As pharmaceutical corporations race to develop new drugs and vaccines for COVID-19, MSF warns against any attempts to profit off tools that are needed to save lives. Press Release - 27 Mar 2020
 
Distribution in Deir Hassan
Syria

MSF provides relief items and adapts response for COVID-19 in Idlib

With people escaping the military offensive in northwestern Syria's Idlib province, a lack of essential items such as shelter - and the looming threat of COVID-19 - is concerning. Project Update - 27 Mar 2020
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Independent medical humanitarian assistance

We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of health professionals, logistic and administrative staff - most of them hired locally. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of independence and impartiality. We are a non-profit, self-governed, member-based organisation.

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