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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
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
 
Maroua Regional Hospital - August 2019
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Vulnerable communities are bracing for impact of COVID-19

MSF Director of Analysis, Jonathan Whittal, describes how the coronavirus disease pandemic will affect some fragile settings and those without adequate access to healthcare more than others. Op-Ed - 20 Mar 2020
 
Codogno Hospital, Lodi Province
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

In the midst of COVID-19, “we’re getting down to work”

In a letter to all staff, MSF International President Dr Christos Christou offers his support and solidarity to those working on the pandemic response and to those keeping regular MSF projects going. Open Letter - 20 Mar 2020
 
Yemen: Attacks on medical mission in Taiz City
Yemen

Constant attacks on hospitals and staff jeopardise healthcare in Taiz

Medical staff and facilities supported by MSF in Taiz, Yemen, have come under repeated attack and armed incursions. MSF is urging warring parties to stop the attacks. Press Release - 20 Mar 2020
 
Covid-19
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

As COVID-19 continues to spread, MSF prepares for action in France

As coronavirus disease COVID-19 continues to spread, MSF teams will now respond in France, focusing on detecting and managing cases of COVID-19 among vulnerable people.
 Press Release - 18 Mar 2020
 
SYRIA IDLIB DISTRIBUTION
Syria

People in northwest Syria continue to struggle despite truce

Despite a truce in the conflict in northwest Syria, nearly a million people who have been displaced since December are struggling in cold, unhygienic conditions. Project Update - 17 Mar 2020
 
Medical Evacuation to Bentiu PoC
South Sudan

Huge numbers of wounded and displaced as violence continues in Jonglei and Greater Pibor area

Intercommunal violence continues in Jonglei state and Greater Pibor administrative area in eastern South Sudan, forcing thousands to flee and MSF to treat dozens of wounded. Press Release - 17 Mar 2020
 
Respirator Masks
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Help and solidarity needed in Europe to protect medical staff from COVID-19

With a severe shortage of protective equipment needed to fight the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, MSF is urging European states to show solidarity and share materials. Press Release - 16 Mar 2020
 
Georgia: DR-TB patients find hope in new treatments
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Challenges in supporting COVID-19 response

In a context where COVID-19 has spread to more than 100 countries, including those with developed and fragile health systems, what challenges does MSF face in responding? Interview - 16 Mar 2020
 
Lesbos and Samos Oct2019
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Evacuation of squalid Greek camps more urgent than ever over COVID-19 fears

MSF is calling for the immediate evacuation of migrants and refugees stuck living in unhygienic, cramped conditions on the Greek islands, in the wake of the first confirmed case of COVID-19 coronavirus on Lesbos. Press Release - 12 Mar 2020
 
MSF intervention in Lodi
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

MSF starts COVID-19 response activities in four northern Italian hospitals

With hospitals in northern Italy under immense pressure from the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, MSF staff have stepped in to provide support in four hospitals. Press Release - 12 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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