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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
 
Mass-casualty influx northern Syria
Syria

Blast in Syria’s Idlib region causes multiple casualties

A dozen people have been rushed to an MSF-supported hospital in Idlib province, northwestern Syria, after a blast in the town of Darkoush on 31 October. Project Update - 1 Nov 2019
 
Georgia: DR-TB patients find hope in new treatments
Pakistan

Innovative TB trial starts in Sindh province

MSF and Interactive Research and Development have announced the start of a clinical trial in Pakistan that aims to find better, shorter treatments against multidrug-resistant forms of tuberculosis. Press Release - 31 Oct 2019
 
Arduous and lengthy treatment of tuberculosis
Tuberculosis

Patients tackle arduous and lengthy tuberculosis treatment in Papua New Guinea

Access to a new TB drug combination has become available in Papua New Guinea (PNG). But most people are still on the difficult old treatment - where MSF teams are helping people adhere to treatment. Project Update - 30 Oct 2019
 
2018 Union Conference - Johnson & Johnson (J&J) protest
Access to medicines

MSF protests at TB conference against drug corporations keeping lifesaving medicines from people

Newer medicines for drug-resistant tuberculosis are desperately needed, but barriers to access, including high prices, keep them out of reach for most people around the world. MSF activists stormed the stage at a TB conference to protest. Press Release - 30 Oct 2019
 
Yemen.Shiara hospital bleeding after attack.
Yemen

No true accountability three years after bombing of MSF-supported hospital

A body appointed by the Saudi and Emirati-led Coalition to investigate incidents in Yemen releases its findings related to the bombing of Shiara hospital. Press Release - 30 Oct 2019
 
Migrants and Refugees in Mexico shelters
Central American migration

More people kidnapped, abused on migration route in southern Mexico

MSF teams report an increasing number of migrants and refugees having been kidnapped, abused, assaulted and exploited in the midst of an escalation of violence along the border in southern Mexico. Press Release - 30 Oct 2019
 
Southern Chhatisgarh TB tracing
India

India: treating TB in the jungle

MSF teams in southern Chhatisgarh state, central India, are treating people with tuberculosis through mobile clinics, in an area known for insecurity and difficult access to medical care. msf.exposure.co - 29 Oct 2019
 
Iraq - Newly arrived refugees from NE Syria
Iraq

Mental health issues emerge amongst people fleeing northeast Syria

MSF teams are starting to see - and treat - mental health issues, including suicidal thoughts, among people who have fled the conflict in northeast Syria into camps in northern Iraq. Project Update - 28 Oct 2019
 
Ocean Viking - Rotation 3 - Rescue 3
Mediterranean migration

European leaders must urgently allow disembarkation of 104 survivors

SOS MEDITERRANEE and MSF call on European countries to urgently help assign a port of safety to the Ocean Viking and to finally establish a coordinated disembarkation mechanism for future rescues. Press Release - 28 Oct 2019
 
IDP camp in Maiduguri, Borno state
Nigeria

Northeast Nigeria: Now is not the time to question lifesaving assistance

A decade of conflict in northeast Nigeria has disrupted the lives of millions of people. MSF is committed to providing medical care - but aid must be delivered impartially and neutrally to all, without fear of attacks on humanitarian workers or civilians. Statement - 25 Oct 2019
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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