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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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Bed net distribution in Sifontes, Bolivar State
Venezuela

MSF’s work across Venezuela

MSF is working across four projects in Venezuela. MSF Operations Coordinator Kristel Eerdekens describes the activities we're carrying out through the country. Interview - 27 Mar 2019
 
MSF supported cholera treatment center in Al-Sadaqa hospital, Aden, Yemen
Yemen

MSF treats exponential increase in cholera cases since start of 2019

Since the start of 2019, MSF staff in Yemen have recorded and treated exponential increase in cholera cases across 4 governorates in Yemen over the last three months. Press Release - 27 Mar 2019
 
MIGRANTS DAY: NTCA AND MEXICO
Central American migration

People fleeing put at risk through dangerous government migration policies

MSF's Samuel Almeida describes the impact that dangerous and immoral government migration policies - particularly those of the US - have on people fleeing violence in Central America. Voices from the Field - 26 Mar 2019
 
Collapsed building
Iraq

The aftermath of the conflict in Hawija: “My only hope is to get back to normal”

With people returning to Hawija, northern Iraq, after years of conflict, MSF is filling the gaps in the local healthcare system, providing treatment including for chronic and non-communicable diseases. Project Update - 26 Mar 2019
 
Intense fighting in Taiz Houban
Yemen

People unable to access lifesaving care amid heavy fighting in Taiz city

Three MSF-supported facilities have received 49 war wounded and 2 dead, while the total number of people in need of assistance is unknown after four days of intense fighting in the Yemeni city of Taiz. Statement - 24 Mar 2019
 
Osh project, fighting TB
Tuberculosis

Video innovation helps TB patients comply with their treatment

An innovative approach using video link-up allows MSF doctors and nurses, and tuberculosis patients confidently navigate the often difficult treatment - without patients having to daily leave home. Voices from the Field - 22 Mar 2019
 
Teresa Dano, cook
Water and sanitation

Water: source of health and dignity

Two billion people regularly drink dirty water, potentially contracting waterborne diseases. Collecting water mostly falls to women, often making them vulnerable. MSF’s watsan teams play a key role in responding to crises.

 Photo Story - 21 Mar 2019
 
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Somalia

Addressing health needs of women and children in Baidoa

In Somalia, maternal mortality rates are among the highest in the world. In Baidoa, southern Somalia, MSF teams are working to improve the lives of pregnant women and babies. Project Update - 21 Mar 2019
 
Condemned to drown at sea or be locked up in Libya
Libya

Alarming rates of malnutrition and inhumane conditions in Tripoli detention centre

One in four refugees and migrants being held in a Libyan detention centre are malnourished or underweight, an MSF assessment shows, provoking calls to improve the inhumane conditions. Press Release - 20 Mar 2019
 
Mozambique - Beira
Cyclone Idai & Southern Africa flooding

“A lot of water” - on the ground after Cyclone Idai in Mozambique

MSF emergency coordinator Gert Verdonck, shares his first impressions of the scene of devastation in Beira, Mozambique in the wake of Cyclone Idai.
 Voices from the Field - 20 Mar 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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