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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
 
Emergency intervention in Dessa, Tillabery
Niger

“These displaced people live in fear of being attacked at any time”

After increased insecurity in the Tillabéry region of Niger caused large numbers of people to flee their homes, MSF carried out an emergency response in early January 2019. Interview - 17 Jan 2019
 
Tackling antibiotic resistance in Mosul
Antibiotic resistance

“Without urgent action, common infections and minor injuries could be deadly again”

Ernestina Repetto, MSF advisor on infectious diseases, answers the big questions on antibiotic resistance. Interview - 17 Jan 2019
 
Tackling antibiotic resistance in Mosul
Iraq

The invisible burden of antibiotic resistance in Mosul

Almost 40 per cent of patients admitted to MSF’s post-operative care facility in East Mosul arrive with multidrug-resistant infections, and antibiotic resistance is a problem throughout the country. Project Update - 17 Jan 2019
 
Tackling antibiotic resistance in Mosul
Iraq

“Over a third of our patients in East Mosul show antibiotic resistance”

Karam Yaseen, a health promoter at MSF’s hospital in East Mosul, Iraq, describes the rising challenge of antibiotic resistance. Voices from the Field - 17 Jan 2019
 
Bodo , Cameroon - People fleeing Rann
Nigeria

Rann was attacked – and was left “like a graveyard”

MSF nurse Isa Sadiq Bwala describes what he saw in Rann, northeastern Nigeria, following a devastating attack on the town on 14 January. Voices from the Field - 16 Jan 2019
 
Bodo , Cameroon - People fleeing Rann
Nigeria

Thousands fleeing Rann attack seek refuge in Cameroon

A devastating attack on Rann, northeast Nigeria, has sent thousands of people fleeing across the border to Bodo, Cameroon, needing assistance with food, shelter, water and medical treatment. MSF teams have arrived in Bodo to provide help. Project Update - 16 Jan 2019
 
Shatila Camp Illustrations
Lebanon

“To see one smile on a broken face is enough to know that this work is worthwhile”

MSF has been working with refugees in Shatila refugee camp, Lebanon, since 2013. Illustrator Ella Barron visited our clinic in late 2018 and took refugees' testimonies and illustrated their stories, while MSF psychologist Miriam Slikhanian shares her experience of working on mental health issues in the camp. Project Update - 15 Jan 2019
 
Ebola outbreak - Butembo
DRC Ebola outbreaks

Ebola in DRC: This has touched my heart forever

blogs.msf.org - 14 Jan 2019
 
Mbera Camp - Vaccination Campaign
Mauritania

MSF Mbéra health programmes handed over to ALIMA

Six years after the launch of an emergency intervention in Bassikounou, southeastern Mauritania, to respond to the needs of refugees fleeing conflict in Mali, MSF has handed over our activities to ALIMA. Project Update - 14 Jan 2019
 
Surviving conflict in northeast Nigeria
Nigeria

Crisis update: Borno and Yobe states, January 2019

Despite a massive deployment of aid in Borno state since 2016, the humanitarian response remains insufficient, many urgent needs remain unmet and hundreds of thousands of people remain heavily dependent on aid for survival, both in the state capital Maiduguri and in isolated enclaves in the countryside controlled by the military. Crisis Update - 14 Jan 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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