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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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DRC: Drug poisoning in Ariwara, Ituri
Democratic Republic of Congo

The alarming consequences of poor quality medicines

"Poor quality medicines negate all the modern advances made in pharmacy and public health," says Dr Peyraud Journal article - 17 Jan 2017
 
Cholera intervention in South Kivu
Democratic Republic of Congo

Violence and its humanitarian impact: the case of Kivu

Research carried out by Duncan Maclean looking at the impact of violence on medical and humanitarian services in North Kivu, carried out for the MSF Analysis department of the operational centre in Brussels, MSF-Analysis - 16 Jan 2017
 
Yemen

A day at the general rural hospital in Thi As Sufal district

MSF teams work in the emergency room, inpatient ward and operating theatre, and support the maternity and outpatient departments with medications and equipment. MSF also manages laboratory and physiotherapy services, and the x-ray department. Photo Story - 14 Jan 2017
 
Medical and mental health in Ukraine
Ukraine

“Pavlopil used to be a nice place to live”

"All the families here have been deeply affected by the conflict," says Taisiya Gregorivna, an 82-year-old widow from Pavlopil in eastern Ukraine. Voices from the Field - 13 Jan 2017
 
Medical and mental health in Ukraine
Ukraine

“Your entire universe falls apart”

Interview with Elena Pylaeva, a psychologist working with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Voices from the Field - 13 Jan 2017
 
Food distribution in Kabo, CAR
Central African Republic

MSF distributes food to 10,500 displaced and vulnerable people in the north

Some 10,500 people in northern CAR have received emergency food supplies from MSF. Press Release - 12 Jan 2017
 
White Nile Project Sudan
Sudan

White Nile State becomes a haven for those fleeing South Sudan's war

MSF currently runs a 40-bed hospital in White Nile State. It is based just outside Al Kashafa camp where over 17,000 refugees have been allowed to settle. Project Update - 10 Jan 2017
 
Erbil Iraq - Debaga Camp and Mobile Clinic
Iraq

MSF assists traumatised people from Mosul

Some 30,000 people are living in camps in Hassansham and Khazer, 35 kilometres east of Mosul. MSF’s mental health teams see around 45 patients a day. Project Update - 10 Jan 2017
 
Winter Living Conditions in Belgrade, Serbia
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Thousands trapped in freezing temperatures in Greece and the Balkans

"We are witnessing the most cruel and inhumane consequences of European policies, used as a tool to deter and victimise those who are only seeking safety and protection in Europe," declares Stefano Argenziano, MSF's operations coordinator on migration. Project Update - 9 Jan 2017
 
Maira Modu's family
Nigeria

Food distribution in Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria

Around one million people who fled violence and insecurity in Borno state are now living in Maiduguri, the largest city in northeastern Nigeria. Photo Story - 6 Jan 2017
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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