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Learn about our mission, our charter and principles, and who we are.

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How we work

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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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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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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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Mother & Child Care centre in Majdal Anjar, Bekaa, Lebanon
Lebanon

"I still remember the first child born at our centre - her name was Ghazal"

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams at the mother and child care center in Majdal Anjar, Lebanon work hard to ensure healthy pregnancy and safe delivery for Syrian refugees. Voices from the Field - 2 Dec 2016
 
Syria

I don’t know how, but I’ll try to leave the house

On his way to meet friends for coffee, 27-year-old computer repairman Abu Ahmed was injured by a cluster bomb. Four weeks later, his bone fracture has failed to heal. His only hope is specialist orthopaedic surgery in Turkey – but he is trapped in east Aleppo. Bedridden, he now watches in despair as his neighbourhood falls into rubbles after the new wave of airstrikes. Voices from the Field - 2 Dec 2016
 
Bourbon Argos Search and Rescue Operations November 2016
Mediterranean migration

10 things you need to know about the Mediterranean crisis

From the beginning of operations in April until 29 November 2016, MSF directly rescued 19,708 people from overcrowded boats and assisted a further 7,117 people with safe transfer to Italy and medical care. Project Update - 2 Dec 2016
 
Rwanda

Interview with the authors of "Humanitarian Aid, Genocide and Mass Killings"

"We decided to write a book, bringing together our experiences as a humanitarian doctor and a sociologist" Interview - 1 Dec 2016
Haemorrhagic fevers

Engaging with National Authorities: Médecins Sans Frontières’s experience in Guinea during the Ebola epidemic

UREPH is pleased to announce the publication of the article “Engaging with National Authorities: Médecins Sans Frontières’s experience in Guinea during the Ebola epidemic” by Marc Poncin in the journal Humanitarian Alternatives. Journal article - 30 Nov 2016
 
Falling into the gap HIV+ adolescents - WAD 2016
Myanmar

Don't let adolescents with HIV slip away

In Myanmar, adolescents make up around 5 per cent of our total HIV cohort of nearly 35,000 people. Project Update - 29 Nov 2016
 
East Aleppo
Syria

Crisis update — 28 November 2016

After five and a half years of intense conflict, the situation in Syria keeps deteriorating, with ever-increasing unmet needs and suffering. Crisis Update - 29 Nov 2016
 
Pregnancy in east Aleppo
Syria

Pregnancy and childbirth in besieged east Aleppo

Voices from the Field - 29 Nov 2016
 
Epworth Clinic Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe

A decade later in Epworth, life grows

"My typical day at Epworth, it’s a busy day. You never know what’s going to come up. We have a cohort of over 11,000 patients, so on average we see 350 to 400 patients," says Alice, MSF’s Project Coordinator at the Epworth clinic on Harare’s outskirts. Voices from the Field - 28 Nov 2016
 
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Syria

Alarm bells ringing on mass casualty numbers in Damascus and Homs regions

Project Update - 25 Nov 2016
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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