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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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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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Magaria hospital, Niger
Niger

Three things to know about the humanitarian situation in Niger

Sanctions on Niger could have disastrous effects as 3.3 million people are suffering from acute food insecurity. Here are three things to know about the situation on the ground. Interview - 11 Sep 2023
 
Market in Kostiantynivka damaged from missile attacked
War in Ukraine

Over 30 people hospitalised after deadly attack on marketplace in Kostiantynivka

Our teams have been providing lifesaving care to people injured in a deadly attack on a market place in Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, where 17 people have reportedly been killed. Press Release - 8 Sep 2023
 
Abortion: women more at risk of death in fragile and conflict-affected settings
Women's health

Abortion: Women more at risk of death in fragile and conflict-affected settings

The AMoCo study assesses the extent and severity of abortion-related complications in hospitals located in fragile and conflict-affected settings. Project Update - 5 Sep 2023
 
Camps of internally displaced people in and around Goma
Democratic Republic of Congo

The struggle to survive amidst violence and displacement in North Kivu

This documentary tells the story of four women who fled fighting linked to the resurgence of the M23 in North Kivu, and of their daily struggle to survive. Documentary - 4 Sep 2023
 
Hepatitis E cases in Al-Tanideba, Sudan
Conflict in Sudan

Turkish Hospital in Khartoum: Last lifeline for sick children and pregnant women

In Khartoum, where the health system has all but collapsed, we are addressing myriad health problems among people, especially very sick children, who are also at risk of deadly diseases and malnutrition. Voices from the Field - 4 Sep 2023
 
Malnutrition emergency: mobile clinic in Ranobe
Central African Republic

Attacks against staff and patients in Batangafo threaten continuation of healthcare

MSF calls on all armed groups to respect and protect humanitarian workers, patients and their caretakers, after spate of violent attacks in Batangafo. Press Release - 1 Sep 2023
 
Migrants in transit in Ecuador, Colombia and Panama
Panama

Migrants arriving in Panama in urgent need of assistance

As thousands of migrants continue to cross the dangerous Darién Gap to Panama, humanitarian assistance must be urgently expanded in the region to prevent death and suffering along this route.   Press Release - 1 Sep 2023
 
MSF Clinical Officer examines a child at the MSF Mobile Clinic
South Sudan

Sudan returnees arrive back in South Sudan in alarming health

People who had previously left South Sudan for Sudan are fleeing back to country following the outbreak of the conflict. But the poor state of health for many people, especially children, on arrival requires an urgent scale up in response. Press Release - 31 Aug 2023
 
MSF clinic in camp Ecole in Adré, Chad
Chad

MSF appeals for immediate response to Sudanese refugee crisis in Chad

We call on the UN, international donors and aid organisations to meet the urgent humanitarian needs of Sudanese refugees in Chad in order to prevent more suffering and loss of life. Press Release - 31 Aug 2023
 
Situation in MSF's Tabarre hospital
Haiti

MSF fully reopens Tabarre hospital following armed intrusion

We have fully resumed medical services at Tabarre hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after an armed intrusion in July caused us to suspend admissions in the trauma centre. 
 Press Release - 29 Aug 2023
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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