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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
 
MSF response to COVID-19 in Porto Velho - Rondonia
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Failed COVID-19 response drives Brazil to humanitarian catastrophe

A year into the pandemic, and after recording over a quarter of the world's COVID-19 deaths last week, Brazil's coronavirus response is spiralling out of control, resulting in avoidable deaths. Press Release - 15 Apr 2021
 
République Centrafricaine / Central African Republic
Sexual violence

Healing the visible and invisible wounds of sexual violence in CAR

Sexual violence has become a healthcare crisis in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic. MSF provides free and holistic care to survivors but medical support is not enough to meet their needs. Project Update - 13 Apr 2021
 
Detention Centres - Tripoli, Libya
Libya

Libya: One dead and two injured in shooting in Tripoli detention centre

Tensions in the severely overcrowded Al-Mabani detention centre, in Tripoli, Libya, escalated, leaving one detained refugee dead and others injured following shots being fired into cells. Press Release - 9 Apr 2021
 
MSF clinic in Pagak reception centre. Ethiopia, March 2021.
Ethiopia

Asylum seekers trapped in appalling conditions in Gambella region

South Sudanese asylum seekers are stranded in reception centres in the Gambella region of western Ethiopia, without access to proper food or shelter. Forthcoming rains will make conditions even more difficult. Project Update - 9 Apr 2021
 
The growing impact of the conflict in Cabo Delgado
Mozambique

Violence in Cabo Delgado: “Many have seen dead bodies along the way”

Over the last year, the number of people forced to flee in Cabo Delago province has increased exponentially because of the violence. There are currently around 50,000 people living either in camps or in the host community. Voices from the Field - 2 Apr 2021
 
Measles intervention in Bosobolo, North Ubangi
Democratic Republic of Congo

In DRC, measles is spreading and killing again in what seems to be a never-ending fight

Measles is once again on the rise in the Democratic Republic of Congo, shortly after the worst measles epidemic DRC has ever recorded. Project Update - 31 Mar 2021
 
Iraq : Treating COVID-19 in Baghdad
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

“Only vaccination will end the ferocious spread of COVID-19 in Iraq”

MSF’s project coordinator in Baghdad writes about the suffering in Iraq as the second wave of the new coronavirus claims many victims. Opinion - 31 Mar 2021
 
Addressing the ocean of gaps in the treatment of tuberculosis in children and adolescents
Tuberculosis

Sustainable solutions for children and adolescents at risk of drug-resistant tuberculosis

Between 25,000 and 30,000 children are estimated to become sick with DR-TB annually yet child-focused diagnostic, treatment and prevention strategies lack. Project Update - 30 Mar 2021
 
MSF response to Moria Fire
Greece

Open letter to Ylva Johansson, European Commissioner of Home Affairs

Read an open letter to Yiva Johansson, European Commissioner of Home Affairs, by the medical coordinator of MSF's project in Lesbos, Greece. Open Letter - 29 Mar 2021
 
Ethiopia: Tigray’s cities fill with displaced people fleeing insecurity
Ethiopia Tigray crisis

Tigray’s cities fill with displaced people fleeing insecurity and in need of aid

Tens of thousands of people displaced by insecurity have arrived in Ethiopia’s conflict-hit Tigray region. They lack food, water, shelter and hygiene. Voices from the Field - 29 Mar 2021
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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