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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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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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7565 Results
 
Tripoli
Lebanon

Overlapping crises in Lebanon increase needs and worsen access to care

In the last year, Lebanon has faced political turmoil, social unrest, economic crisis, COVID-19 and the Beirut port blast. For many, Lebanese and refugees alike, the struggle to access healthcare has become even harder. Project Update - 8 Jan 2021
 
MSF Clinic: inpatient department and surgical capacity, Gogrial, Warrap State. South Sudan
Mali

Patient dies after an MSF ambulance is violently detained in Mali

Following an attack on an ambulance in Mali, in which a patient died, MSF condemns the serious and violent obstruction of medical aid, and calls for the respect of humanitarian and medical action. Press Release - 7 Jan 2021
 
Mobile clinics Hebron Dec-20
Palestine

“For one year no one came here” to provide medical care in the West Bank

Some communities under strict Israeli control in Hebron, West Bank, Palestine, face challenges accessing basic healthcare due to administrative restrictions and a lack of transportation. Women are particularly affected. Project Update - 5 Jan 2021
 
Consequences of war for civilian population in Bangassou
Central African Republic

MSF provides care in post-election attacks in Bangassou, CAR

MSF teams are providing medical care to people caught up in post-election violence across Central African Republic, including in Bangassou, the site of the latest attack by armed groups. Project Update - 4 Jan 2021
 
Ouaka - General View
Central African Republic

Shooting shows civilians continue to pay high price for the perpetual cycle of violence in CAR

A shooting incident near Bambari, central southern CAR, has resulted in the deaths of several people, including an MSF staff member, showing the high price people pay for the ongoing violence. Press Release - 30 Dec 2020
 
25 de Junho IDP Camp - Cabo Delgado
Mozambique

Trying to survive a three-year nightmare in Mozambique

MSF's strategic support manager for Mozambique, Caroline Gaudron, describes the chaos and challenges for people trying to survive, having fled extreme violence in the country's Cabo Delgado province. Voices from the Field - 29 Dec 2020
 
Ouaka - General View
Central African Republic

Medical care at arm’s length: the continuous struggle of the people of Ouaka

Caretakers of patients in Bambari hospital, CAR, tell of their struggles to access healthcare due to insecurity, a lack of financial and medical resources, and the lack of functioning health facilities. Project Update - 24 Dec 2020
 
Al Hashaba transit camp for refugees from Ehtiopian Tigray Region
Ethiopia Tigray crisis

“Services for the refugees need to increase, otherwise it will be a disaster”

MSF’s acting emergency coordinator in Sudan describes the situation in Um Rakuba camp, where 15,000 people who fled violence in Ethiopia are sheltering. Voices from the Field - 23 Dec 2020
 
Neglected crisis in central Mali
Mali

Central Mali: no choice but to flee

Civilians in central Mali face extreme violence every day and armed conflict has displaced many. They have limited access to basic services. Project Update - 22 Dec 2020
 
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The knock-on effects of COVID-19

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msf.org - 21 Dec 2020
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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