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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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MSF Websites

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Our offices around the world
Our offices around the world
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MSF Association

Our staff “own” and manage MSF, making sure that we stay true to our mission and principles, through the MSF Associations.

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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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Patient blogs

Hear directly from the inspirational people we help as they talk about their experiences dealing with often neglected, life-threatening diseases.

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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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Southern Africa Medical Unit

SAMU provides strategic, clinical and implementation support to various MSF projects with medical activities related to HIV and TB. This medical unit is based in Cape Town, South Africa.

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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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Manson Unit

The Manson Unit is a London, UK-based team of medical specialists who provide medical and technical support, and conduct research for MSF.

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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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Wounded influx in Al-Shifa Hospital
Gaza-Israel war

In Gaza, “the wounded are in danger of dying in the next few hours”

Guillemette Thomas, MSF medical coordinator for Palestine, gives us an update on the precarious healthcare situation in Gaza. Interview - 19 Oct 2023
 
Psychological first aid for people fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh
Armenia

MSF offers mental health support to people displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh

Following an attack from Azerbaijan on Nagorno-Karabakh, more than 100,000 people have fled for Armenia, where our teams are addressing people's mental health needs. Project Update - 6 Oct 2023
 
Aftermath of deadly floods in Libya
Libya

Mental health support needed after Storm Daniel destroys Derna

Two weeks after the devastation of Storm Daniel on Derna, Libya, our teams on the ground have begun mental heath support for people affected in the region. Interview - 27 Sep 2023
 
Diphtheria, Kano project
Nigeria

Urgent response needed to curb Nigeria’s worsening diphtheria outbreak

As a diphtheria outbreak surges through Nigeria and neighbouring countries, an urgent increase in access to medicines and vaccination is vital to avoid further deaths. Press Release - 19 Sep 2023
 
MENTAL HEALTH IN WAR, DISPLACEMENT AND MIGRATION_ Mozambique
Mozambique

Six things to know about the destruction of Mocímboa da Praia

Over half a million people previously displaced by horrific conflict in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, have returned to their areas of origin only to find destitution and destruction. Project Update - 14 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
 
Massakory - MSF emergency malnutrition response
Chad

Community-focused projects aim to reduce rising malnutrition in Chad

As rising numbers of children continue to suffer from malnutrition in Chad, our teams are bringing medical care closer to people through community-based projects. Project Update - 28 Aug 2023
 
Malnutrition emergency: mobile clinic in Ranobe
Libya

MSF to close medical activities in Tripoli

MSF will end medical activities in Tripoli, Libya, where we provide healthcare to migrants, asylum seekers and refugees. Press Release - 24 Aug 2023
 
Camp life: conditions and safety
Rohingya refugee crisis

Funding for Rohingya must increase as medical needs surge in camps

As the health situation for Rohingya in Cox's Bazar continues to deteriorate, international aid organisations must step up funding to improve access to healthcare. Project Update - 23 Aug 2023
 
CAR : A Forgotten Health Emergency
Central African Republic

Health emergency in Central African Republic requires urgent response

Vital support is needed in the Central African Republic, where instability, armed violence and a lack of international attention continue to contribute to one of the most severe humanitarian crises in the world. Project Update - 21 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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