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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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Additional tents set up at the MSF cholera treatment centre in Munigi
Democratic Republic of Congo

Cholera rising among displaced people in precarious conditions

Despite repeated calls for an urgent humanitarian response, displaced people in DRC remain in precarious conditions as cholera cases begin to surge. Project Update - 13 Dec 2022
 
Floods in N'Djamena area
Chad

Chad floods deepen humanitarian crisis with high risk of disease outbreaks

The latest floods in Chad have exacerbated an already dire humanitarian situation. An urgent need for funding and long-term programming is now vital in response to the crisis. Project Update - 5 Dec 2022
 
Informal settlement of displaced people just outside Goma
Democratic Republic of Congo

North Kivu: Thousands of people fleeing violence urgently need aid

An urgent response from humanitarian actors is required to meet the huge needs of thousands of people in Kanyaruchinya, displaced by ongoing fighting between the March 23 movement (M23) and the Congolese army. Project Update - 8 Nov 2022
 
Flooding in Upper Nile
South Sudan

Conflict in Greater Upper Nile impedes assistance to people already devastated by flooding

Forty thousand people have been displaced in the Greater Upper Nile area of South Sudan since August, when escalations in fighting forced people to flee in search of safety. MSF is providing assistance to people as the insecurity poses challenges to delivering medical services. Press Release - 21 Oct 2022
 
Zaporizhzhia
Ukraine

Providing care to displaced people in Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, MSF teams have been working in Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia, providing medical care and mental health support to people affected by the war. Project Update - 20 Oct 2022
 
Internally displaced people in Kaya, Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso

Violence and severe supply shortages leave people across Burkina Faso in dire need

As the security situation in Burkina Faso deteriorates, people's access to food, water and healthcare is becoming ever-more limited. Relief efforts need to be ramped up now more than ever. Interview - 17 Oct 2022
 
Pakistan floods emergency DADU 11
Pakistan

Seven weeks of emergency response in Pakistan

In the seven weeks since an emergency was declared in Pakistan, following devastating flooding, MSF teams have been responding and assessing needs across the country. Project Update - 14 Oct 2022
 
Emergency response in Kwamouth 20
Democratic Republic of Congo

Thousands affected by inter-communal violence in Maï-Ndombe province

In Mai-Ndombe province, Democratic Republic of Congo, recent inter-communal violence has affected thousands. MSF has been in Kwamouth, providing much needed medical and mental healthcare to those affected, since 24 August. Project Update - 26 Sep 2022
 
Migration in the Americas
Central American migration

Barriers don’t deter people making their way to the United States

The number of people migrating north through Central America continue to grow despite restrictive policies, dangers en route and violence. MSF teams are working across the region to provide care to people. Project Update - 23 Sep 2022
 
Floodings: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa E-Response
Pakistan

Responding in the aftermath of the Pakistan floods

Our teams are on the ground in Pakistan, providing emergency medical care and humanitarian assistance to people affected by the destructive floods. This is our update on the work we are doing in all of Pakistan's provinces. Project Update - 23 Sep 2022
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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