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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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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 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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Chad

Stepping up assistance to displaced in southeast Chad amid deteriorating security

Since early 2006, attacks on civilians in southeast Chad have resulted in the displacement of more than 100,000 Chadians. About 40,000 of them fled their homes in November and December alone when violence peaked. Project Update - 7 Feb 2007
 
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India

Q&A on patents in India and the Novartis case

Why do millions of people rely on India for affordable medicines? - What is the relationship between patents and affordable medicines? - Why does India grant patents on drugs now? - Why is Novartis suing the Indian Government? - How is it possible for India to reject a patent that is granted in other countries? - Does India have the right to have this particular patent law? - What will happen if Novartis wins the case? Project Update - 20 Dec 2006
 
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Sudan

A crisis of human suffering

The situation has certainly changed since I was in Darfur over two years ago... Today MSF has had to reduce its activities due to intensified fighting and mounting insecurity throughout Darfur.
An interview with MSF International Council President, Dr. Rowan Gillies. Project Update - 14 Nov 2006
 
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Palestine

The situation could quickly turn critical

Dr. Pierre-Pascal Vandini recently returned from the Gaza Strip, where access to health care has deteriorated for people since the European Union and the United States suspended their financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority. He was interviewed in mid-May 2006 about how Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is reevaluating its activities in the Palestinian Occupied Territories in light of the medical, social, and economic impacts of recent events on the ground. Project Update - 6 Aug 2006
 
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India

Patent application for AIDS drug opposed for first time in India

Patents in India endanger global access to affordable medicines and treatment scale-up. Press Release - 30 Mar 2006
 
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Tsunami

Use of tsunami funds

A summary of the use of tsunami funds Project Update - 20 Dec 2005
 
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Guatemala

Work to treat polluted waters after Hurricane Stan

As the flood waters subside, polluted wells, stagnant waters and basic health issues surface. Some areas are endemic to malaria and dengue fever and preventative measures are being put into place. Project Update - 25 Oct 2005
 
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Sudan

One year in the Chad desert - the Sudanese refugees

Nearly 200,000 people from Darfur, Sudan, have fled to neighbouring Chad to evade ongoing violence. Most have lost everything, their villages have been destroyed and families murdered.

MSF has been providing relief for these refugees in Chad for over a year now and is giving medical assistance in two hospitals and four refugee camps with a total population of some 85,000 people.



For several weeks, Dr Kai Braker was the medical coordinator for the two camps in Forchana and Breidjing. He speaks about the after-effects of displacement and the wounds that will not heal. Project Update - 24 Nov 2004
 
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Colombia

Dancing in the dark

Colombia's third largest city, Cali, is known as the salsa capital of the world. It also has a more grim claim to fame, writes Isobel Fonseca. It is the country's most violent city - 'more violent than Iraq' Project Update - 16 Oct 2004
 
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Sudan

Doctoring In Darfur

Dr Simon Collins, originally from Ireland, is on his second field assignment with MSF. He is currently in Darfur, Sudan, helping tackle the humanitarian crisis caused by people being attacked and forced to flee their villages. In an interview at the end of September, he describes the situation around him. Project Update - 30 Sep 2004
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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