en ع
Back to main menu

About us

Who We Are

Learn about our mission, our charter and principles, and who we are.

Learn more
How we work

See what triggers an intervention and how supply and logistics allow our teams to respond quickly.

Learn more
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.

Learn more
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.

Learn more

What we do

Médecins Sans Frontières brings medical humanitarian assistance to victims of conflict, natural disasters, epidemics or healthcare exclusion.

View all topics Activities by country

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.

View all countries

MSF Websites

A Global Network
Our offices around the world
Our offices around the world
Other Sites
View Resource Centre
MSF Association

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

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
Patient blogs

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

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
ARHP

Based in Barcelona, ARHP documents and reflects on the operational challenges and dilemmas faced by the MSF field teams.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
Humanitarian Law

This Guide explains the terms, concepts, and rules of humanitarian law in accessible and reader-friendly alphabetical entries.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
750 Results For "respiratory"
 
msf-placeholder
Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF treating victims of violence in Masisi region, North Kivu

"Masisi is completely isolated. The main road between Masisi and Goma (60 km) is highly insecure. On top of this, the bad condition of the roads, due to heavy rains, probably impedes the return of other displaced people. We are concerned by the bad living conditions of these people. But we haven't been able to reach them because of the security situation." - Philippe Havet, MSF emergency team coordinator. Project Update - 7 Sep 2007
 
msf-placeholder
Peru

MSF increases assistance in post-earthquake region of Peru

MSF first started working at the Peru earthquake on August 17, with staff and a shipment of relief supplies to the region. To date, over 2,200 people have benefited from the MSF mental health programme and, so far, 2,500 families (around 12,500 people) have benefited from MSF distributions of relief goods.
Read more about Peru earthquake:
- Almost two weeks after the quake, the situation in Guadalupe, Peru, remains unacceptable
- Overview of MSF activities
- ''At first it felt like I was looking at a bomb site.'' Project Update - 6 Sep 2007
 
msf-placeholder
Bangladesh

Burmese refugees

"I was born in Myanmar, but the Burmese government says I don't belong there. I grew up in Bangladesh, but the Bangladeshi government says I cannot stay there. As a Rohingya, I feel I am caught between a crocodile and a snake". Told a 19-year-old refugee in Bangladesh. Project Update - 30 Aug 2007
 
msf-placeholder
Peru

Peru earthquake: Overview of MSF activities

The first MSF team arrived in Pisco the day after the earthquake, to carry out an assessment. Today, 25 MSF staff, both Peruvian and international, are working together to provide assistance to the affected people. Project Update - 27 Aug 2007
 
msf-placeholder
Peru

'At first it felt like I was looking at a bomb site.'

On August 18, MSF chartered a flight from Bogota loaded with 12 tons of relief goods and organized an emergency response team. Project Update - 23 Aug 2007
 
msf-placeholder
Somalia

Increasing numbers, unchanging needs

Poverty, drought and the absence of public services largely define the daily life of Bakool’s mostly pastoral and nomadic population. Project Update - 20 Aug 2007
 
msf-placeholder
Somalia

Somalia: Reaching Out

An exceptional year: With the rise and fall of the Union of Islamic Courts, the establishment of a weak Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopian troops crossing the border to fight in Somalia, the turbulent past year briefly placed Somalia on the international agenda. Report - 13 Aug 2007
 
msf-placeholder
Chad

The displaced persons in eastern Chad urgently need more aid

The conflict underway in this region of Chad has forced more than 150,000 people to flee their villages. Project Update - 6 Aug 2007
 
msf-placeholder
Italy

Lampedusa shipwrecks - and the number of victims continues to increase

Each summer, Italy receives thousands of migrants arriving in boats from Africa. Lampedusa, a small island south of Sicily, is a landing spot for more than 18,000 immigrants per year. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) provides medical care at the port where boats land after hazardous trips across the Mediterranean Sea. In recent weeks, a series of rather dramatic landings have been recorded in the Canal of Sicily, with people arriving in a very bad state.
Luciano Grisio, a doctor with MSF, describes what he sees during his work on the island. Project Update - 12 Jul 2007
 
msf-placeholder
Democratic Republic of Congo

Emergencies in the 'Town of Stones'

During the last days of 2006, the Katanga Province region was affected by terrible floods. We estimate that a total of 32,000 people were affected by the floods - which amounts to half the population of Bukama."
Celine Zegers, MSF nurse and Head of the Emergency Operations in Bukama, has just spent six weeks in Bukama. She describes the difficult survival conditions for the homeless population, but also the positive impact of her team. Project Update - 3 Jul 2007
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.

Learn more