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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

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

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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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Sudan

Renewed violence in North Darfur state forces MSF to evacuate from health centre

There is now not only a lack of emergency care for those wounded during the ongoing violence, there is also a total absence of basic health care to deal with diseases such as diarrhea, malaria and respiratory infections.

"When children are dying of these easily treatable illnesses, its incredibly frustrating that our medical work is being jeopardised by insecurity," said an MSF volunteer. Project Update - 26 Nov 2004
 
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Sudan

Catastrophe in Darfur: Unmet promises and continuing violence

Although the amount of aid has increased during the last six months, it is still insufficient and often of poor quality. Mass displacement, precarious living conditions and food shortages have a serious impact on the health status of the population. Project Update - 18 Nov 2004
 
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Sudan

Flight from home

One of the most striking features of the crisis in Darfur has been the sheer volume of people who were forced to flee their homes. Report - 29 Oct 2004
 
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Haiti

Mental health work alongside health care at the Haiti floods

"Most people who come to our health center have lost everything," explains Ilse Casteels, MSF psychologist in Gonaives, Haiti. "Sometimes, they have lost members of their family. Many have lost their home and their job. Others have great difficulties to find some food. This creates a lot of despair." Project Update - 29 Sep 2004
 
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Sudan

Despite heavy mobilization of aid in Darfur, the situation remains fragile and assistance must continue

These displaced people, who have lost everything, are completely dependent on humanitarian aid. Most had their food reserves destroyed or looted and were unable to plant their fields. Their only means of survival is continued international aid. Despite harsh living conditions in the camps, they do not want to return to their home areas, mainly because they fear more attacks. It is therefore imperative that aid mobilization continue, even if media coverage stops or Sudan disappears from the international political agenda. Project Update - 15 Sep 2004
 
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Sudan

'Displaced in Darfur will need help for at least a year'

An interview with Marie-Noëlle Rodrigue and Xavier Xavier Crombé - two MSF volunteers who have have recently returned from Darfur, where they supervised MSF activities, fast becoming one of the largest humanitarian efforts undertaken by the organisation. Interview - 31 Aug 2004
 
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Somalia

Providing medical care despite severe obstacles

Despite ongoing conflict and the lack of a formal government in Somalia, MSF teams continue to bring medical care to thousands in this failed state. Project Update - 18 Aug 2004
 
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Burundi

Working amidst tremendous needs

In the capital, Bujumbura, MSF treats war wounds and manages a health center while it also runs a medical and surgical program in a local hospital. Project Update - 18 Aug 2004
 
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Sudan

Over 1,400 tonnes shipped to Darfur by MSF in July alone

More than 10,000 children were treated for malnutrition in one week. Another 12,000 people received medical consultations. Project Update - 13 Aug 2004
 
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Burundi

A population deprived of basic health care

Civilians in Burundi have lived through years of conflict and are currently in a state of chronic crisis. Photo Story - 10 Aug 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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