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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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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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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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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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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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MSF Science Portal

Our digital portal dedicated to sharing the latest medical evidence from our humanitarian activities around the globe.

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Noma

Noma is a preventable and treatable neglected disease, but 90 per cent of people will die within the first two weeks of infection if they do not receive treatment.

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TIC

The TIC is aiming to change how MSF works to better meet the evolving needs of our patients.

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Telemedicine

MSF's telemedicine hub aims to overcome geographic barriers for equitable, accessible, and quality patient care.

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Sweden Innovation Unit

Launched in 2012, the MSF Sweden Innovation Unit deploys a human-centered approach for promoting a culture of innovation within MSF.

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MSF gynaecologists in Khost
Afghanistan

Excluding women from medical institutes threatens the future of healthcare in Afghanistan

The announcement to bar women from studying in medical institutes will impact the availability of healthcare in Afghanistan. Press Release - 6 Dec 2024
 
Kebbi Malnutrition Crisis 03
Photo story

A Year in Pictures 2024

MSF teams around the world continued to respond to crises in 2024. Our Year in Pictures offers a glimpse into the work carried out by our teams in over 75 countries over the past 12 months. Photo Story - 5 Dec 2024
 
Inpatient feeding centre, Katsina
Nigeria

Levels of global acute malnutrition have doubled since last year in parts of northwest Nigeria

A survey conducted by MSF has found that there are 'extremely critical levels of malnutrition' in areas of northwest Nigeria. Press Release - 5 Dec 2024
 
ITW Caroline Seguin Northern Gaza
Gaza-Israel war

Three questions about the “apocalyptic” situation in Gaza

Caroline Seguin, emergency coordinator in Gaza, answers three questions about the current situation in the north and south of the Strip. Interview - 3 Dec 2024
 
Gazan's Living conditions’ impact on babies and children's health
Gaza-Israel war

Obstacles to essential supplies deepen Gaza's catastrophic humanitarian and medical situation

The amount of humanitarian aid entering into Gaza has reached its lowest levels in months, compromising patient care. Press Release - 29 Nov 2024
 
Dr Filomena Januario treating a patient.
Mozambique

A personal commitment to HIV care in Mozambique

After Dr Filomena Januário’s mother passed away from HIV, she dedicated herself to making sure no one else faces barriers to care. Project Update - 29 Nov 2024
 
No access to care in Kurakhove 05
Ukraine

Providing care to people fleeing from the frontline in Ukraine

Come on the scene at a transit centre in Pavlohrad, eastern Ukraine, as an MSF team provides care to recently arrived evacuees. Project Update - 28 Nov 2024
 
Emergency Medical Aid (EMA) for new arrivals in Samos, Greece
Greece

MSF responds to tragic shipwreck off Samos coast in Greece

On 28 November 2024, an MSF emergency team responded to a shipwreck off the coast of Samos island, Greece. Press Release - 28 Nov 2024
 
MSF mobile medical unit visiting collective shelters
Lebanon

War and economic strain worsen health conditions in Lebanon

Before the escalation between Hezbollah and Israel on 8 October 2023, Lebanon was already facing an economic crisis that impacted people. Project Update - 26 Nov 2024
 
Nasser Hospital: gazan's livig conditions' impacto on babies and children's health
Gaza-Israel war

Lives of children and newborns put at risk by living conditions in Gaza

At Nasser hospital in South Gaza, we consulted more than 10,000 children for upper respiratory tract infections in five months. Project Update - 22 Nov 2024
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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