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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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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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7589 Results
 
Malnutrition emergency: mobile clinic in Ranobe
Haiti

Cité Soleil clashes severely affect people’s access to medical care

As violence resurges in Cité Soleil, Haiti, MSF reiterates our call to all armed groups to spare people and respect medical infrastructure as well as patients and medical personnel. Press Release - 17 Nov 2023
 
Dr Yasoda Kurra, MSF doctor, examining a patient at the Umeed Ki Kiran Clinic, Jahangirpuri, Delhi
India

MSF to close sexual violence treatment centre in Delhi

MSF will close its sexual violence treatment centre in Delhi, India, where we provided support to over 3,500 survivors. Project Update - 16 Nov 2023
 
Community members looking at a canoe donated by MSF
Climate emergency

MSF and The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change 2023

Drawing on evidence from indicators in the 2023 Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change, MSF has published a policy brief. doctorswithoutborders.ca - 15 Nov 2023
 
Flooding in Unity State
South Sudan

Unshattered hope in the face of adversity in South Sudan

MSF teams in South Sudan help people overcome barriers to healthcare and build healthcare capacities. However, many obstacles still need to be addressed. Project Update - 15 Nov 2023
 
EndTB clinical trial results
Tuberculosis

Landmark clinical trial redefines multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment options

The results of the endTB clinical trial offers multiple new shortened drug regimens to treat adults and children with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Press Release - 15 Nov 2023
 
Kalma Camp, Darfur
Conflict in Sudan

Surgical supply ban in Khartoum must be immediately reversed

An unconscionable ban that is preventing life-saving surgical supplies from being transported to hospitals in areas of Khartoum, Sudan, is putting the lives of hundreds of people at risk. Press Release - 14 Nov 2023
 
MSF Staff At al Shifa Hospital
Gaza-Israel war

Patients and medical staff in Gaza trapped in hospitals under fire - attacks must stop now

Hospitals in Gaza, including Al-Shifa hopsital where MSF has staff, have been under relentless bombardment for the last 24 hours. We urgently reiterate our calls to stop the attacks against hospitals, and for an immediate ceasefire. Press Release - 11 Nov 2023
 
Destructions in Jenin Nov 2023
Gaza-Israel war

Israeli forces and settlers ramp up violence against Palestinians in West Bank

MSF doctors struggle to treat victims amid the challenges they are facing as Israeli forces and settlers have intensified attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank. We urges Israeli authorities to show restraint in the West Bank, to put an end to the violence and forced displacements of Palestinians Project Update - 9 Nov 2023
 
MSF reaction after bombing on Jenin refugee camp
Gaza-Israel war

Israeli forces must stop attacks on medical care in Jenin

We call on the Israeli military to stop firing on hospitals and to stop their military vehicles from blocking ambulances and medical staff from reaching health care facilities. Statement - 9 Nov 2023
 
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Gaza-Israel war

MSF mourns tragic death of staff member in Gaza

MSF is mourning the loss of Mohammed Al Ahel, one of our laboratory technicians who was killed in a bombardment in Gaza. Statement - 8 Nov 2023
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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