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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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7590 Results
 
Patients at Al Shifa hospital
Gaza-Israel war

Five ways the war in Gaza is impacting Palestinians’ health

The health consequences of the current crisis go beyond injuries from attacks. Here’s a broader view of the dire health situation in Gaza. Project Update - 27 Oct 2023
 
Violence, displacement, and malnutrition care in Masisi’s territory
Democratic Republic of Congo

Violence exacerbates malnutrition in North Kivu, DRC

MSF teams are witnessing a rapidly worsening nutrition situation among children in Masisi territory in North Kivu, DRC. A holistic response by all organizations is essential to meet the nutrition needs of the community. Project Update - 26 Oct 2023
 
rural area in South Africa
South Africa

Treating diabetes and hypertension closer to home in rural South Africa

In South Africa, MSF has opened a new project in Eastern Cape province, which provides a community-focused approach to care for people with diabetes and hypertension. Interview - 25 Oct 2023
 
République Centrafricaine / Central African Republic
Central African Republic

Invisible Wounds: MSF findings on sexual violence in CAR between 2018 and 2022

A report which outlines the public health emergency that sexual violence has become in Central African Republic (CAR), with recommendations to address the crisis. Report - 24 Oct 2023
 
Sexual violence. Bangui, CAR
Central African Republic

Sexual violence in Central African Republic is a “public health emergency”

In Central African Republic, MSF teams have treated an exponential number of survivors of sexual violence over the last five years, in what is now a public health emergency. Press Release - 24 Oct 2023
 
Cha Hak Village, Injil District, Herat Province
Afghanistan

“What do we go back to?” Life after the earthquake in Herat

Herat Province in western Afghanistan has been hit by three powerful earthquakes and a number of aftershocks. Here, survivors recount their stories. Voices from the Field - 20 Oct 2023
 
Wounded influx in Al-Shifa Hospital
Gaza-Israel war

In Gaza, “the wounded are in danger of dying in the next few hours”

Guillemette Thomas, MSF medical coordinator for Palestine, gives us an update on the precarious healthcare situation in Gaza. Interview - 19 Oct 2023
 
Emergency Surgical Team at Bashair Hospital Khartoum, Sudan
Conflict in Sudan

MSF suspends surgery in Khartoum hospital as supplies remain blocked

Essential supplies needed to perform surgeries have been blocked, leading MSF to suspend our surgical activities at Bashair Teaching Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan. Press Release - 19 Oct 2023
 
Conflict in Gaza
Gaza-Israel war

Unconditional humanity needs to be restored in Gaza

MSF International President Dr Christos Christou calls for humanity to be restored to the Gaza-Israel war. Opinion - 17 Oct 2023
 
Conflict in Gaza
Palestine

MSF calls on the Israeli authorities to show humanity

As the ultimatum given to the population in Gaza expires, MSF calls on the Israeli authorities to show humanity. Project Update - 14 Oct 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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