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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 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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War in Gaza:: find out how we're responding
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South Sudan

In 100-day young South Sudan, is a theoretical future endangering the present?

Today, Monday 17 October, independent South Sudan is 100 days old. Many will have preoccupations other than celebrating. The families of the 20 people killed by a freshly laid landmine in Unity State last week will not celebrate. Project Update - 17 Oct 2011
 
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Famine

Food aid system continues to fail malnourished children

While young victims of war and famine are able to access latest lifesaving, nutritious foods, millions more malnourished children still receive poor quality food aid. "High profile emergencies, such as those in Somalia and Kenya today, represent just the tip of the malnutrition iceberg," says Dr. Karunakara. "Most malnourished children are invisible, and they should not have to become victims of war or natural catastrophes in order to have access to the foods they need." Press Release - 13 Oct 2011
 
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Somalia

Aid to displaced persons still insufficient in Mogadishu

Since July, more than 150,000 Somalis have left the provinces of the country's central region seeking refuge in Mogadishu. This kind of exodus poses a host of health problems. Measles is currently the greatest threat and MSF is mobilized to halt the spread of this disease which is particularly fatal for children. Press Release - 11 Oct 2011
 
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Haiti

Cholera cases are increasing in Port-au-Prince

MSF teams have observed a significant increase in the number of patients admitted to the cholera treatment centres (CTC) in Port-au-Prince. MSF has treated almost 160,000 patients since the first cases of cholera were confirmed a year ago. However, resources for adequately preventing the disease remain rudimentary and at the mercy of the uncertainties of life in the country. Project Update - 10 Oct 2011
 
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Pakistan

Providing basic healthcare to families displaced by severe flooding

Following an independent assessment of health needs, MSF is running mobile clinics in camps for displaced people in Tando Bago sub-district, providing basic healthcare. The most common medical conditions are diarrhoea, respiratory tract infections, skin diseases, fever and malaria. MSF’s team is also supporting staff in providing outpatient consultations at the Tando Bago Tehsil hospital. MSF has provided jerrycans, soap and bed nets to more than 750 displaced families, and has distributed 48,000 litres per day of clean drinking water in villages and camps for displaced people. Project Update - 7 Oct 2011
 
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Chagas disease

Shortage of benznidazole leaves Chagas patients without treatment

MSF is urging the Brazilian Ministry of Health, which is responsible for the only laboratory in the world manufacturing benznidazole, to respect its commitment to Chagas patients and take immediate measures to make the drug available. Press Release - 5 Oct 2011
 
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Libya

Providing urgent medical care in Sirte

MSF finally managed to deliver medicines and medical supplies to Sirte, Libya. The city is at the heart of the current fighting, where the healthcare situation is continuing to deteriorate. Project Update - 4 Oct 2011
 
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Myanmar

Fatal Policy: How the Rohingya Suffer the Consequences of Statelessness

Fatal Policy: How the Rohingya Suffer the Consequences of Statelessness, an MSF briefing paper, explores the impact that severe restrictions Rohingya people face has on their lives, including on their health. Report - 1 Oct 2011
 
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Kenya

Falsified medicines enter supply chain in Kenya

MSF missions in Kenya detected quality problems with one antiretroviral medicine (ARV) named Zidolam-N used to treat people with HIV. MSF is taking all measures to ensure adequate treatment and medical follow up for patients. Press Release - 1 Oct 2011
 
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Iran

MSF forced to leave Zahedan

At the request of authorities, MSF has terminated its medical care activities in the city of Zahedan, capital of the province of Sistan-Baluchistan, in southeastern Iran. Statement - 30 Sep 2011
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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