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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 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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Haiti

MSF teams treating cholera patients in Saint-Marc, Artibonite region, Haiti

Assessment teams sent to Mirebalais and Petit Riviere. Project Update - 24 Oct 2010
 
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Haiti

MSF begins treatment in cholera-affected region of Haiti

Following the outbreak of acute diarrhea in the Artibonite region of Haiti, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical teams - including doctors, nurses and logisticians - immediately traveled to the affected areas along the Artibonite River, between the cities of Saint-Marc and Mirebalais. Project Update - 21 Oct 2010
 
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Pakistan

As emergency phase ends, Pakistan flood victims show symptoms of excessive stress

Flood waters have largely receded and people have begun to return to what remains of their homes. Project Update - 21 Oct 2010
 
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Pakistan

Letter from the field: One day in my life - A midwife in Balochistan, Pakistan

Olivia Lowe is a midwife working in Kuchlak, near Quetta in Pakistan's volatile Balochistan province. She manages the antenatal and postnatal care as well as the birthing unit at MSF's mother and child healthcare centre in Kuchlak. This is her first MSF mission. Voices from the Field - 20 Oct 2010
 
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Global

Open letter to the U.S. government about the quality of food aid

"On the eve of World Food Day 2010, I write on behalf of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to urge the U.S. to stop supplying nutritionally substandard food to malnourished children in developing countries". - Sophie Delaunay, Executive Director?U.S Section of MSF Press Release - 15 Oct 2010
 
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Global

Reforming quality of global food aid critical to fight childhood malnutrition

Top donor countries must end double standard of supplying nutritionally substandard foods to young children in malnutrition 'hotspots' Press Release - 13 Oct 2010
 
Bangladesh

Slum conditions in Bangladesh pose health hazards, and malnutrition is a sign of other illnesses

"The level of health awareness in this community is very low, and people have a great deal of superstitious beliefs, such as believing that children may be touched by bad spirits through consuming breast milk or eating fish," Sophie de Montpelier, MSF's field coordinator. "Some mothers believe that a baby with diarrhoea should not be given extra water because the body already contains too much liquid. That's why MSF is investing a lot in health promotion activities here." Project Update - 13 Oct 2010
 
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Haiti

Prefab container hospital could bring a decade of healthcare to Léogâne, Haiti

The hospital was built by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Léogâne within five months and was inaugurated on October 8. Haitian officials attended the ceremony. Project Update - 13 Oct 2010
 
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Global

Mental healthcare a core part of MSF's emergency aid

Many migrants and refugees suffer from psychological trauma as a result of their experiences, the dangerous journey to Malta and general uncertainty for the future. During one group activity organised by MSF, migrants were asked to illustrate their past experiences. "The idea was to encourage them to tell their stories: how they reached Europe, why they escaped from their country, the situation they are in now. They were relieved to be able to get these stories out", said Elisa Finocchiaro, MSF worker who helped organise the activity.
The following is a series of snapshots from MSF mental health programs in Kashmir, Democratic Republic of Congo and Iraq. These snapshots sketch some of the complex and painful issues confronted by those who seek counselling, as well as some of the challenges encountered by MSF in providing these services. Project Update - 11 Oct 2010
 
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Honduras

MSF tackles outbreak of dengue fever in Honduras with a new strategy

Due to an alarming increase in dengue fever cases in Honduras this year, MSF has launched an emergency intervention in Tegucigalpa, capital of the Central American country, Honduras, where the majority of cases have been reported. MSF is supporting local health services with a three-pronged approach focusing on medical care, vector control and community education. Such dengue intervention is relatively new for MSF. Project Update - 9 Oct 2010
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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