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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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Sri Lanka

Rehabilitation for people with spinal cord injuries in Sri Lanka

For more than two decades, the people of Sri Lanka have lived with violence and conflict. Since the end of the war last year, people are gradually returning to their homes and trying to rebuild their lives. Pete Masters visited MSF's projects in northern Sri Lanka and reports back here to supporters on how funds are being used.  He was particularly struck by MSF's innovative specialist rehabilitation programme for people with spinal cord injuries sustained during the conflict. Project Update - 23 Aug 2010
 
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India

MSF launches intervention in Mumbai, India, to tackle sharp malaria increase

"MSF has extensive experience of diagnosing and treating malaria across the world, and we are pleased to share our resources and expertise with the Mumbai authorities. It is crucial that health staff can give a correct diagnosis so that patients can be treated accordingly. The diagnostic tests that we provide are reliable, easy to use and require just one drop of blood to give results" said Tiago Dal Molin, MSF's project coordinator in Mumbai.
Following a sharp increase in malaria cases in Mumbai, India, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has launched a malaria intervention to help the Mumbai health authorities fight the disease. Project Update - 19 Aug 2010
 
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Pakistan

Patience and distributions in Pakistan's flood zones

"I walked from Gul Bela, a village nearby to come here. I know that this distribution being held right now by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is for the community of Jala Bela. I heard people talk about it around a health center in my village that MSF has been supporting since displaced people arrived from the conflict affected areas. These women and I haven't registered our names but we are still hoping to get something, because our homes are completely destroyed, our men are sick from drinking bad water. The floods have left us with nothing." Project Update - 18 Aug 2010
 
Pakistan

Working for the best, preparing for the worst

In the aftermath of any disaster suddenly hitting a population, the immediate impact in terms of deaths and injuries is often followed by other health risks that can be linked to difficult living conditions, lack of hygiene and restricted access to clean water and basic health care services. The recent Pakistan floods are no exception; presently, MSF and others are working hard to avoid outbreaks of disease and to provide essential health care to a population in need. Project Update - 17 Aug 2010
 
Russia

Emergency response to people affected by wood fires in Russia

MSF has provided humanitarian aid to people living in villages affected by wood fires in Ryazan region, approximately 200 km from Moscow. About 2,000 people have been displaced by the fires in this region. Families who lost their homes have found shelter in boarding schools, hospitals and other public facilities, while many others are staying with relatives and friends. Project Update - 12 Aug 2010
 
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Pakistan

MSF scales up distribution of relief goods as worrying gaps remain

Two weeks after the first floods hit Pakistan, the situation remains extremely dire for millions of people. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Baluchistan, MSF is intensifying its activities and remains focused on medical care, clean water provision and distribution of essential goods. More assessments are also ongoing in these provinces, as well as in Punjab Sindh. Project Update - 12 Aug 2010
 
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Haiti

MSF scales up cholera operations in northern Haiti

Amid stepped-up efforts to stabilize Haiti™s confirmed cholera epidemic, MSF continues to provide assistance to populations in the country™s remote areas. Here is a story of a patient, Joséphine, in Gros Morne, near the city of Gonaives. Project Update - 11 Aug 2010
 
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India

MSF responds to the needs of flash flood victims in Jammu and Kashmir, India

The international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is providing urgently needed medical and humanitarian assistance to people in the worst affected villages in and around Leh, India, and is distributing shelter, kitchen and hygiene kits to 2,000 of the most vulnerable families. Press Release - 10 Aug 2010
 
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Pakistan

New rise in water levels in Pakistan floods delays aid effort

Responding to the floods in Pakistan, a helicopter assessment of areas cut off from aid reminded MSF's emergency coordinator of the aftermath of the 2004-2005 tsunami.-->
© Jean-Marc Jacobs, A man transports his furniture in the flooded street in Nowshera. In Noshwera, the MSF team had to postpone a distribution of basic relief items to around 4,500 families as the place identified had been flooded. Unfortunately, because of heavy rains in the last couple of days the desperately needed delivery of items such as soap, buckets, toothpaste and cooking utensils.
"The place we had identified to organize this major distribution is under one meter of water," said Anthony Thouvenin, Emergency Coordinator for MSF in Nowshera. "Two days ago it was dry, but the water rose very quickly. Now we'll have to explain to people that the delivery of much-needed good will have to be delayed by at least one day. Our team is frustrated, but this is nothing compared with affected people who really need help". Project Update - 10 Aug 2010
 
Somalia

MSF launches bilingual website about its work assisting Somalis

"We're delighted to be able to launch this new site," said MSF Head of Mission in Somalia, Monica Camacho. "As an emergency medical organisation MSF's operations are continuously adapting and changing so that we can respond to the greatest needs. This site highlights the wide range of MSF's work and provides regularly updated information for anyone who is interested in knowing more." Project Update - 5 Aug 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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