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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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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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Greece

Overcrowded cells and deteriorating living conditions cause tension inside Pagani Detention Center

The needs for psychosocial support are much greater and, day by day, the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team realizes that they could have provided much more help, if at least the basic humanitarian needs of the migrants were met. Project Update - 26 Oct 2009
 
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Colombia

New people displaced by the armed conflict in the Nariño department

Since last June, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has provided care to those affected by eight massive displacements in the department, where approximately 4,000 people fled the countryside to nearby towns in search of safety. Project Update - 26 Oct 2009
 
Ondoy Typhon , Angono, novembre 2009.
Philippines

Struck twice by tropical storms, MSF works with the most vulnerable

In Manila and the North of the Philippines, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams continue to assist the most vulnerable people affected by tropical storms Ketsana (Ondoy) and Parma (Pepeng), which struck the country on September 26 and October 3, affecting over 8.4 million people and causing 849 deaths. Project Update - 23 Oct 2009
 
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Indonesia

The emergency phase is mostly over. We are now entering the recovery stage.

20 days after the earthquake hit the area, the emergency phase is mostly over and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are entering the recovery stage.
Voices from the Field - 22 Oct 2009
 
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Yemen

Razeh hospital hit by rocket fire, MSF calls for respect of health care facilities

While the war has been ongoing for the past two months in northern Yemen, one of the last hospitals still operating in the Saada governorate was directly hit by the fighting and forced to stop its work. It is urgent to set up a hospital in a safe area, allowing patients to access healthcare. MSF is ready to restart medical activities in the governorate as soon as possible. Press Release - 21 Oct 2009
 
Tuberculosis

The underfunding of TB research across Europe

Report - 21 Oct 2009
 
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India

Flood waters in India recede but humanitarian needs remain

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was one of the first international humanitarian aid organisations to provide emergency assistance to the affected populations in Andhra Pradesh and is continuing its relief efforts this week. Project Update - 19 Oct 2009
 
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Malaria

Malaria: Introducing ACT from Asia to Africa

The introduction of rapid tests and ACTs in MSF missions, along with the plea for their accessibility in public structures in African countries, opened the way for accurate diagnosis and effective treatment. MSF’s participation in their introduction through work in humanitarian circumstances (war refugees, neglected epidemics) and the long mediation process (from Asia to Africa, from Chinese science to international norms, from one economic model to another, etc.) remind us that medical progress arises not only from the most sophisticated research laboratories but also from the porosity of borders and from improbable meetings between refugees, researchers, and clinicians. msf-crash.org - 13 Oct 2009
 
Philippines

MSF mobiles teams providing emergency assistance in newly flooded area in the northern Philippines

In Manila and its surroundings, more Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are still working to provide medical care to the most vulnerable people affected by tropical storm Ketsana, which struck the Philippines two weeks ago affecting 3.9 million people and forcing 500,000 to flee their houses. Project Update - 13 Oct 2009
 
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Afghanistan

No guns, no fees in Ahmed Shah Baba hospital, Kabul

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) started working again in Afghanistan in 2009. The organisation’s return to the country – after five years – was motivated by the increasing number of signals that the overall situation for Afghans was getting worse rather than better. Project Update - 12 Oct 2009
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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