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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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Pakistan

Ibrahim Younis at the Balochistan, Pakistan, earthquake

Ibrahim Younis, an MSF Emergency Coordinator, arrived three days after the earthquake which occured on October 29 in Ziarat District, Pakistan, and stayed two weeks in the Ziarat area as an MSF Emergency Coordinator. Project Update - 21 Nov 2008
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Critical - Voices from the war in eastern Democratic Republic Congo

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), one of the few humanitarian organisations still working in the most violent areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is ringing the alarm with the international campaign Condition: Critical, which highlights the situation of people in DRC's North and South Kivu provinces and gives them a chance to be heard. Press Release - 20 Nov 2008
 
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Chad

Improving conditions for Darfur refugees in Iriba District, Chad

As a result of the improvement in health in Iriba District, Chad, MSF is looking at phasing out its emergency activities, which are basically a complete replacement for local services, and will provide medicine and food therapy, and train local health personnel. Project Update - 18 Nov 2008
 
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Zimbabwe

MSF teams react to 'biggest ever' cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe's capital

In Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is responding to a cholera outbreak, which the local Ministry of Health has declared "the biggest ever in Harare": up to 1.4 million people are endangered if the outbreak continues to spread. Project Update - 18 Nov 2008
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Caught in heavy gunfire

J., 16, tells his story with a very hushed voice and is clearly still scared and shocked; probably not yet fully grasping what happened to him two weeks ago. Voices from the Field - 17 Nov 2008
 
Tuberculosis

Cough up for TB

The Underfunding of Research for Tuberculosis and Other Neglected Diseases by the European Commission. Report - 12 Nov 2008
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Wide ranges of needs and activities dominate MSF role in northern DRC

MSF teams are continuing their work in Goma and in other towns and villages in the province of North Kivu, and remain very concerned about the many people still on the move after fleeing recent fighting: many of the displaced and local residents continue to be in urgent need of food, clean water, healthcare and basic items like blankets and shelter materials Project Update - 12 Nov 2008
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF team travels to Dungu, DRC, three days after attacks on the town

Three days after rebels of the Lord Resistance Army (LRA) attacked the town of Dungu on November 1, an MSF team went to assess the impact of these events on the population and the nature and severity of the needs; the team also sought to confirm if the security conditions could allow MSF to return on site soon. Project Update - 10 Nov 2008
 
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Haiti

MSF providing aid at school collapse in Haiti

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, have been providing emergency care and treatment to people injured in the collapse of La Promesse School in the Petionville neighborhood of the city since early Friday. Project Update - 10 Nov 2008
 
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Sudan

Suspension withdrawn, but MSF instructed to close mental health programmes in South Darfur, Sudan

At the instruction of the Sudanese Humanitarian Aid Commission and the Federal Ministry of Health, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has to close the mental health counseling component of its activities in South Darfur, Sudan. Project Update - 7 Nov 2008
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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