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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 Websites

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Our offices around the world
Our offices around the world
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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

Pregnant women desperate for free emergency obstetric care in Haiti

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical teams are struggling to provide free quality emergency care to pregnant women and their babies in the capital city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Press Release - 7 Nov 2008
 
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Pakistan

Mental health services for survivors of Balochistan earthquake, southwestern Pakistan

The psychological consequences of the earthquake are taking their toll on the population and there is an obvious need for mental healthcare; MSF is preparing to start a programme within the coming days. Project Update - 7 Nov 2008
 
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Pakistan

Growing violence makes access to health care extremely difficult in northwestern Pakistan

Increasing violence in Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and in some of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), where Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) works, has made access to health care extremely difficult for residents while needs have risen dramatically. Project Update - 7 Nov 2008
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Armed aid convoys are an inadequate bandage for DR Congo's deep wounds

Military-escorted aid convoys to Goma and Rutshuru, Democratic Republic of Congo, are an inadequate response to the humanitarian crisis facing the DRC's troubled North Kivu region and risk blurring the line between humanitarian assistance and political-military action. Press Release - 6 Nov 2008
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

In camps for displaced people in Kibati, just north of Goma, people are seeking refuge from recent fighting.

In camps for displaced people in Kibati, just north of Goma, people are seeking refuge from recent fighting. Voices from the Field - 5 Nov 2008
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Cholera during DRC violence is closely monitored along with medical and sanitation conditions

Following several days of heavy fighting between rebels and government troops, MSF teams are continuing their work in Goma and in other towns and villages in North Kivu and remain very concerned about many people still on the move after fleeing recent fighting. Project Update - 5 Nov 2008
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

"These people are so vulnerable to the elements"

Listen to Annie Desilets, Project Coordinator for MSF in Kitchanga. Voices from the Field - 4 Nov 2008
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Needs race ahead of aid in the DRC

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is continuing its work in Goma and in other towns and villages in North Kivu, DRC and remains very concerned about the tens of thousands of people still on the move, fleeing the recent fighting. Project Update - 4 Nov 2008
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

A desperate, dangerous situation in the DRC - a volunteer's description

Helen O'Neill is an Operational Advisor with emergency medical aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and recently returned after having worked with the MSF teams in the Kivu region of northeastern Congo. She describes the situation on the ground. Project Update - 3 Nov 2008
 
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Italy

MSF forced to leave the island of Lampedusa, Italy, after six years of activities

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical teams will end their activities at the harbour of the Italian island of Lampedusa, after the Italian Interior Ministry refused to sign a new Memorandum of Understanding and also failed to provide the necessary authorization to allow the MSF team to continue working adequately. Press Release - 31 Oct 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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