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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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Haiti

Receding floodwaters leave new health threats in Gonaïves

Since its arrival in Gonaïves on September 4, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have carried out 2,329 medical consultations at the Raboteau Health Center - which MSF helped restore following the tropical storms and hurricanes that devastated much of the city in late August and early September - and has been operating mobile clinics out of shelters, schools and some orphanages in Gonaïves. Project Update - 26 Sep 2008
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF provides emergency care as violence intensifies in North Kivu, DRC

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is currently the only international organisation providing assistance in and around Masisi town, where the organisation provided emergency surgery to 17 civilians and armed men injured in the crossfire that broke out between armed groups northeast Masisi town on September 18, in addition to water and sanitation activities, treatment of rape victims, nutritional support, response to epidemics, and vaccinations. Project Update - 24 Sep 2008
 
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Zimbabwe

Sewage problems cause cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe

MSF is committed to assisting the community in need and will be involved in identifying solutions with all actors on the ground, not only to avert a greater public health crisis in the future, but also to aid in restoring the dignity of this at-risk suburb. Project Update - 17 Sep 2008
 
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Haiti

Increased access to health care in Gonaïves

A Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team continues to support the Raboteau Health Center in Gonaïves where more than 1,000 consultations have been carried out to date. Project Update - 17 Sep 2008
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Evacuation and redeployment of MSF teams in North Kivu, DRC, after heavy fighting

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff are witnessing a serious increase in hostilities in the province of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and MSF has completely withdrawn its teams from certain regions in the province of North Kivu.

 Project Update - 12 Sep 2008
 
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Sri Lanka

Population in precarious situation as MSF workers withdraw from Sri Lanka

Following a directive from the government of Sri Lanka earlier this week, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) withdrew its staff on September 10 from Kilinochchi town in the LTTE-controlled Vanni, and MSF is therefore very concerned about the possible consequences of ongoing hostilities for the population still living in the area, and the impact of displacement on the health of the population. Project Update - 11 Sep 2008
 
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Haiti

Ongoing needs in hurricane-damaged Haiti

Fourteen days after Tropical Storm Gustav made landfall, followed by Tropical Storm Hanna and then Hurricane Ike last week, many areas are still inaccessible in devastated Haiti, where Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is doing its best to access these areas to provide adequate care to affected populations and to monitor the health situation. Project Update - 11 Sep 2008
 
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Yemen

29 bodies found on Yemen beach - MSF assists survivors of deadly sea crossing

A Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team found eight dead bodies on the beach of Wadi Al-Barak, in Yemen, 30 km east of Ahwar - these people, refugees and migrants who had escaped from conflict and extreme poverty in the Horn of Africa, were trying to cross the Gulf of Aden. Press Release - 10 Sep 2008
 
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Nepal

After devastating floods in Nepal, MSF continues assistance

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is providing critical healthcare to around 27,000 displaced people following devastating floods in Nepal. Project Update - 10 Sep 2008
 
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Haiti

After third storm, food and water urgently needed for displaced

Max Cosci, MSF Head of Mission in Haiti, is in Gonaïves and he describes the situation in the country after it was hit by Hurricane Gustav, Tropical Storm Hanna, and Hurricane Ike. Voices from the Field - 9 Sep 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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