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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 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

MSF tries to respond during heavy fighting in northwest Pakistan

Buildings have been subjected to daily fire of mortars and other heavy weapons since December 23. People fleeing fighting in nearby towns are seeking refugee in Sadda, but they have now come under fire. Project Update - 3 Jan 2008
 
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Somalia

Two MSF aid workers freed in Bossaso

In the countries where humanitarian action takes place, the level of violence can be very high. In recent years, MSF has had incidents in Chechnya, Democratic Republic of Congo, Colombia and Iraq. Press Release - 2 Jan 2008
 
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Somalia

MSF demands access to the area where the two MSF expatriates are still in captivity to check their status

More than 48 hours after their abduction, Mercedes Garcia and Pilar Bauza are still in captivity. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) demands that an MSF medical vehicle have access to the area where the two workers are detained to assess their health status. Press Release - 28 Dec 2007
 
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South Sudan

Oppressive uncertainty for displaced people in South Darfur

With the majority of IDP camps at maximum capacity, increasing numbers of IDPs are forced to find shelter and assistance in urban areas where, without proper planning, these settlements often lack basic services. MSF firmly believes that the resettlement of these people should be voluntary and it must be a sustainable thought-out solution that ensures they can begin to build a new life. Project Update - 28 Dec 2007
 
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Somalia

MSF asks Somali authorities for the safe and immediate release of our two staff members

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) urgently calls for the immediate and safe release of its two colleagues in Bossaso, Somalia. Press Release - 26 Dec 2007
 
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Global

MSF releases 2007 Top Ten most under-reported humanitarian stories

The countries and contexts highlighted by MSF on this year's list accounted for just 18 minutes of coverage on the three major U.S. television networks' nightly newscasts from January through November 2007.
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Report here Press Release - 20 Dec 2007
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Cholera and malnutrition add to the extreme suffering in North Kivu, DRC

Access to health care for these people was already weak, but is even more limited today. The fighting has forced several aid organisations to suspend their activities, and health centres are not getting any supplies, or are deserted by the medical staff. Displaced people cannot farm their land or access their food stocks, meaning that displaced people lose their only means of subsistence. Press Release - 19 Dec 2007
 
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Yemen

As people flee Somalia and Ethiopia, 56 dead are found on the shores of Yemen

During the voyage, the passengers had no food or water. There were at least 20 people - all Ethiopians - in the hull of the boat. At least four people died during the trip due to the very hard conditions. Project Update - 17 Dec 2007
 
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Somalia

Displaced populations fleeing war in Mogadishu face a dramatic situation

On the road to Afgooye, an estimated 200,000 displaced people fleeing Somalia's capital city are living in incredibly difficult sanitary conditions. Mortality and health indicators are largely above emergency levels. Press Release - 11 Dec 2007
 
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Uganda

MSF teams confront an Ebola epidemic in Bundibugyo and Kikyo

Additional medical and non-medical staff will arrive to support the MSF team in the next few days. Project Update - 7 Dec 2007
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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