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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 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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War in Gaza:: find out how we're responding
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Iraq

MSF surgeons treat wounded Iraqis

MSF has begun providing essential medicines and medical supplies to a number of hospitals inside Iraq; yet, the Amman-based surgical programme staffed largely by Iraqi surgeons is the organization's most direct attempt at aiding Iraqis since the organization was forced to withdraw its staff from Iraq in November 2004 in the wake of the deteriorating security situation there. Project Update - 31 Aug 2007
 
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Bangladesh

Burmese refugees

"I was born in Myanmar, but the Burmese government says I don't belong there. I grew up in Bangladesh, but the Bangladeshi government says I cannot stay there. As a Rohingya, I feel I am caught between a crocodile and a snake". Told a 19-year-old refugee in Bangladesh. Project Update - 30 Aug 2007
 
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Greece

MSF sends emergency team to assist victims of fires in Peloponnesus, Greece

Press Release - 28 Aug 2007
 
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Peru

Almost two weeks after the quake, the situation remains unacceptable

Almost two weeks after the earthquake in Peru, the situation for victims is no longer mentioned in the international media and on the ground, several aid organisations have started to leave the area. However, MSF teams continue to see forgotten populations in desperate need of assistance. One example is Guadalupe, a town of 12,000 inhabitants located 100 km southeast of Pisco in the suburbs of Ica city. Project Update - 28 Aug 2007
 
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Peru

Peru earthquake: Overview of MSF activities

The first MSF team arrived in Pisco the day after the earthquake, to carry out an assessment. Today, 25 MSF staff, both Peruvian and international, are working together to provide assistance to the affected people. Project Update - 27 Aug 2007
 
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Guinea

Cholera strikes again in Guinea

Endemic in West Africa, Cholera has once again struck in Guinea. The arrival of the rains at the end of May, notably in the particularly insalubrious capital city, Conakry, has created an ideal breeding ground in which the disease can spread. Faced with an increasing number of cases, MSF has boosted its direct support of the health services. Project Update - 27 Aug 2007
 
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Peru

'At first it felt like I was looking at a bomb site.'

On August 18, MSF chartered a flight from Bogota loaded with 12 tons of relief goods and organized an emergency response team. Project Update - 23 Aug 2007
 
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Peru

MSF provides care to survivors in quake affected region in Peru

A cargo plane with 12 tons of relief supplies has arrived in the area affected by the earthquake allowing the MSF team in the Pisco region to start offering medical care to victims. Project Update - 21 Aug 2007
 
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Somalia

Access to medical care dangerously scarce in and around Mogadishu, Somalia

Needs increasing amidst ongoing violence. MSF urges all parties to allow medical staff to work unhindered and to grant patients unimpeded access to care. Press Release - 20 Aug 2007
 
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Somalia

Increasing numbers, unchanging needs

Poverty, drought and the absence of public services largely define the daily life of Bakool’s mostly pastoral and nomadic population. Project Update - 20 Aug 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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