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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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Sudan

The chronic insecurity has led us to redefine and step up our activities

In western Darfur, the violent confrontations of 2004 have given way to a situation of chronic instability characterized by persistent violence affecting all those living in the province. For MSF, the challenge is to continue to provide medical assistance to people with on-going major needs, to remain responsive in the event of new emergencies and, despite the insecurity, to provide high-quality assistance. Dr. Pauline Horrill, MSF's program manager for Sudan, and Fabrice Weissman, head of our Darfur mission, offer an update. Project Update - 16 Feb 2006
 
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Zambia

Cholera in Zambia: 'People do not want to talk about it. It's a dirty disease'

Christina Anderson is a 32 years old nurse from Sweden. On her second mission with MSF, this is the first time she is facing a cholera outbreak. She arrived in Zambia in the middle of January and, since then, has been supervising MSF activity in George Cholera Treatment Center (CTC), in the northern part of Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia, where the cholera outbreak has spread since last September. Project Update - 15 Feb 2006
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Rutshuru, DRC: Attacks on civilians causes thousands to flee

So far MSF staff have been unable to access this remaining population around Kibirizi, they are most likely to be in desperate need of help. Those who have managed to reach Kanyabayonga have spent one or two days walking, fleeing with only the belongings they could carry. Project Update - 13 Feb 2006
 
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Zambia

Cases still rising in cholera outbreak in Lusaka

At the beginning of February, more than 600 new cases were reporting every week. It is estimated that the outbreak has not yet reached its peak. The rainy season - when outbreaks usually occur - started in November and it will last until April. Project Update - 10 Feb 2006
 
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Two MSF staff detained in Colombia

Press Release - 9 Feb 2006
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Violence in Katanga, Introduction

Neither the Government nor the international community have shown an adequate commitment to fulfill their responsibilities to protect and assist these civilians in need. Having long been the informal suppliers of foodstuffs for both FARDC troops and Mai-Mai militia, civilian populations are increasingly abused, attacked and manipulated.
Download the MSF briefing paper on Katanga Project Update - 9 Feb 2006
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

The search for safe refuge and the lack of attention to IDPs in need

The displaced have found refuge in areas ill-equipped to receive them with little prepared for their arrival. Having arrived with nothing, they have largely been dependent upon the goodwill of host communities - for food, clothes, shoes, shelter...
Download the MSF briefing paper on Katanga Project Update - 9 Feb 2006
 
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Access to medicines

Gilead's tenofovir 'access program' for developing countries: A case of false promises?

Tenofovir is now an important option for antiretroviral treatment for both AIDS patients starting therapy for the first time, and those that require access to newer drugs a few years down the line, particularly because it has fewer side effects than older antiretrovirals. As Gilead is the sole producer of tenofovir (no generic versions have been internationally validated), MSF and others are dependent on the willingness of the company to make this urgently needed drug widely available. Press Release - 7 Feb 2006
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Forced displacement and cholera in Katanga

Tens of thousands of people have sought refuge on the banks of Lake Upemba, fleeing attacks on their villages and military operations in central Katanga. Meanwhile, on January 6, an outbreak of cholera 50kms north of Lake Upemba, led to 340 people being admitted for treatment in 10 days; MSF teams bring relief to the displaced around Upemba, and rapidly deploy teams to treat cholera patients and set up two cholera treatment centres in Kikondja and Mangi. Project Update - 6 Feb 2006
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF's emergency team fights a measles epidemic in the Bas-Congo Province

After two weeks, 104,549 children had been vaccinated against measles in 18 sites around Matadi. Our teams also vaccinated 26,147 children in Kimpese, in five vaccination posts. Project Update - 3 Feb 2006
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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