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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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Haiti

A precarious calm in Port-au-Prince

"We have seen two major peaks in the violence over the past year," said the MSF Head of Mission. "We hope this precarious calm lasts, because the civilian toll so far has been enormous." Project Update - 3 Feb 2006
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Fighting in DR Congo's Katanga region wreaks havoc among the population

"We lived in the bush for six months because we were too scared to go back to our village," said Ngombe Kangula , chief of Kitondwa, a village in the north-east of the DR Congo's vast and mineral rich Katanga Province. "I lost my wife because there was no medicine. I have only one child left, the other four are all dead."
His story is not unusual among the displaced in Dubie, DRC. Project Update - 2 Feb 2006
 
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Access to Healthcare

WHO Executive Board moves ahead with promising proposal that re-examines health R&D priorities and financing

"By going forward with the resolution, the WHO Board has shown its commitment to exploring solutions to a problem that leaves millions of people in developing countries without access to treatment", said Ellen 't Hoen, Head of Policy and Advocacy at MSF's Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines. Press Release - 30 Jan 2006
 
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Russia

Moscow's street children endure, and survive, Russia's record-low temperatures

The severe cold will bring health problems in its wake. Fortunately, MSF has seen no alarming health consequences yet among kids. Project Update - 30 Jan 2006
 
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Honduras lacks ARVs: Civil society organizes and MSF quickly provides supplies

In the face of imminent interruption of supplies of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs for HIV/AIDS patients in Honduras, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) must again "lend" necessary medicines to ensure continuity of care. The Honduran government, which did not order the medications in a timely fashion, has offered a vague response on the issue, leaving patients and medical and humanitarian groups in an untenable position. Project Update - 26 Jan 2006
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Desperate situation for thousands of displaced in DR Congo's Katanga Region

"MSF was already working in the area with a hospital in Dubie and health centres in surrounding districts, but dealing with such an influx of people, many in a terrible state of health, has been overwhelming," explained MSF project co-ordinator Goedele Van Bavel. Project Update - 26 Jan 2006
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

The humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Statement delivered by Helen O'Neill, Deputy Director of Operations, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to the United Nations Security Council Arria Formula meeting, January 24, 2006. Statement - 24 Jan 2006
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF suspends work in parts of the Congo-Brazzaville following robberies and threats

Organization calls on armed groups to respect the safety of aid workers. Project Update - 24 Jan 2006
 
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Cambodia

Waiting for a miracle

From the Sunday Times Authors Series: novelist Jim Crace travels to Cambodia where tourism is booming. But behind the veneer of success, life is fraught with danger â€" Aids and malaria are rife, and the countryside is littered with landmines. Saddled with chronically inadequate health care, many depend on charities to survive. In the Media - 23 Jan 2006
 
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Haiti

Escalating violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti inflicts heavy civilian toll

MSF calls on all armed groups in the capital to respect safety of civilians and allow immediate access to emergency medical care. Press Release - 19 Jan 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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