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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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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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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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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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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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MSF Science Portal

Our digital portal dedicated to sharing the latest medical evidence from our humanitarian activities around the globe.

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Noma

Noma is a preventable and treatable neglected disease, but 90 per cent of people will die within the first two weeks of infection if they do not receive treatment.

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TIC

The TIC is aiming to change how MSF works to better meet the evolving needs of our patients.

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Telemedicine

MSF's telemedicine hub aims to overcome geographic barriers for equitable, accessible, and quality patient care.

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Sweden Innovation Unit

Launched in 2012, the MSF Sweden Innovation Unit deploys a human-centered approach for promoting a culture of innovation within MSF.

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7591 Results
 
Mesoamerican endemic Nephropathy (MeN) a humanitarian crisis in Guatemala
Guatemala

Fighting chronic kidney disease in southern Guatemala

MSF has been working in the department of Escuintla, Guatemala, to implement a comprehensive, sustainable and reproducible care model for chronic kidney disease of non-traditional origin, since August 2021. Project Update - 11 Aug 2022
 
Mozambique: Inside MSF’s relief items kits distributions to newly displaced people in Cabo Delgado
Mozambique

Tens of thousands of people displaced by conflict in need of essential items in Cabo Delgado

In Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, more than 80,000 people have been displaced due to violence since June - MSF provides essential items for displaced people who have lost everything. Voices from the Field - 11 Aug 2022
 
Emergency Medical Aid (EMA) for new arrivals in Samos, Greece
Greece

Fear, beatings and forced returns for people seeking safety on Greek island of Samos

Over the past year, MSF has treated hundreds of people seeking safety on the Greek island of Samos with emergency care, after many have experienced multiple forms of violence on their journeys. Project Update - 9 Aug 2022
 
Violent practices against migrants
Hungary

Alarming violence occurring at Hungary-Serbia border

Patients and medical data from MSF indicate repeated use of violence, allegedly committed by Hungarian authorities, against people crossing the Serbia-Hungary border. Press Release - 4 Aug 2022
 
North Kivu: displaced communities are losing hope as M23 crisis drags on
Democratic Republic of Congo

Hundreds of thousands at risk without food, shelter or healthcare in North Kivu

As violence and conflict continue to flare between the M23 group and the army in DRC, hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced, without food, healthcare or proper shelter. Project Update - 3 Aug 2022
 
Rotation 13 - Rescues 1-6
Mediterranean migration

High risk of more deaths in the Mediterranean over lack of search and rescue operations

MSF along with SOS MEDITERRANEE and SEA-WATCH urgently call for the provision of European state-led search and rescue operations in the central Mediterranean to prevent more unnecessary deaths. Press Release - 3 Aug 2022
 
MSF Emergency Centre in Turgeau
Haiti

Dozens of people hit by stray bullets as fierce violence flares up again in Port-au-Prince

As fighting intensifies in the capital of Haiti and our teams continue to treat people with gunshot wounds, we call on all parties of the conflict to ensure civilians are spared from the violence. Press Release - 29 Jul 2022
 
The journey to reversing the curve
HIV/AIDS

MSF at AIDS 2022

Details of how to find info on MSF publications, materials, and sessions at the 24th International AIDS Conference in Montreal, 29 July - 2 August 2022. Project Update - 28 Jul 2022
 
Medical consequences of the violence in Port-au-Prince
Haiti

People continue to suffer amongst extreme violence in the heart of Haiti's capital

Our teams in Haiti's capital continue to receive hundreds of patients with bullet wounds and trauma, while those trapped amongst the violence, struggle to access healthcare. Project Update - 28 Jul 2022
 
This baby was born by emergency caesarean section, Nablus Hospital, West Mosul
Iraq

MSF in Iraq annual report 2021

The 2021 MSF Iraq annual report provides an overview on all MSF activities in Iraq during the year. Report - 27 Jul 2022
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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