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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 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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Kenya

New Kenya project affirms commitment to AIDS treatment

After opening ARV treatment projects in collaboration with the Ministry of Health in Homa Bay and Nairobi earlier, MSF has now undertaken a similar ARV programme in Busia District. The district, that straddles the border between Kenya and Uganda, is estimated to have a high HIV/AIDS prevalence, with official figures varying between 22% (2000) and 34% (1999). Press Release - 6 Aug 2003
 
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Indonesia

MSF tackles malaria outbreak

In a remote area in North Maluku, MSF discovered that six children had died fom the disease in the past two weeks alone. A swift response is required. Project Update - 5 Aug 2003
 
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Mexico

Big Pharma puts block on cheap drug imports

Nick Mathiason on poor countries' ongoing struggle to obtain generic pharmaceuticals: For decades, 'big pharma' has fought to limit the scope of countries to import cheap copies of its patented drugs. In the post-industrial age, patents are the most valuable commodity a company has and are jealously guarded. - This article first appeared in The Observer Project Update - 3 Aug 2003
 
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Liberia

Monrovia casebook: Stray bullets threaten every corner of life

A 10-year-old girl called Amuchee had been hit by a stray bullet that had lodged in her arm but with no serious damage. One of the nurses told me that, in the local Bassa language, the child's name means "she will live." Project Update - 1 Aug 2003
 
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Uzbekistan

Thin Girl with a Headscarf

Richard Mowll worked for several months as a logistician with MSF in Uzbekistan. Below he describes an encounter with just one of thousands of Uzbeks suffering from tuberculosis. Project Update - 1 Aug 2003
 
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Liberia

Monrovia casebook: The old man I forgot

MSF volunteer, Dr Andrew Schechtman has been in the Liberian capital of Monrovia working with the local population, providing medical aid to people suffering from gunshot and mortar wounds to malaria and cholera. This casebook story is also available on the BBC website. Project Update - 31 Jul 2003
 
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Liberia

A cholera outbreak in Monrovia goes unchecked as street fighting continues

"Treating cholera is simple but controlling the spread of the disease is not, especially in the extremely poor sanitary conditions existing in Monrovia today," said an MSF staff member trying to describe the difficulty of controling the cholera epidemic in this embattled city. Project Update - 31 Jul 2003
 
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Liberia

Treating war wounded in a city under siege

One team that MSF had set up in West Point has transformed itself into a wheelbarrow ambulance brigade. They have taken it upon themselves to bring severely injured patients to the MSF hospital in Mamba Point by stretcher and wheelbarrow. On their return trips to West Point, they carry medical supplies, food and drinking water that MSF sends to help support the Catholic Mission Clinic there. Project Update - 30 Jul 2003
 
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Liberia

Monrovia casebook: "I feel safer when I hear the gunshots"

Dr Andrew Schechtman of MSF has been witnessing the tragedy unfold in the Liberian capital, Monrovia. A pregnant woman arrives and the team struggles to save the unborn baby. Another woman, a victim of rape, reaffirms the state of lawlessness in Monrovia.
 Project Update - 30 Jul 2003
 
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South Africa

Launch of HIV treatment, care and support program in Lusikisiki

MSF and the Nelson Mandela Foundation have launched a new programme for HIV treatment, care and support in Lusikisiki, in South Africa's Eastern Cape region. Press Release - 29 Jul 2003
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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