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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 Websites

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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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Malaria

ACT NOW to get malaria treatment that works to Africa

This is an urgent call to international donors to join African countries in implementing World Health Organization (WHO) treatment guidelines for malaria. Report - 24 Apr 2003
 
Malaria

Q&A: ACT NOW to get malaria treatment that works to Africa

We need to implement ACT today. We need to ACT NOW. Project Update - 24 Apr 2003
 
Malaria

Africa Malaria Day 2003: MSF says foot-dragging on malaria treatment change has lethal consequences

The continuing use of ineffective drugs despite alarming levels of resistance is leading to increased treatment failure and deaths. Press Release - 24 Apr 2003
 
Malaria

ACT NOW to get malaria treatment that works to Africa

MSF is seeking to change the current dynamic in which the lack of political and financial support on the part of donors means that endemic countries are often encouraged to "leave alone" failing malaria treatment and are not given financial and technical help to implement more effective strategies.


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from the International Activity Report Report - 23 Apr 2003
 
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Sudan

Food situation deteriorating in Akuem and Marial-Lou

MSF urges the World Food Programme (WFP) to continue its
food distributions. Press Release - 23 Apr 2003
 
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Iraq

MSF medical diagnosis on Iraq

MSF's International President, Dr Morten Rostrup, was the medical coordinator in Baghdad and has just returned to Europe when the team was rotated. At a briefing for international journalists today in Brussels, he described what MSF sees as the challenges in Iraq. This a is summary of his remarks. Project Update - 23 Apr 2003
 
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Indonesia

MSF at the crossroads in Indonesia

MSF activity shifts from emergency assistance to a longer term approach - AIDS, TB and malaria treatment have become focus points for future activity. Project Update - 22 Apr 2003
 
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China

MSF to open Aids clinic in Hubei

The MSF Xiangfan clinic aims to offer a full range of treatments for up to 500 people. The clinic will employ more than a dozen staff, including two expatriate doctors. Project Update - 19 Apr 2003
 
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Côte d'Ivoire

MSF urges all parties involved in the conflict to respect civilian populations

MSF urges all parties involved in the conflict to respect civilian populations. Press Release - 17 Apr 2003
 
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Rwanda

Release of genocide suspects in Rwanda prompts concern for survivors

Since the conflict nine years ago the fabric of society in Rwanda has largely disintegrated, leaving today's survivors fearful of trusting those around them. Many of the freed ex-prisoners are expected to return to their local communities to live alongside survivors of the atrocities, prompting serious concern about the psychological effect on the victims. Project Update - 14 Apr 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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