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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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War in Gaza:: find out how we're responding
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Russia

MSF condemns relocation of displaced Chechens

What has happened in Znamenskoye leads MSF to believe that this pattern of so-called 'voluntary' return will repeat itself elsewhere in the Caucacus region, where another estimated 180,000 displaced have moved in order to escape the violence in Chechnya, where bombings, shootings, arbitrary arrests and torture are routine. Press Release - 9 Jul 2002
 
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HIV/AIDS

AIDS and promises - an alphabet soup of good intentions

G8, EU, OAU, UNGASS and the WTO have all made elaborate promises for the Global Fund. But the reality is, of the $2.08 billion that has been pledged, only $700-800 million will be available for disbursal in 2002. This figure is less than a tenth of what is estimated to be required each year to tackle AIDS alone Project Update - 9 Jul 2002
 
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HIV/AIDS

Waiting to treat AIDS is a crime

New data reasserts the feasibility of antiretroviral treatment in resource-poor settings. Governments still refuse to commit funds for life-extending medicines. Campaign - 7 Jul 2002
 
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HIV/AIDS

Why is the West ignoring AIDS?

As Africa-style Aids epidemics are set to spread to Eastern Europe and India, the richer nations are only giving a fraction of what's needed. Magin McKenna reports on a battle to save the world. Project Update - 7 Jul 2002
 
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HIV/AIDS

MSF at the XIV International AIDS Conference

MSF is attending the XIV International AIDS Conference from July 8-12 in Barcelona, Spain. On July 7, MSF is presenting a half-day satellite meeting along with Health GAP (Global Access Project) on the theme of transforming AIDS treatment from right to reality. Project Update - 7 Jul 2002
 
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HIV/AIDS

Cost-effectiveness is no measure for medical treatment

Rather than accepting the price of drugs as immutable, WHO should be putting more energy into working with UNAIDS to bring the price of antiretrovirals within
reach, calling for more funding and contesting those worldwide forces that keep billions of people in perpetual poverty. Project Update - 6 Jul 2002
 
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HIV/AIDS

Costing AIDS by prevention alone is simplistic

AIDS destroys adults as workers, parents, and care givers in the prime of their lives. Treatment saves children from orphanhood; keeps households, social cohesion, and businesses intact; improves returns on social investments, such as education and
development; increases growth and security; and keeps to a minimum exacerbation of poverty. Project Update - 6 Jul 2002
 
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Thailand

Advances in Thailand often due to AIDS activism

A debate confined to issues of cost-effectiveness is too narrow, and polarisation of the debate into a prevention versus HAART argument will not help either cause. Project Update - 6 Jul 2002
 
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World AIDS Day

World AIDS experts debate

With the world finally coughing up a bit of cash to address the global AIDS pandemic, an agonizing debate is resurfacing: How much should be spent to treat those already infected and how much should be spent on preventing others from getting infected? Project Update - 3 Jul 2002
 
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Angola

Over 280 tonnes of food shipped to Angola to maintain MSF feeding centres

With 44 feeding centres, MSF is caring for over 14,000 people. The new supplies ensure operations for the next three months - but the emergency shall remain for up to a year. Project Update - 1 Jul 2002
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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