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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
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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Afghanistan

MSF team returns to Kabul

This morning (Nov 13, 2001), a team of volunteers from the international medical aid agency Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) managed to reach Kabul, Afghanistan from the Panshir Valley. Press Release - 13 Nov 2001
 
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Access to medicines

Rich countries blocking drug deal for poor countries

Agreement on TRIPS and public health under threat. An agreement on patents and public health could make or break the WTO's meeting in Doha, according to agencies Oxfam International, Medecins Sans Frontieres and Third World Network. Press Release - 9 Nov 2001
 
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Afghanistan

MSF opens programmes for displaced Afghans inside Afghanistan

MSF opens programmes for displaced Afghans inside Afghanistan. Press Release - 9 Nov 2001
 
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Access to medicines

A Matter of Life and Death: The role of patents in access to essential medicines

MSF briefing document for the 4th WTO Ministerial Conference in Doha, Qatar, November 9-13, 2001 Report - 9 Nov 2001
 
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Afghanistan

Humanitarian aid and military intervention don't mix

For years the people of Afghanistan have been caught in one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. In all provinces where Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) work, a clear degradation in nutritional status has been seen. In the first part of this year an outbreak of scurvy was detected and cases of cholera were on the rise. Project Update - 7 Nov 2001
 
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Afghanistan

An aid worker's tale: Refugees facing world's wrath, fierce winter

This interview was first placed on the ABC.com internet site. To access the story directly at ABC.com click here Project Update - 7 Nov 2001
 
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Sri Lanka

Hospital volunteers trained in northern Sri Lanka

The MSF team in Mallavi, Sri Lanka, has recently trained 35 volunteers who will assist with basic care in the local hospital. Mallavi is a town in the northern part of Sri Lanka held by the LTTE. Project Update - 7 Nov 2001
 
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Afghanistan

Chaos in Afghanistan: famine, aid, and bombs

During the first six months of this year, MSF collected malnutrition data through rapid assessment (measurement of mid-upper arm circumference) in three provinces of western Afghanistan: Herat, Badghis, and Kandahar.4 Drought in these areas has caused cereal harvests to fall by 50% in 1999 and 85-90% in 2000, and many livestock have died Project Update - 6 Nov 2001
 
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Peru

Women's health in Amazon affected by exclusion

A study by MSF reveals that social-economic and cultural exclusion of indigenous and mixed race women in the Amazon region leads to high rates of sickness and death. Press Release - 30 Oct 2001
 
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Peru

After six years of development, MSF hands over project to health ministry

MSF's project to improve access to health care for isolated communities in the Masisea and Iparia districts in Peru has reached its targets and was transferred to the Ministry of Health. Project Update - 30 Oct 2001
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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