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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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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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Angola

Pretence of normality

On 11th November Angola will celebrate 25 years of independence. This date also marks 25 years of war between the Angolan Government and Unita. Since December 1998, the conflict has been going through a new and particularly violent phase. Project Update - 9 Nov 2000
 
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Angola

Forced displacements and increasing violence

At the end of 1998, after the few years of relative peace that followed the Lusaka Agreements, war began again in Angola. Project Update - 9 Nov 2000
 
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Angola

Civilians caught in the crossfire

MSF Report: Angola: Pretence of normality Project Update - 9 Nov 2000
 
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Angola

Deterioration of the medical and nutritional situation

Beyond simply the violence, the resumption of the conflict at the end of 1998 has also had a serious impact on the medical and nutritional situation of the Angolan population. Project Update - 9 Nov 2000
 
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Humanitarian challenges

Population deprived of assistance

MSF has been present in Angola since 1983. From this date until 1997, MSF teams worked with the Angolan populations in both government-controlled zones and those controlled by Unita, then in 1997 under the control of the GURN (the Government of Unity and National Reconciliation). Project Update - 9 Nov 2000
 
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Afghanistan

No safe home

In the Taliban's latest push to gain total control of Afghanistan, the civilian population, which has suffered chronic conflict for over two decades, has been subjected to acute hardships of disease, displacement, food shortages and fighting. The situation is set to worsen with the coming winter, but humanitarian assistance is scarce and the UK government refuses to assist. Project Update - 7 Nov 2000
 
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Russia

Strong words on Chechnya

On the occasion of Russian President Putin's visit to the European summit in Paris on October 30 and 31, the MSF country managers for Chechnya addressed the international media on the humanitarian situation in Chechnya. Project Update - 6 Nov 2000
 
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Uganda

Ebola still not under control in Uganda

The Ebola epidemic in the north of Uganda is still not under control. As of October 30, 244 people have been infected with the virus and 73 have died. While the measures taken so far have clearly been successful, there is still a chance of the epidemic spreading beyond the Gulu district and there have been some cases with strong clinical evidence appearing in neighbouring areas. Project Update - 6 Nov 2000
 
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Malawi

A Malawi AIDS patient's exceedingly rare choice

Just 30 nationwide get costly 3-drug therapy. Project Update - 2 Nov 2000
 
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Natural disasters

MSF and Hurricane Mitch:Two years later

On October 28, 1998 Hurricane Mitch, a storm of unprecedented size, passed over Central America leaving millions of dollars of damage in its wake. Entire populations were affected and the often poorest left homeless, often completely wiped out from the storm. Water and sanitation systems were destroyed, debris and filth scattered everywhere. Project Update - 27 Oct 2000
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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