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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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Sudan

MSF closes one team but remains active in southern Sudan

Some of the leading humanitarian organisations currently active in southern Sudan have been forced to withdraw from the rebel-held territory after they had refused to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the SRRA, the humanitarian branch of the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA). NGOs who have failed to sign by the March 1 deadline have been obliged to leave. Project Update - 1 Mar 2000
 
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Mozambique

Chokwe flood victims face dam-burst threat

Flood waters and stranded populations remain the presing concerns for the MSF workers currently in Mozambique. The focus has been on caring for stranded populations who are awaiting evacuation to safer districts. Water levels have climbed steadily and quickly and the flooding, that has left over 800,000 homeless, has been the worst in 50 years. Project Update - 1 Mar 2000
 
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Mozambique

Immediate concern for the isolated populations after Mozambique floods

MSF is currently active in Mozambique in the Gaza province, west of Maputo. In total, there are 12 MSF ex-pats there. Project Update - 28 Feb 2000
 
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Russia

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Testimonies from Chechen Refugees in Georgia. Taken by MSF in December 1999, in Akhmeta, Georgia. Project Update - 25 Feb 2000
 
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Madagascar

Madagascar cholera epidemic

For the first time in the island's recent history, Madagascar has been hit by a cholera epidemic. The first cases were identified in the province of Mahajanga in March 1999. The outbreak spread rapidly there, as well as in the neighboring provinces of Antananarivo and Diégo-Suarez Project Update - 22 Feb 2000
 
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Madagascar

MSF withdraws from Toliara province

Tuesday morning, the Swiss Section of the organization MSF officially announced the immediate and total withdrawal of all its teams working in Madagascar, in response to the refusal of authorities to allow them access to treat cholera victims. Press Release - 22 Feb 2000
 
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Mozambique

National and international response to Mozambique floods

The Mozambique government has launched an official appeal for US$2.7-million for emergency humanitarian assistance. The Government saidthat it estimated it would need approximately US$15 million to fully rehabilitate the flood-stricken areas. Project Update - 18 Feb 2000
 
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Ethiopia

MSF suspends Degeha Bur programme following fatal attack

On 7th February 2000, 10 heavily armed men opened fire on an MSF vehicle travelling in the Ogaden desert, killing the driver and wounding the two passengers. The more seriously injured passenger was an MSF logistician. Project Update - 17 Feb 2000
 
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Ethiopia

Attack described as a deliberate attempt to kill

The attack of February 7 on an MSF vehicle and its occupants in Ethiopia is now being described by MSF as a deliberate attack with the intent to kill aid workers. Project Update - 10 Feb 2000
 
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Mexico

DOTS programme for TB starts in Nukus

International humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), together with the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan, launches a tuberculosis program in Nukus tuberculosis hospital, from where it will expand its DOTS program to all of Karakalpakstan and Khorezm Press Release - 9 Feb 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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