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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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Ethiopia

MSF team attacked in Ethiopia

On Monday February 7, 2000, at 3pm local time, an MSF vehicle carrying a team from the organization (one national staff, one expatriate and one passenger) was attacked in the Ogaden region of Ethiopia. Press Release - 8 Feb 2000
 
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Somalia

MSF lifts suspension of activities in Kismayo

Following a week-long assessment visit to Kismayo General Hospital in Somalia from the 20th to the 26th of January, 2000, MSF has taken the decision to lift the suspension of its activities in Kismayo as of the 1st February, 2000. Press Release - 7 Feb 2000
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF withdraws from Bunia and Ituri district

On January 29, 2000, MSF withdrew its team from Bunia and all operations in the Itiru district of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were suspended. Project Update - 2 Feb 2000
 
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Sri Lanka

MSF provides emergency medical care

On January 27, a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) surgical team once again urgently intervened in Vavuniya, in northern Sri Lanka, where a bomb killed eight people and wounded more than 50. Project Update - 28 Jan 2000
 
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Republic of Congo

War in Congo causes alarming malnutrition and mortality

UN Security Council Urged to Address Humanitarian Emergency Press Release - 24 Jan 2000
 
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Russia

Programme for refugees in Georgia and displaced in Ingushetia

MSF first started working in the North Caucasus in the early 1990s and reinforced its presence during the first Chechen war (1994-1996). However MSF teams withdrew at the end of December 1997 following several kidnappings of aid workers. Project Update - 20 Jan 2000
 
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Republic of Congo

Worsening humanitarian situation in Congo

MSF team attacked - population virtually inaccessible Press Release - 17 Jan 2000
 
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Malnutrition

MSF concerned by cases of adult malnutrition

Owing to the renewed conflict, malnutrition is widespread once again and MSF is focusing on providing nutritional assistance to resident and displaced populations in many provinces. Project Update - 17 Jan 2000
 
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Somalia

Cholera treatment centre to start

Following the recent outbreak of cholera in Mogadishu, Somalia, MSF has implemented a Cholera Treatment Centre (CTC) which will be up and running later in January. Project Update - 17 Jan 2000
 
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South Sudan

South Sudan faces 2000

Only two years ago, in 1998, at least 60,000 people died in the worst famine to hit Sudan during the twentieth century. Caused and exacerbated by bad harvests, civil war, limited access to populations in need and the diversion of food by warring factions, the crisis continued for most of the year. Project Update - 17 Jan 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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