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Learn about our mission, our charter and principles, and who we are.

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How we work

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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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Timor-Leste

MSF readies for a massive population return

Preparations for MSF developments in East Timor have increased with the arrival of 30 metric tonnes of supplies in Darwin, Australia, where MSF activities in East Timor are being coordinated. In addition, a second MSF flight is scheduled for today (September 29) with additional staff and cargo. Project Update - 29 Sep 1999
 
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Timor-Leste

MSF prioritises essential needs

MSF is preparing for increased refugee needs in East Timor as well as working in camps in West Timor for the refugees. The outlying islands have also been part of MSF concern as many IDPs have found shelter off the East Timor coast. Project Update - 28 Sep 1999
 
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Timor-Leste

Large-scale destruction evident throughout East Timor

Security for humanitarian aid workers remains a problem in East Timor. Seven church workers, including two nuns, have been killed on the road between Baucau and Los Palos. MSF has been aware that the current situation has limited security and has restricted operations to areas where safety is greater. Project Update - 28 Sep 1999
 
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Timor-Leste

Security concerns limit MSF expansion

There is a five person MSF team in Dili but their movements have been restricted by security limitations. These limits have prevented the team from extending their operations into the field. No other ex-pats shall be joining the current team until at least Monday, September 27, 1999. Project Update - 26 Sep 1999
 
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South Sudan

One year later: The Famine in South Sudan

I first arrived in Panthou in May 1998 to a horrific scene. We came in to land over the vast parched desert and as we touched down hundreds of tall, skeletal people slowly, quietly moved towards the plane and surrounded it. In the MSF therapeutic feeding centre, desperate women sat under the trees holding their listless, hollow-eyed children, just skin and bone. Project Update - 23 Sep 1999
 
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Timor-Leste

MSF in action with limited security

There have been tensions with recent gunfire being heard in Dili. However it appears to have been people shooting into the air as there have been no casualties reported in the hospital. The MSF staff in Dili are only working in a local hospital as security is inadequate for the team to move externally. Project Update - 23 Sep 1999
 
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Timor-Leste

Possible resettlement of East Timor refugees

There are concerns being raised about the East Timorese population currently forced to live in West Timor. They were forced from their homes in the post-election violence and are sheltering in West Timor. Project Update - 23 Sep 1999
 
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Timor-Leste

Thirty tonnes of MSF materials on the way to East Timor

The first MSF staff, four people in total, will be on a flight from Darwin to East Timor on September 23. They have one car to go with them, filled with medicines and necessary materials. More material is on the way. Approximately 10 tonnes will be heading to East Timor by sea. The voyage is expected to take 30 hours. Project Update - 23 Sep 1999
 
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Timor-Leste

MSF returns to East Timor today

For the first time since MSF was, along with all other humanitarian organisations, ejected from East Timor, MSF has been given access to return. Project Update - 23 Sep 1999
 
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Timor-Leste

With lives at stake, MSF is denied access to East Timor

The international humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is present in Darwin with 14 international staff, 26 tonnes of medicines, sanitation material and shelter and is ready to intervene in East Timor - but access has been denied. MSF is requesting that the UN take urgent measures to prioritise humanitarian cargo and personnel and allow the humanitarian community immediate access to assist these people in need. Press Release - 21 Sep 1999
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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