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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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7465 Results
 
MSF's clinic in Arsal
Lebanon

Healthcare system in Lebanon disintegrates as political vacuum persists

As the situation in Lebanon deteriorates and the economic crisis worsens, the healthcare system has been pushed to its limit, leaving the most vulnerable without access to essential treatment. Project Update - 1 Sep 2021
 
Haiti earthquake - Tabarre
Haiti

The long road to recovery for earthquake survivors in Haiti

A week after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake shook Haiti to its core, our teams continue to treat patients with complex injuries. Project Update - 30 Aug 2021
 
Khost Tani outreach
Afghanistan

Amid uncertainty, hospitals are still full in Afghanistan

Amid the uncertainty and upheaval in Afghanistan, MSF teams are continuing to work in hospitals across the country. Two MSF medical staff recount how, once the fighting subsided, an influx of patients arrived in Lahskar Gah and Khost provinces. Voices from the Field - 27 Aug 2021
 
Borno State – Pulka
Nigeria

MSF ends activities in Gwoza and Pulka

MSF first worked in Borno, northeast Nigeria, in 2014. We have had a continuous presence in the state since 2016, running five hospitals across Borno state, providing a range of services, including treatment for malnutrition and malaria. Interview - 25 Aug 2021
 
Hepatitis E, AWD and WASH in Bentiu IDP camp, South Sudan
South Sudan

Hepatitis E on the rise among poor sanitary conditions in Bentiu camp

MSF has repeatedly warned of the terrible sanitary conditions in Bentiu camp, South Sudan, as the number of hepatitis E cases continue to rise. The outbreak of the viral liver disease has resulted in the deaths of two people. Press Release - 25 Aug 2021
 
Taiz City, mother and child healthcare at Al Jamhouri hospital
Yemen

Seeking healthcare in Taiz, a city split by a frontline

More than six years of war has split the city of Taiz in two, with a frontline dividing the city from people who need access to healthcare - something often inaccessible and unaffordable in Yemen. Project Update - 24 Aug 2021
 
Haiti earthquake - Jérémy
Haiti

After the earthquake, a surgical team works nonstop

The 14 August earthquake in southern Haiti caused significant damage to infrastructure, killing over a thousand people and injuring many. MSF surgical team continues to provide care in its health facilities. Interview - 23 Aug 2021
 
CAR: Conflict hits the countryside
Central African Republic

Renewed conflict has displaced hundreds of thousands of people in Central African Republic

Fighting across the Central African Republic has left many people wounded, hundreds of thousands displaced, and continues to restrict organisations’ ability to provide healthcare. Project Update - 20 Aug 2021
 
Kunduz Emergency Trauma Unit
Afghanistan

Medical needs urgent as ever in Afghanistan after Taliban takeover

As the government of Afghanistan collapsed last week and the Taliban have taken control, we continue to run activities across the country for myriad medical needs. Project Update - 18 Aug 2021
 
Haiti earthquake
Haiti

Death, destruction and thousands of injured people in wake of Haiti earthquake

After a 7.2 magnitude earthquake destroyed large swathes of Haiti’s infrastructure, killing over one thousand people, and leaving thousands injured, we are responding to the multiple needs in the country. Project Update - 17 Aug 2021
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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