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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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Our offices around the world
Our offices around the world
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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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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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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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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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MSF Science Portal

Our digital portal dedicated to sharing the latest medical evidence from our humanitarian activities around the globe.

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Noma

Noma is a preventable and treatable neglected disease, but 90 per cent of people will die within the first two weeks of infection if they do not receive treatment.

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TIC

The TIC is aiming to change how MSF works to better meet the evolving needs of our patients.

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Telemedicine

MSF's telemedicine hub aims to overcome geographic barriers for equitable, accessible, and quality patient care.

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Sweden Innovation Unit

Launched in 2012, the MSF Sweden Innovation Unit deploys a human-centered approach for promoting a culture of innovation within MSF.

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7592 Results
 
Flooding in Unity State
South Sudan

Hundreds of thousands of people in dire conditions months after floods

In South Sudan, over 800,000 people have been directly affected by flooding, which has left them in precarious conditions, vulnerable to disease and malnutrition. Project Update - 7 Jan 2022
 
Cattle
Chad

“If the rain abandons us again, we don’t know what we will do”

In Chad, malnutrition has become a chronic crisis, due to multiple causes, including poor harvests - linked to climate change - inadequate dietary choices as well as socio-cultural factors. Project Update - 6 Jan 2022
 
Forest in Podlaskie region
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

MSF leaves Polish border after being blocked from assisting people

Without permission to assist people in need on the Polish border, we have regrettably withdrawn teams from the area. Press Release - 6 Jan 2022
 
Cameroonian refugees in Chad
Chad

Tens of thousands of people flee Cameroon as violence spreads

As violence spreads on the Cameroonian border, thousands of people have fled to Chad where our teams respond to the needs of people caught in precarious conditions. Project Update - 4 Jan 2022
 
Iraqi father holding child at Polish border
Belarus

8 things to know about the EU/Belarus border crisis

Here are eight things to know about the EU/Belarus border crisis, its effect on people on the move, and how MSF is responding. Project Update - 31 Dec 2021
 
Yangon COVID-19 treatment centre at Aung San Tuberculosis Hospital
Myanmar

Responding to COVID-19 during political crisis in Myanmar

Political turmoil shook Myanmar and the COVID-19 pandemic brought the healthcare system to its knees - our teams look back at the successes and failures of our response to the pandemic. Voices from the Field - 30 Dec 2021
 
MSF ambulance at Mamfe Distric Hospital
Cameroon

MSF statement following incident at Nguti checkpoint

MSF must be given access to provide healthcare for people in need - hindering and obstructing our work puts patients’ lives at risk. Statement - 27 Dec 2021
 
About MSF

MSF at 50 – half a century of medical humanitarian action

22 December 2021 marks 50 years since Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was formally started as an organisation. This collection of images reflects on half a century of our work. Photo Story - 22 Dec 2021
 
Al Kashafa Hospital
Sudan

MSF leaves legacy of community hospital in White Nile state

Seven years after launching an emergency response for South Sudanese refugees and local communities in Sudan’s White Nile state, we are handing over activities to the Ministry of Health. Project Update - 21 Dec 2021
 
Cabo Delgado: A crisis far from over
Mozambique

"It's extremely volatile" – people in Cabo Delgado continue to flee violence

Hundreds of thousands of people have sought refuge from ongoing conflict in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique - our teams continue to treat people in need of medical attention while on the move. Interview - 21 Dec 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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