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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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War in Gaza:: find out how we're responding
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HIV/AIDS

G8 retreating from disease commitments: activists

A series of draft statements on health, obtained by MSF and shared with The Globe and Mail, shows progressively weaker language about AIDS and the killer diseases afflicting the poorest countries. Project Update - 30 May 2003
 
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DNDi

DND Conference review

DND Conference: The Crisis of Neglected Diseases: Developing Treatments and Ensuring Access. March 12-14, 2002 Workshop and Conference, New York City Project Update - 8 Apr 2002
 
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Brazil

The Boys From Brazil

It is a decision that will be hailed by many. Medecines Sans Frontiers, Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and the Congress of South African Trade Unions have announced that they will break South African law to import generic versions of AIDS drugs to South Africa from Brazil. Project Update - 25 Feb 2002
 
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El Salvador

MSF continues work at El Salvador earthquake

The emergency intervention by MSF at the earthquake in El Salvador is entering a quieter phase after the first two hectic weeks. Many international NGO's have left however MSF is continuing its intervention. Project Update - 5 Feb 2001
 
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El Salvador

MSF provides first assistance after earthquake

MSF has ongoing operations in El Salvador and has now moved to assist emergency operations in the capital, San Salvador, following an earthquake that struck 55 kilometres south of Playa Blanca, which is 100 kilometres from the capital, San Salvador, on 12 January. Project Update - 15 Jan 2001
 
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Dengue fever

Dengue epidemic spreading in Central America

Tegucigalpa declares Red Alert due to haemorrhagic dengue outbreak. Project Update - 16 Oct 2000
 
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Dengue fever

Forward planing underestimated dengue outbreak

Expectations for dengue fever in El Salvador are planned on the number of cases from the previous year. With a low incidence level in 1999, outbreaks this year were severely underestimated Project Update - 16 Oct 2000
 
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El Salvador

MSF starts dengue project in El Salvador

MSF teams in El Salvador have started for a dengue control project and case management support in the three departments worst-hit by the current dengue epidemic, which has been declared a national emergency. Project Update - 16 Oct 2000
 
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El Salvador

Dengue fever campaigns start in El Salvador

The dengue fever in El Salvador continues to spread. The death toll so far has reached 30 people (28 children and two adults), indicating a high fatality rate of greater than seven per cent. Project Update - 25 Sep 2000
 
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El Salvador

Dengue fever description in El Salvador

Dengue fever is caused by arboviruses, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, principally Aedes aegypti. There are four serotypes of dengue virus, and they are all responsible for the same disease. Infection is frequently asymptomatic, or leads to one of the two clinical forms of dengue: dengue fever and dengue haemorrhagic fever. Project Update - 19 Sep 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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