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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 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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Cape Verde

MSF emergency team responding to first ever dengue fever outbreak in Cape Verde

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has sent a team to support the hospital in Sao Filipe, the main town on the island of Fogo, where between 100 and 150 new dengue cases are being reported every day; more MSF medical staff have been sent to support health centres in Cape Verde’s capital city Praia on Santiago Island. Project Update - 16 Nov 2009
 
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Myanmar

Survival amid Myanmar's devastated Irrawaddy Delta - a volunteer's account

Sophie Scott was in the Irrawaddy Delta, Myanmar, six weeks after Cyclone Nargis struck and wrote about what she witnessed on the field. Voices from the Field - 12 Jul 2008
 
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Myanmar

Needs of survivors remain critical two months after Cyclone Nargis

It has been two months since Cyclone Nargis devastated entire communities, killed thousands, and destroyed the lives of thousands more, but the needs facing survivors remain critical. Project Update - 4 Jul 2008
 
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Myanmar

MSF hiring and training national staff for emergency response in Myanmar

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been able to respond quickly and efficiently to the needs of victims of Cyclone Nargis, but given the scale of the disaster and the specific skills required for such a response, MSF has hired and trained dozens of additional doctors, nurses, logisticians, and water and sanitation officers. Project Update - 12 Jun 2008
 
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Myanmar

Urgent needs in Myanmar press MSF aid efforts

Interview with Souheil Reaiche, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Head of Mission in Yangon, Myanmar. Interview - 8 May 2008
 
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Myanmar

MSF teams bring immediate assistance, while additional staff and relief materials are ready to be sent

The numerous and spontaneous multiple gathering sites for the displaced means bringing the appropriate assistance will be challenging. Press Release - 7 May 2008
 
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Brazil

Medical and psych care amidst the violence in Rio de Janeiro

MSF runs an emergency room in the community of Fazendinha, located in the heart of the neighbourhood, where four main services are offered: emergency care, mental health services, referrals through MSF vehicles, and orientation to patients not fitting the MSF admission criteria. Project Update - 6 Mar 2008
 
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Cambodia

Cases of dengue decrease in Takeo hospital but efforts to control outbreak must continue

The shortage of blood for transfusions, needed in case of complications, is also a concern. Project Update - 17 Jul 2007
 
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Cambodia

Waiting for a miracle

From the Sunday Times Authors Series: novelist Jim Crace travels to Cambodia where tourism is booming. But behind the veneer of success, life is fraught with danger â€" Aids and malaria are rife, and the countryside is littered with landmines. Saddled with chronically inadequate health care, many depend on charities to survive. In the Media - 23 Jan 2006
 
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Natural disasters

Asian tsunami: One year on, health watch remains a key MSF concern

Click for MSF report on the tsunami at one year. Including all operational and financial reports for the year.
Throughout the course of 2005 MSF has responded to the devastating consequences of the tsunami in Aceh with programmes ranging from emergency relief and surgery, to mental health and the rehabilitation of health structures.
Now, a year later, MSF continues to monitor the health situation for vulnerable communities in the region and remains ready to respond to any emergencies. Project Update - 28 Dec 2005
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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