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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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Georgia: DR-TB patients find hope in new treatments
Pakistan

Innovative TB trial starts in Sindh province

MSF and Interactive Research and Development have announced the start of a clinical trial in Pakistan that aims to find better, shorter treatments against multidrug-resistant forms of tuberculosis. Press Release - 31 Oct 2019
 
Floods in Pibor
South Sudan

People stranded, cut off from care in severe flooding in South Sudan

MSF teams are responding as thousands of people have been left stranded in parts of east and northeast South Sudan in the wake of severe flooding. Press Release - 21 Oct 2019
 
Advanced HIV in Kinshasa
HIV/AIDS

Burden sharing or burden shifting? How the HIV/TB response is being derailed

The report <i>Burden sharing or burden shifting? How the HIV/TB response is being derailed</i> examines the HIV and TB response in nine countries where MSF runs programmes. With a focus on the financial resources available, this report highlights the current risks and gaps in HIV and TB service delivery in these countries. Report - 7 Oct 2019
 
MSF protest against sofosbuvir patent in Munich
Access to medicines

20 years on, the access-to-medicines battle is going global

MSF started the Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines back in 1999 when our field staff didn't have the appropriate tools and medicines to treat our patients. Now known as the Access Campaign, they are taking the fight for access to medicines global. Op-Ed - 27 Sep 2019
 
MSF’s Hepatitis C Clinic in Machar Colony, Karachi
Pakistan

Working to turn the tide of hepatitis C in Karachi’s Machar Colony

Pakistan has the world's second-highest number of people with hepatitis C. Médecins Sans Frontières is focusing on tackling the viral infection in Karachi. Project Update - 20 Sep 2019
 
Kim Kholling (50)
India

Putting people at the centre of TB, HIV and hepatitis treatment in Manipur

For MSF in Manipur, India, people and their needs are at the centre of how treatment is provided for tuberculosis, HIV and hepatitis C. Photo Story - 30 Jul 2019
 
Diffa. Preventing the spread of hepatitis E
Hepatitis E

Hepatitis E should be considered a neglected tropical disease

Types of hepatitis E that primarily affect people with poor access to safe water and sanitation has received little attention and funding. By classifying hepatitis E as a neglected tropical disease by the World Health Organization, the spotlight could highlight the resources needed to address the disease. Journal article - 26 Jul 2019
 
Hepatitis C treatment in Mykolaiv
Ukraine

Effective drugs and patient support to combat Ukraine’s hepatitis C epidemic

A combination of generic drugs coupled with a comprehensive patient support model has shown promising results in a pilot project run by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Ukraine. Project Update - 25 Jul 2019
 
Hepatitis C active case finding
Cambodia

Affordable drugs and new hepatitis C treatment method save lives

MSF is working with the Cambodian Ministry of Health to increase access to care for people with hepatitis C and has introduced innovative ways of diagnosing and treating the disease. Project Update - 24 Jul 2019
 
Closure Insein Clinic, Yangon Myanmar - Minzayar Oo - June 2019
Myanmar

Clinic closure marks milestone for HIV treatment in Myanmar

MSF teams have been treating people living with HIV in the Insein clinic, in Yangon, Myanmar, since 2014. With the national HIV programme able to continue treatment programmes, we've now closed Insein; MSF counsellor Ko Myo Kyaw explains life at our clinic. Project Update - 8 Jul 2019
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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