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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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MSF outreach activities in Boma, GPAA
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Latest

Discover all our latest news, stories and publications. Use the filter to get to the content you're looking for.

 
Umdawanban hospital OCG
Sudan

Catastrophic health crisis in Sudan demands more action

Statement 21 Sep 2023
 
Magburaka - Enhancing access to maternal health care in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone

Helping pregnant women access timely and quality maternity services

Project Update 20 Sep 2023
 
Malnutrition emergency: mobile clinic in Ranobe
Libya

MSF begins medical activities in Derna after Storm Daniel

Interview 20 Sep 2023
 
Diphtheria, Kano project
Nigeria

Urgent response needed to curb Nigeria’s worsening diphtheria outbreak

Press Release 19 Sep 2023
 
HIV department of Arua Regional hospital
Uganda

MSF ends support to HIV programme in Arua after more than 20 years

Project Update 18 Sep 2023
 
MENTAL HEALTH IN WAR, DISPLACEMENT AND MIGRATION_ Mozambique
Mozambique

Six things to know about the destruction of Mocímboa da Praia

Project Update 14 Sep 2023
 
Amaka Joseph, 35
Access to Healthcare

Urgent measures needed to address gaps in Universal Health Coverage targets

Report 13 Sep 2023
 
Mozambique: The challenge of a safe pregnancy and childbirth in Cabo Delgado
Access to Healthcare

Universal Health Coverage targets leave behind the most vulnerable

Interview 13 Sep 2023
 
Hepatitis E cases in Al-Tanideba, Sudan
Conflict in Sudan

Forty-nine people killed in Khartoum’s deadliest weekend since conflict began

Press Release 12 Sep 2023
 
Anam, 17-years-old DR-TB patient
Tuberculosis

Johnson & Johnson and Cepheid must pledge access to lifesaving TB medicines and tests

Press Release 12 Sep 2023
 
Magaria hospital, Niger
Niger

Three things to know about the humanitarian situation in Niger

Interview 11 Sep 2023
 
Market in Kostiantynivka damaged from missile attacked
War in Ukraine

Over 30 people hospitalised after deadly attack on marketplace in Kostiantynivka

Press Release 8 Sep 2023
 
Abortion: women more at risk of death in fragile and conflict-affected settings
Women's health

Abortion: Women more at risk of death in fragile and conflict-affected settings

Project Update 5 Sep 2023
 
Camps of internally displaced people in and around Goma
Democratic Republic of Congo

The struggle to survive amidst violence and displacement in North Kivu

Documentary 4 Sep 2023
 
Hepatitis E cases in Al-Tanideba, Sudan
Conflict in Sudan

Turkish Hospital in Khartoum: Last lifeline for sick children and pregnant women

Voices from the Field 4 Sep 2023
 
Malnutrition emergency: mobile clinic in Ranobe
Central African Republic

Attacks against staff and patients in Batangafo threaten continuation of healthcare

Press Release 1 Sep 2023
 
Migrants in transit in Ecuador, Colombia and Panama
Panama

Migrants arriving in Panama in urgent need of assistance

Press Release 1 Sep 2023
 
MSF Clinical Officer examines a child at the MSF Mobile Clinic
South Sudan

Sudan returnees arrive back in South Sudan in alarming health

Press Release 31 Aug 2023
 
MSF clinic in camp Ecole in Adré, Chad
Chad

MSF appeals for immediate response to Sudanese refugee crisis in Chad

Press Release 31 Aug 2023
 
Situation in MSF's Tabarre hospital
Haiti

MSF fully reopens Tabarre hospital following armed intrusion

Press Release 29 Aug 2023
 
Massakory - MSF emergency malnutrition response
Chad

Community-focused projects aim to reduce rising malnutrition in Chad

Project Update 28 Aug 2023
 
Arbovirus Project
Honduras

Innovative approach uses mosquitos to combat dengue in Honduras

Press Release 25 Aug 2023
 
Hepatitis E cases in Al-Tanideba, Sudan
Conflict in Sudan

People trapped by indiscriminate attacks in Nyala, South Darfur

Statement 24 Aug 2023
 
Malnutrition emergency: mobile clinic in Ranobe
Libya

MSF to close medical activities in Tripoli

Press Release 24 Aug 2023
MSF Logistique - Bordeaux
How we work

How we deliver medical humanitarian assistance

Everywhere we work, the circumstances are unique. Nonetheless, our programmes generally follow a common set of practices designed to make sure our resources and expertise are used to maximum effect.

 

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