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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 Response Measles Vaccination (Am Timan District)
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War in Gaza:: find out how we're responding
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Hepatis E outbreak in Diffa
Niger

Hepatitis E outbreak in Diffa – 186 pregnant women admitted to hospital

Project Update 19 Jun 2017
 
violence and displacement in Bria
Central African Republic

“I’m a civilian, not a fighter. Why did they attack me?”

Voices from the Field 19 Jun 2017
 
MSF HOSPITAL, IDLIB Region, SYRIA
Syria

MSF to Resume its Medical Support to East Ghouta

Press Release 16 Jun 2017
 
Kibera South Health Centre
Kenya

20 years of MSF in Kibera

Project Update 16 Jun 2017
 
Healthcare in Ameriyat al Fallujah
Iraq

Mental health needs mount after years of war

Project Update 15 Jun 2017
 
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

MSF-Analysis articles on Migration & Refugees

MSF-Analysis. 15 Jun 2017
 
IDP ALINDAO (CAR)
Central African Republic

Scores dead and thousands displaced as conflict erupts in Alindao

Voices from the Field 9 Jun 2017
 
Raqqa IDPS in north Syria
Syria

Airstrikes or minefields – Raqqa’s residents face a deadly choice

Press Release 9 Jun 2017
 
CAR - Mar 2017
Central African Republic

Will Bambari be next?

Project Update 8 Jun 2017
 
Vaccination in Masisi, Eastern DRC
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MSF Analysis

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Maternal and Child Health services in Douentza Hospital .
Medical resource

Medical Guidelines: Essential obstetric and newborn care

msf.org 5 Jun 2017
 
Insein clinic, for treatment for HIV, TB, and Hepatitis C in Yangon. By Alessandro Penso, Feb 2018.
Medical resource

Medical Guidelines: Essential drugs

msf.org 5 Jun 2017
 
Insein clinic, for treatment for HIV, TB, and Hepatitis C in Yangon. By Alessandro Penso, Feb 2018.
Tuberculosis

Medical Guidelines: Tuberculosis

msf.org 5 Jun 2017
 
South-Sudan: thousands at risk of cholera and malnutrition in Pieri
South Sudan

“They killed the women, the girls, everybody in the town”

Voices from the Field 2 Jun 2017
 
South-Sudan: thousands at risk of cholera and malnutrition in Pieri
South Sudan

Thousands at risk of cholera and malnutrition after fleeing attacks in Yuai and Waat

Press Release 2 Jun 2017
 
Rohingya camp expansion
Water and sanitation

The Evolution of Emergency WASH in Humanitarian Action

msf.es 1 Jun 2017
 
Post Operative Care in South Mosul, Iraq
Iraq

Crisis Update – northern Iraq, June 2017

Crisis Update 31 May 2017
 
Nigeria: Fighting the worst meningitis C epidemic in nine years
Nigeria

“The lack of diagnostics and available treatments are the main challenges”

Voices from the Field 30 May 2017
 
Niger - Meningintis vaccination - April 2017
Meningitis

MSF responds to declared outbreaks in Nigeria and Niger

Project Update 30 May 2017
 
Tanzania: World Malaria Day - photo story
Tanzania

Departing Nyarugusu camp, MSF continues refugee response at nearby Nduta

Press Release 30 May 2017
 
24 hours in Magaria ITFC
Photo Story

Gallery: Magaria: 24 hours with the teams

30 May 2017
Photo Story
 
DRC - Tanganyika IDPs may 2017
Democratic Republic of Congo

“If we sit back and do nothing, these people will die”

Voices from the Field 26 May 2017
 
DRC - Tanganyika IDPs may 2017
Democratic Republic of Congo

Malnutrition and disease ravage the settlements around Kalémie

Press Release 26 May 2017
 
MSF Hospital in Bangassou, CAR
Central African Republic

Unacceptable violence in Bangassou hospital

Project Update 26 May 2017
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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