MSF affiliated organisations

The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) is an independent, non-profit partnership working to research and develop new and improved treatments for neglected diseases such as kala azar (visceral leishmaniasis), sleeping sickness (human African trypanosomiasis), Chagas disease and malaria. DNDi recently expanded its portfolio to include paediatric HIV and specific helminth-related infections.

The initiative was founded in 2003 by the Brazilian Oswaldo Cruz Foundation/Farmanguinhos, the Indian Council for Medical Research, the Kenya Medical Research Institute, the Ministry of Health of Malaysia, the Pasteur Institute, France, and MSF.  The World Health Organization’s Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases is a permanent observer.

To learn more, please visit www.dndi.org

Created in 1987 by MSF, Epicentre is a non-profit organisation specialising in public health and epidemiology in developing countries.

Epicentre conducts research and training activities in the range of MSF interventions.

Headquartered in Paris, with research centres in Niger and Uganda, Epicentre’s 160-person team conducts epidemiological research and assessments, and provides training to MSF staff and university students. The centre has also developed expertise in the development and field installation of software applications for the management of health information.

In 1996, Epicentre became a World Health Organization collaborating centre for research in epidemiology and response to emerging diseases. To learn more, please visit www.epicentre.msf.org