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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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Earthquake Northwestern Syria, 7 February 2023
Natural disasters

Hospitals overwhelmed after earthquakes: “The rooms were covered in blood”

Voices from the Field 17 Feb 2023
 
MSF response to the earthquakes through Atmeh Hospital
Natural disasters

Vital needs grow in northwest Syria after the earthquakes

Project Update 15 Feb 2023
 
20230206 Earthquake, Idlib, Northwestern Syria
Natural disasters

People in northwest Syria need urgent support after earthquakes

Voices from the Field 13 Feb 2023
 
South Sudan - MSF hospital in Agok
Burkina Faso

MSF condemns the brutal and deliberate killing of two staff in Burkina Faso

Press Release 9 Feb 2023
 
Earthquake Northwestern Syria, 7 February 2023
Natural disasters

Four things to know about the earthquake response in Türkiye and Syria

Project Update 8 Feb 2023
 
20230206 Earthquake, Idlib, Northwestern Syria
Natural disasters

MSF scales up response after earthquakes hit south Türkiye and northwest Syria

Press Release 6 Feb 2023
 
(DR-TB) Patient Diagnose and Treatment | Bibi Shahisto Story
Afghanistan

Afghans deprived of healthcare by poverty, restrictions and a dysfunctional system

Press Release 6 Feb 2023
 
Malnutrition emergency: mobile clinic in Ranobe
About MSF

MSF urges WHO to ensure Global Health for Peace Initiative consults all actors

Statement 6 Feb 2023
 
Kunduz Trauma Center 40
Afghanistan

Persistent barriers to access healthcare in Afghanistan: An MSF report

Report 6 Feb 2023
 
Bilya - Noma Survivor
Neglected diseases

Noma takes step towards inclusion on WHO list of neglected tropical diseases

Press Release 3 Feb 2023
 
A day at Blantyre cervical cancer referral hospital
Malawi

Three things to know about cervical cancer in Malawi

Interview 3 Feb 2023
 
MSF-supported Al-Jamhouri Hospital | Neonatal Ward
Yemen

Giving birth in the face of persistent obstacles in Taiz

Project Update 1 Feb 2023
 
MSF Response to bullet wounded patients - Tabarre
Haiti

MSF forced to suspend activities in Haiti hospital after armed men kill patient

Press Release 27 Jan 2023
 
Adolescent Health Project Closing 08
Indonesia

After four years, MSF hands adolescent health project to the communities

Project Update 25 Jan 2023
 
Dadaab - Refugees from Somalia
Kenya

Donors must respond as situation deteriorates in Dagahaley

Press Release 24 Jan 2023
 
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France

At home: Unaccompanied minors in France

Documentary 23 Jan 2023
 
Isfaya al Fouqa-Masafer Yatta
Palestine

MSF urges Israeli authorities to stop plan to evict Palestinian residents

Press Release 19 Jan 2023
 
Kiribati: Where planetary and public health collide
Kiribati

Planetary and public health collide in Kiribati

Project Update 19 Jan 2023
 
Boost Hospital - Female IDP | Lashkar Gah
Afghanistan

Female Afghan healthcare workers hold fears for future following NGO ban

Voices from the Field 19 Jan 2023
 
MSF mobile clinics in the scene of the Dnipro attack
Ukraine

MSF helps survivors of Dnipro blast

Project Update 16 Jan 2023
 
Refugee Reception Centre | Rukla
Lithuania

Concerns for migrant welfare in Lithuania and Latvia as projects close

Project Update 11 Jan 2023
 
Beni ebola treatment center
Cameroon

All MSF staff acquitted in military tribunal in Cameroon

Press Release 10 Jan 2023
 
New maternity in CAR 16
Central African Republic

The forgotten emergency of maternal healthcare in the Central African crisis

Project Update 10 Jan 2023
 
Pakistan floods - North Sindh
Pakistan

Pakistan flood response is still “an emergency”

Press Release 9 Jan 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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