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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

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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 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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Niger

Emergency alert: MSF calls for free food distributions for the populations most affected by malnutrition

MSF has treated over 6,000 children under five suffering from severe malnutrition since the beginning of the year, double the number treated over the same period last year. Tens of thousands of children suffering from moderate malnutrition have no access to medical treatment. Press Release - 9 Jun 2005
 
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Tuberculosis

Global appeal for new treatments for neglected diseases is launched

Médecins Sans Frontières, other non-governmental organisations, scientists and a number of Nobel laureates around the world today joined the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative in a global appeal to focus research on developing new drugs, diagnostic tests and vaccines for diseases of the poor. Press Release - 8 Jun 2005
 
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Burundi

Thousands of Rwandan refugees living in precarious conditions

MSF is concerned about the unacceptable living conditions of Rwandan refugees regrouped in the Songore transit camp. Press Release - 1 Jun 2005
 
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Sudan

MSF shocked by arrest of Head of Mission in Sudan - charged with crimes against the state

MSF defends its right to speak about the humanitarian situation in Darfur and views these baseless charges as intimidation against the humanitarian community by the Government of Sudan. Press Release - 31 May 2005
 
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Sudan

High Commissioner for Human Rights concerned over arrest of MSF head in Sudan

Project Update - 31 May 2005
 

International Financial Report 2004

Annual Report - 30 May 2005
 
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Afghanistan

Parents of murdered aid worker meet with Afghan president

The prime suspect was a local policeman but efforts to inquire into the case were hampered by family ties: the policeman - who is now back in his position - is the nephew of the head of the district, who in turn, is the brother of the province's governor. Project Update - 18 May 2005
 
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Malaria

Malaria - MSF's frustrating challenge

Most of Dr Jorge Arturo Gonzalez Duran's day is spent meeting with patients. On a typical day, he meets with hundreds of people who wait for hours to see him. It is not uncommon for many patients to start out when it is dark in the early morning to reach the clinic. Here he performes a malaria test for a patient who complained of aches and a fever.
In the last few weeks a new disease made the media spotlight. The Marburg virus, which has killed over 200 people in Angola, has all the drama of a Hollywood film. Meanwhile, out of the media spotlight, another disease continues, silently, to kill up to two million people every year. Malaria remains the biggest source of the illnesses faced by MSF, and is one of our most frustrating challenges. Project Update - 13 May 2005
 
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Indonesia

MSF fights malaria outbreak on islands in Indonesia

"If we manage to successfully limit the infestation by mosquitoes and give prompt and effective treatment to the sick, we can literally help the community get back on their feet." - MSF doctor Project Update - 13 May 2005
 
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HIV/AIDS

STI crisis in the West: Fuelling AIDS in Côte d’Ivoire

The civil war and subsequent collapse of the healthcare system have provoked a medical crisis in parts of Ivory Coast. Responding over the past two years to high levels of malaria, malnutrition and other diseases, MSF teams in the West of the country have encountered an alarmingly high number of sexually transmitted infections ("STIs"). Report - 27 Apr 2005
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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