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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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War in Gaza:: find out how we're responding
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Pakistan

Waiting in the 'green fields' of Chaman

or the past three years Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) had been working on a cross border project between Afghanistan and south west Pakistan, in camps around the towns of Spin Boldak, on the Afghan side, and Chaman, on the Pakistan side. In this period MSF provided medical assistance for desperate Afghans fleeing the aftermath of the 2001 war as well as the recent devastating drought, in one of the roughest and most insecure places along the border of both countries. Project Update - 15 Nov 2004
 
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Afghanistan

The King Hussein Humanitarian Leadership Prize Speech

Delivered by Dr. Rowan Gillies, President of the MSF International Council, in Amman. Speech - 11 Nov 2004
 
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HIV/AIDS

The gap is growing: More resources needed now for neglected diseases

The pipeline of drugs for neglected diseases is virtually empty. From 1975 to 1999 of the 1393 new drugs marketed only 13, or a mere one per cent, were for tropical diseases. This imbalance is unacceptable in the second millennium.New drugs for neglected diseases: From pipeline to patients in PDF format. Press Release - 11 Nov 2004
 
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Côte d'Ivoire

MSF treating injured in Bouake; calls for respect of civilians

MSF is extremely concerned about the impact on civilians of the government offensive launched yesterday on the city of Bouake in the New Forces-controlled zone of the Ivory Coast. Press Release - 5 Nov 2004
 
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Iraq

MSF stops activities in Iraq

Due to the escalating violence in the country, MSF considers it no longer acceptable to expose its staff to the serious risks that apparently come with being associated with an international humanitarian organisation. Project Update - 4 Nov 2004
 
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Sudan

Flight from home

One of the most striking features of the crisis in Darfur has been the sheer volume of people who were forced to flee their homes. Report - 29 Oct 2004
 
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HIV/AIDS

Time to stop fooling ourselves: TB is spiralling out of control

The combination of MDR-TB and HIV/AIDS is a time-bomb waiting to go off in Africa. Press Release - 26 Oct 2004
 
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Colombia

Hope in healing scars

MSF's work in rehabilitating victims of urban violence in Cali, Colombia is being taken over by the local health authorities, who have given a clear commitment to continue the work. The handover is the culmination of six years development in the project, which provides free and comprehenesive care to people recovering from what can be crippling wounds. So far, 2,700 patients have had physiotherapy, psychological support, nursing, transport and social services to help them recover their lives. Project Update - 23 Oct 2004
 
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Haiti

Medical services continue at Haiti flood scene

The medical needs in the city of Gonaives are considered to be well covered, according to MSF staff in the field. Project Update - 20 Oct 2004
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Part II: Making the spider's web

Read Part I: Deepest, darkest and furthest away - vaccinating 100,000 in the DRC







In Part I, Jessica Nestrell had arrived in the DRC and started her exploration of the region where she would be coordinating the vaccination of 100,000 children. By motorbike and dug out canoes, known as piroques, her team conducted an exploration mission, visiting the villages along the river banks and in the jungle, trying to get an idea of the scope of the effort. Project Update - 19 Oct 2004
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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