Skip to main content
Back to main menu

About Us

How we work

See what triggers an intervention and how supply and logistics allow our teams to respond quickly.

Learn more
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.

Learn more
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.

Learn more
Accountability

Read the policies, reports, and plans on how we address issues like racism and reduce our carbon footprint, ensuring our actions align with the highest ethical standards.

Learn more

What we do

Médecins Sans Frontières brings medical humanitarian assistance to victims of conflict, natural disasters, epidemics or healthcare exclusion.

View all topics Activities by country
Featured Cholera Gaza Israel war Mediterranean migration

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.

View all countries
Featured Haiti Palestine Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

MSF Websites

A Global Network
Our offices around the world
Our offices around the world
Other Sites
View Resource Centre
MSF Access

MSF Access pushes for access to, and the development of, life-saving and life-prolonging medicines, diagnostic tests and vaccines for people in our programmes and beyond.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
ARHP

Based in Barcelona, ARHP documents and reflects on the operational challenges and dilemmas faced by the MSF field teams.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
Humanitarian Law

This Guide explains the terms, concepts, and rules of humanitarian law in accessible and reader-friendly alphabetical entries.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
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.

GO TO SITE
MSF Science Portal

Our digital portal dedicated to sharing the latest medical evidence from our humanitarian activities around the globe.

GO TO SITE
Noma

Noma is a preventable and treatable neglected disease, but 90 per cent of people will die within the first two weeks of infection if they do not receive treatment.

GO TO SITE
TIC

The TIC is aiming to change how MSF works to better meet the evolving needs of our patients.

GO TO SITE
Telemedicine

MSF's telemedicine hub aims to overcome geographic barriers for equitable, accessible, and quality patient care.

GO TO SITE
Sweden Innovation Unit

Launched in 2012, the MSF Sweden Innovation Unit deploys a human-centered approach for promoting a culture of innovation within MSF.

GO TO SITE
Geo MSF

The GeoMSF platform is a dynamic one-stop-shop website for all of MSF's GIS related services and products. Access maps and applications through the catalogue, request geographical support, or produce a map on GeoMSF.

GeoMSF
Ebola disease in DRC: find out how we're responding
Learn more
4633 Results
 
When Lubna’s labour started she came straight to the Houban Mother and Child Hospital in Taiz, Yemen and delivered a healthy baby-girl weighing exactly three kilograms on the 1st of January 2018 at 1:30 am. "I came to the hospital as I received ante-natal care here and do not have the money to go to a private hospital. All I wish for my girl is happiness in life," said the 29 year old mother of three children. The gorgeous baby girl will receive her name after consultation with family members once she is discharged from hospital.
Yemen

“In Taiz, people are still hopeful for a stronger future.”

MSF project coordinator Arunn Jegan describes the reality of life on both sides of the frontline in Taiz, the third largest city in Yemen, and the significant medical needs – from emergency trauma surgery to paediatric and maternal healthcare. Interview - 23 Jul 2018
 
Kario camp, is the biggest refugee settlement in East Darfur, it was created in 2016, and hosting 20,000 South Sudanese refugees as per UNHCR figures. Most of the residents of the camp are Dinkas, they fled South Sudan because of food shortage and lack of job opportunities. When arrived to Sudan, the refugees continued to seek job opportunities, what makes the camp’s community in constant mobility. MSF intervened in this camp for the first time in June 2017, at the time when an acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) outbreak was declared in the camp with extremely high mortality rates. In July 2017, MSF opened a Health Centre in Kario camp to provide free primary health care package and basic secondary health care services to the South Sudanese refugees and hosting community in Kario, East Darfur.
Sudan

Hardships follow South Sudan’s refugees into Sudan’s East Darfur

There are more than 750,000 South Sudanese refugees currently in Sudan and around 100,000 of them are in East Darfur. Since July 2017, MSF has been providing free primary and secondary healthcare services, including maternity, nutrition and vaccination programmes for almost 40,000 people living in the area - both refugees and the host community. Project Update - 23 Jul 2018
 
Tanya is not at school, because her father cannot afford the fees. She spends a lot of time in and around the house. “When the other kids are playing outside my home, I try and use my crutches to keep up but they don’t slow down for me because I can’t walk as fast. When it happens, and they run away from me, it hurts me a lot. I start calling out to them. If they don’t come back, I go inside my home. When they run away, it’s very painful to me, sometimes it even gives me a pain in my stomach, deep down, and that’s why I end up sleeping and I will wish that my Daddy will come home and that he will be with me. When Dad comes home and I tell him what happened, he says, don’t worry about them, they are just kids playing around,” she says.
HIV/AIDS

Pfizer and GSK’s HIV/AIDS division, ViiV, prevents children with HIV from getting needed medicine

Tanya is ten years old and is unable to walk. She was diagnosed with HIV when she was just a few months old. Zimbabwe, 2016. Press Release - 23 Jul 2018
 
Thun Mina Aung, 18, from Myammar inside the MSF's Insein clinic in Yangon. Thu Min Aung is 18 years old and lives with his aunt. Back in June 2017, he was working as an air conditioner installer in Sang Jae township when he started to feel sick. He went to a nearby clinic and they gave him medications, but the drugs did not treat his symptoms. Soon after, he moved to Hlaing Tharyar, where he went to another clinic and discovered that he has MDR-TB. Treatment has greatly impacted his day-to-day life. Everyday, he wakes up at 7am, eats breakfast, and takes the bus for 45 minutes to the MSF clinic to take his medication. The pills make him feel very dizzy. When he gets home from the clinic, he has to lie down and sleep for the entire afternoon. His whole life revolves around treatment right now because the side effects are very severe. He has 12 more months of this day-to-day before finishing treatment.
Tuberculosis

Last-minute pressure to drop language on protecting access to affordable medicines from TB Summit declaration negotiations

MSF's Access Campaign appeals to all countries to urgently stand up right now against bullying that aims to keep medicines out of the hands of your people who need treatment. Press Release - 20 Jul 2018
 
The Sudd is a vast swamp extending from Bor to Malakal. Le Sudd est un vaste marécage s'étendant de la ville de Bor à celle de Malakal.
South Sudan

A hospital in the swamp

Despite the many challenges that patients and medical workers face in the remote area of Old Fangak, South Sudan, MSF's 'hospital in the swamp' remains the best hope for many people with serious conditions. Photo Story - 20 Jul 2018
 
Thousands of people seeking safety after fleeing countries such as Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Sudan, and Congo continue to risk their lives to reach Europe. Those who try to arrive via Turkey and the Aegean Sea have been trapped for an indefinite period of time on islands in Greece as part of the EU/Turkey deal and its deterrence and containment approach. In Moria refugee camp, on Lesbos island, there are currently more than 7,500 people in a camp made for a maximum of 2,500. With the camp so full, refugees are now staying in an informal extension of the camp known as Olive Grove. The awful conditions at Moria camp/Olive Grove and arbitrary administrative situations have had a dramatic impact on their health and in particular their mental health. Médecins Sans Frontières teams provide medical and mental health support outside Moria camp and run a clinic for severe mental health cases in Mytilene, the capital of the island.
Greece

Trapped in Moria

Photo Story - 19 Jul 2018
 
MSF psychologist/physiotherapist/social worker with a patient in MSF clinic for treatment of victims of violence in Maadi Egypt
Egypt

“Our patients were among the strongest and bravest human beings I have ever met”

Egypt is a key transit and destination country for migrants from African and the Middle East, many of whom have experienced immense difficulties resulting in psychological problems and physical disabilities. Interview and testimonies from MSF's integrated healthcare centre in Maadi, Cairo. Voices from the Field - 19 Jul 2018
 
Displaced people wait for a distribution of non-food items (NFIs) in Pulka town.
Nigeria

“The situation in northeast Nigeria is deteriorating after years of conflict”

The humanitarian situation in northeast Nigeria, where about 1.7 million people have been displaced, is deteriorating. Interview - 18 Jul 2018
 
Thousands of people seeking safety after fleeing countries such as Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Sudan, and Congo continue to risk their lives to reach Europe. Those who try to arrive via Turkey and the Aegean Sea have been trapped for an indefinite period of time on islands in Greece as part of the EU/Turkey deal and its deterrence and containment approach. In Moria refugee camp, on Lesbos island, there are currently more than 7,500 people in a camp made for a maximum of 2,500. With the camp so full, refugees are now staying in an informal extension of the camp known as Olive Grove. The awful conditions at Moria camp/Olive Grove and arbitrary administrative situations have had a dramatic impact on their health and in particular their mental health. Médecins Sans Frontières teams provide medical and mental health support outside Moria camp and run a clinic for severe mental health cases in Mytilene, the capital of the island.
Greece

Confinement, violence and chaos: How a European refugee camp is traumatising people on Lesbos

MSF calls for vulnerable people to be moved out of Moria into secure accommodation, and continues to call for a decongestion of the camp. Project Update - 18 Jul 2018
 
A health promotion MSF worker at the referral hospital in Ansongo, where MSF has been running projects since 2012.
Mali

“Insecurity has pushed people to their limits”

Jamal Mrrouch has just returned from Mali, where he spent more than one year coordinating MSF’s work in the northern regions of Gao and Kidal, and in the central region of Mopti. Interview - 13 Jul 2018
Four mothers posing in a corridor of the Hospital in Bili. All four of them are staying in the hospital with their child, that's suffering from a severe case of malaria. Since the beginning of the project in 2016, the pediatric ward already treated more than 4.000 cases of complicated/severe form of malaria.
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.

Learn more