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Promoting a work environment free of harassment, exploitation and abuse

We expect all staff to abide by our professional code of ethics. Our leadership has unequivocally committed to fight abuse and to reinforce mechanisms and procedures to prevent and address it. This includes enhancing grievance channels at all levels of the organisation, and supporting victims and whistle-blowers.

Mary Horgan, MSF specialist psychologist, and Kumbulani Kaliwo, MSF social worker, in the corridors of the Queens Elizabeth Hospital in Blantyre where MSF runs the cervical cancer project.

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We believe in openness, honesty and self-reflection as a way to constantly improve our work. Evaluation and operational research contribute to better understanding the contexts we work in and the projects we implement. This helps improve the effectiveness and quality of the medical care we deliver, and provides us with the tools to convince others to take action or change their treatment protocols.

Samuel Uduma, IPD/OT head nurse, in his office at Queens Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi, where MSF is running a cervical cancer project.

Reports and finances

Financial independence and reporting

Each year our audited combined Financial Statements (International Financial Report/IFR) provide a global overview of MSF’s work. Our International Activity Report (IAR) gives details on our activities and expenditure in each country and reflects on the major challenges we faced over the year. Access our International Financial Reports and our International Activity Reports and learn more about our funding policy, where our money comes from and how your donations are used.

Work with MSF

The International Office

The International Office (IO) was established to act as a facilitator within the global MSF network. Here you will find a list of current vacancies within our International Office.

Community Mental Health workers at MSF counselling center, Daddsara Tral.

How we’re run

Run by MSF staff, for people we treat and assist

We are run by MSF associations, whose members are mostly current and former field staff. The associations are linked to Operational Centres (OC) who directly manage our humanitarian action. All MSF associations, as well as individuals and the International President, are members of MSF International.

Patients consultation in the health centre of Ambodrian i’Sahafary, a village only accessible by boat where MSF set-up a moblie clinic.

MSF is rehabilitating health structures damaged by the cyclones in Nosy Varika and the surrounding area, as well as supporting the medical activities in this region which had already poor access to healthcare.

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At MSF, we publish evaluations, critical reviews and guidelines detailing our activities and research. While you will find some of these in-depth resources on our website, most can be found on separate websites, specially designed for the specific resource. Discover them all, from medical resources like our Medical Field Guidelines, to those focusing on analysis, reflection and evaluation, such as those from our Research & Evaluation Centres.

Group photo ICCM team: (front) Christophe, Awa, Rigini, (Back) Chol, Kat, Charles, Martine

Work with us

We rely on a strong network of professionals to deliver lifesaving medical aid. Discover what it means to work for MSF, including our social mission, Association and behavioural commitments.

Nurse Regina Abuk Thor examines two days old Amel Akoi Garang. The mother Catherina Peter Eduat holdes the baby in her arms.
MSF runs the maternity unit in Aweil State Hospital in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan.

Donate to MSF

Your donations pay for millions of consultations, surgeries, treatments and vaccinations every year. Learn more about your donations at work and have your questions answered in our FAQ section.

MSF Nurse Activity Manager for Abyei, Awa Abdumadou shares light moments with two community volunteers during a weekly visit to one of the 17 Integrated Community Case Management (ICCM) sites in Abyei

Who we are

We are Médecins Sans Frontières

Learn about the MSF charter, who we are, our history and our working principles guided by medical ethics, impartiality, independence, neutrality, bearing witness and transparency.

People* held in a detention centre in Tripoli, Libya

*Refugees, migrants and asylum seekers

Mediterranean migration

MSF warns EU about inhumane approach to migration management

"The European Union and its Member States need a reality check. Libya is not a safe place - there is no way this can be considered a humane approach to migration management", said Arjan Hehenkamp, MSF's General Director. Statement - 3 Feb 2017

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.

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