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
7999 Results
 
Carmen Jose-Panti is 32 years old. She is HIV positive and lives with her husband and two children from a previous marriage in Tete in Mozambique. Carmen discovered she was HIV positive in 2007 and started antiretroviral treatment in 2009. She runs a small business from home selling charcoal, soap, salt and other domestic items. She is also attending night school. Carmen is part of a six-woman community HIV group that is supported by MSF. The members of the group support each other and once a month, they take it in turns to travel to the health centre to collect refills of medicines for themselves and the rest of the group.
HIV/AIDS

Speed Up Scale Up

A first-of-its-kind study released today by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) maps progress across 23 countries on HIV treatment strategies, tools and policies needed to increase treatment scale-up. Report - 24 Jul 2012
 
Carmen Jose-Panti is 32 years old. She is HIV positive and lives with her husband and two children from a previous marriage in Tete in Mozambique. Carmen discovered she was HIV positive in 2007 and started antiretroviral treatment in 2009. She runs a small business from home selling charcoal, soap, salt and other domestic items. She is also attending night school. Carmen is part of a six-woman community HIV group that is supported by MSF. The members of the group support each other and once a month, they take it in turns to travel to the health centre to collect refills of medicines for themselves and the rest of the group.
HIV/AIDS

First-ever study of HIV treatment policies in 23 countries

A first-of-its-kind study released by MSF maps progress across 23 countries on HIV treatment strategies, tools and policies needed to increase treatment scale-up. The results show that governments have made improvements to get better antiretroviral (ARV) treatment to more people, but implementation of innovative community-based strategies is lagging in some countries. Press Release - 24 Jul 2012
 
An MSF nurse gives a blood test to an HIV-positive patient, to check her viral load and the number of CD4 cells. A week later the patient was advised to start with ARV therapy.<br/> MSF treats HIV/AIDS patients in prisons and in the civil sector of Transnistria, a breakaway region of Moldova. The region suffers from a lack of resources and political instability. Here, the prevalence of HIV/AIDS is around 4 times higher than in the rest of Moldova. MSF provides life-prolonging anti-retroviral (ARV) therapy for the patients, as well as testing, counseling, health education for the HIV-positive people and their families, rehabilitation and equipment of health facilities and laboratories, and trainings for the local medical personnel. The project is scheduled to be handed-over to the local Ministry of Health by the end of 2008. 1
HIV/AIDS

Undetectable: How Viral Load Monitoring Can Improve HIV Treatment in Developing Countries

As HIV treatment is scaled up in developing countries, the lack of access to viral load monitoring - routine in wealthy countries - must be addressed. Increased access to viral load monitoring can help people stay on antiretroviral combinations as long as possible, and help stave off resistance, according to a new report released today by the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Report - 23 Jul 2012
 
msf-placeholder
HIV/AIDS

An HIV teen patient

An interview with Mqondisi Mkandla, a HIV-positive teen patient. He is travelling to the United States to share his story at the International AIDS Conference. He shares his impressions before the trip in this interview. Voices from the Field - 23 Jul 2012
 
An MSF nurse gives a blood test to an HIV-positive patient, to check her viral load and the number of CD4 cells. A week later the patient was advised to start with ARV therapy.<br/> MSF treats HIV/AIDS patients in prisons and in the civil sector of Transnistria, a breakaway region of Moldova. The region suffers from a lack of resources and political instability. Here, the prevalence of HIV/AIDS is around 4 times higher than in the rest of Moldova. MSF provides life-prolonging anti-retroviral (ARV) therapy for the patients, as well as testing, counseling, health education for the HIV-positive people and their families, rehabilitation and equipment of health facilities and laboratories, and trainings for the local medical personnel. The project is scheduled to be handed-over to the local Ministry of Health by the end of 2008. 1
HIV/AIDS

Viral load monitoring improves HIV treatment in developing countries

As HIV treatment is scaled up in developing countries, the lack of access to viral load monitoring — routine in wealthy countries — must be addressed. Increased access to viral load monitoring can help people stay on antiretroviral combinations as long as possible, and help stave off resistance, according to a new report released today by MSF. Press Release - 23 Jul 2012
 
msf-placeholder
Pakistan

MSF operates in the heart of the tribal areas

The situation in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) was particularly unstable in 2010 and early 2011. Spikes of violence, isolation, closure of supply routes, and the near-collapse of the health system created obstacles to obtaining medical care. MSF has been working in Kurram Agency since 2004, supporting the hospitals in Alizai (a Shiite community) and Sadda (a Sunni enclave) since May 2006 and is trying to meet the populations' medical needs. Project Update - 20 Jul 2012
 
msf-placeholder
Afghanistan

Tackling child malnutrition in Helmand

MSF opened its feeding centre in Boost hospital in Lashkar Gah in December 2011 to tackle the chronic problem of malnutrition among children in Helmand. This specialised unit helps children on the verge of starvation gain weight through assisted feeding. Project Update - 19 Jul 2012
 
msf-placeholder
HIV/AIDS

Donors must commit to fight the HIV emergency

New United Nations data points to gains made in the fight against HIV/AIDS, but countries most affected by the pandemic continue to struggle to place enough people on treatment and to implement the best science and strategies to fight the disease. “It would be outrageous to assume that African states could combat this emergency alone, given their current limited resources.” Press Release - 19 Jul 2012
 
msf-placeholder
Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF forced to suspend medical activities in Walikale

Heavy fighting over the last few days in Walikale, a town in the troubled North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has forced MSF to suspend its medical activities despite the area being in the midst of a malaria outbreak. Press Release - 18 Jul 2012
 
msf-placeholder
Chad

A malnutrition patient's story

A story about how a two-year-old patient survived three killer diseases, including malnutrition. Voices from the Field - 17 Jul 2012
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