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
 
On the afternoon of June 27, the MSF team rescued 71 people from a rubber boat in distress. 22 people are missing, three persons were stabilized, including very young children, and one women died later on board after 30 minutes of resuscitation. A woman and her baby in critical state were also evacuated to Malta during the same night. This is another tragic rescue in the Central Mediterranean and everyone is in a very weak condition and traumatized. The MSF medical team on board is looking after the survivors until disembarkation in a place of safety.
Mediterranean migration

At least 30 people feared dead after tragic rescue in the central Mediterranean

A pregnant woman has died and at least 30 people are missing after the partial sinking of a rubber boat in the central Mediterranean Sea, while MSF teams managed to bring 71 survivors to safety. Press Release - 28 Jun 2022
 
Gorom Gorom (Sahel region of Burkina Faso): a camp for internally displaced people with limited access to basic resources such as water and food. Access to health care also remains challenging for those who have lost everything in their escape from armed conflict.
Burkina Faso

Enormous needs for hundreds of thousands of people displaced by ongoing conflict and insecurity

An urgent upscale in humanitarian funding is essential as 1.9 million people have been forced to flee their homes in Burkina Faso due to conflict. Project Update - 27 Jun 2022
 
An MSF assessment team leaving for Paktika Province, Afghanistan
Afghanistan

Deadly earthquake in Khost and Paktika leaves hundreds killed and thousands injured

Following an earthquake that struck Khost and Paktika provinces in Afghanistan, where hundreds of people have been killed and over a thousand wounded, we've sent response teams to the worst-affected areas. Project Update - 27 Jun 2022
 
Alejandro's priority is to get ahead after all he has suffered. When he finishes his treatment at the CAI and once his resettlement is achieved, he hopes to be able to live from music, it is his passion and something that has helped him to get better. The CAI offers music workshops and recreational activities that help patients in their recovery process.
Mexico

Recovering from the horror: restoring body and mind after torture

In Mexico, MSF provides comprehensive care to victims of torture or extreme violence at a centre dedicated to helping people recover and learn to live again. Interview - 23 Jun 2022
 
MSF nurse, Anastasia Prudnikova, monitors a war-wounded patient inside the inpatient department of the medical team during a journey from Pokrovsk, in eastern Ukraine, to Lviv in western Ukraine. The journey takes approximately 20 hours. Since 31 March, we have transported more than 600 patients.
War in Ukraine

No mercy for civilians - accounts from the MSF medical train

Between 31 March and 6 June 2022, MSF staff recorded data and the testimonies of people caught up in Ukraine's war and evacuted on our medical train. Report - 22 Jun 2022
 
MSF nurse aid, Dmytro Mohylnytskyi, monitors a war-wounded patient inside the intensive care unit (ICU) of the MSF medical team during a journey from Pokvrosk in eastern Ukraine, to Lviv in western Ukraine. The journey takes approximately 20 hours. Since 31 March, we have transported more than 600 patients.
War in Ukraine

Data and patient accounts reveal “no mercy” for civilians in Ukraine war

Data and patient accounts taken from MSF's medical evacuation train in Ukraine reveal constant and indiscriminate attacks against civilians in the war. Press Release - 22 Jun 2022
 
Asylum seekers in the Gharyan al-Hamra detention centre in Libya. Some where detained in containers between January and March 2019. The containers were later opened. Detainees washing themselves at the door of one of the containers. Libya. 2019.
Libya

MSF calls for evacuation of most vulnerable migrants from Libya to safe countries

MSF calls for the urgent evacuation of the most vulnerable migrants from Libya to safe countries, especially in the EU and north America. Press Release - 20 Jun 2022
 
Asykum seekers in line for a food distribution in Dhar el-Jebel/Zintan detention centre. Libya. 2019.
Libya

Out of Libya: Opening safe pathways for migrants stuck in Libya

The following report aims to provide an overview of existing legal pathways for migrants out of Libya and calls on safe countries to offer protection to the most vulnerable people trapped there. Report - 20 Jun 2022
 
The twelfth WTO Ministerial Council (#MC12) will take place on 30th November- 3rd December 2021. The meeting takes place every two years and brings together all members of the WTO. This could be a significant moment for the TRIPS Waiver on intellectual property on COVID-19 medical tools because the MC can take decisions on all matters under any of the multilateral trade agreements and is where historic agreements have taken place, such as the Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health in 2001.
Access to medicines

Lack of a real IP waiver on COVID-19 tools is a disappointing failure for people

After more than 20 months of negotiations, countries at the World Trade Organization have reached an agreement on an intellectual property waiver for COVID-19 vaccines and drugs that falls short of hopes for a good deal. Statement - 17 Jun 2022
 
Measles patients in BRH isolation ward where they're receiving treatment.
Somalia

Drought intensifies health crises across Somalia and Somaliland

Somalia is facing one of its worst droughts in decades, following poor rainy seasons and a locust invasion. MSF teams are responding to measles, cholera, and acute malnutrition. Project Update - 7 Jun 2022
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