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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

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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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Sudan

Fifth Sudan health survey starts - North Darfur conditions to be assessed

With five studies covering West and North Darfur, MSF is developing a comprehensive view of the conditions of the people they are treating.

 Project Update - 18 Aug 2004
 
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Morocco

Assisting immigrants bound for Europe

Morocco is a transit country for thousands of immigrants and asylum seekers fleeing their countries on their way to Europe. The pressure that migration inflicts upon Morocco is huge. Project Update - 18 Aug 2004
 
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Access to Healthcare

Providing medical care to the hidden uninsured

Switzerland is rightly known as a rich country, but hidden poverty does exist. Today an estimated 150,000 to 300,000 persons¬" roughly two percent of the population ¬" lack legal resident status and often the resources to pay for health care. Project Update - 18 Aug 2004
 
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Madagascar

Reaching out to the most vulnerable

After more than 25 years in power, Madagascar's leader, Didier Ratsiraka, was driven from power in 2002 and replaced by Marc Ravalomanana. This contested transition, carried out amid conflict, brought about a dramatic drop in the already precarious economy and a resurgence of ethnic and political divisions. Project Update - 18 Aug 2004
 
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Somalia

Providing medical care despite severe obstacles

Despite ongoing conflict and the lack of a formal government in Somalia, MSF teams continue to bring medical care to thousands in this failed state. Project Update - 18 Aug 2004
 
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Uganda

Assisting civilians targeted by war

More than 1.4 million people have been displaced by violence in northern Uganda as the 18-year conflict between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Ugandan People's Defense Forces (UPDF) has intensified in the past two years. Project Update - 18 Aug 2004
 
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Philippines

Assisting street children

Poverty, man-made and natural disasters and political instability continue to afflict The Philippines, a country with a population of approximately 77 million. A number of violent clashes took place during the past three decades, especially in the south of The Philippines where a Muslim minority continues to fight for independence. Project Update - 18 Aug 2004
 
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Rwanda

Aiding civilians affected by genocide

In Rwanda, MSF is currently running a number of projects. MSF teams provide care for people living with HIV/AIDS in Kigali, offer reproductive health services in the province of Ruhengeri, provide water and sanitation support in part of Cyangugu province to fight cholera and operate a nationwide project assisting traumatized women. Project Update - 18 Aug 2004
 
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Child health

Treating teenage drug abuse

Luxembourg is one of the most developed and richest countries in the world. While the country's inhabitants enjoy a high standard of health, hidden problems remain. The growing use of illegal and psychotropic drugs is one of the most critical ones. Project Update - 18 Aug 2004
 
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Cambodia

Fighting a growing AIDS epidemic

MSF works primarily to combat AIDS and malaria in Cambodia. The country has the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS in southeast Asia at 2.6 percent. Project Update - 18 Aug 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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