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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

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

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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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War in Gaza:: find out how we're responding
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War and conflict

In the shadow of just wars

Challenges to humanitarian action: the impact of political and military responses to international crises.
This is a transcript of the speech presented by Jean-Hervé Bradol, President of the France office of MSF to the Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, England, on March 31, 2004. Speech - 2 Apr 2004
 
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Humanitarian principles

The gap between aid to Iraq and central Africa is driven by politics

The gap between aid to Iraq and central Africa is driven by politics. In the Media - 2 Apr 2004
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Sexual violence as a weapon of war

Since August 2003, more than 550 sexual violence victims have been treated by MSF in its hospital in Baraka. Project Update - 1 Apr 2004
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

The road to recovery - Sexual violence in the eastern DRC

At the time of this report, sexual violence against girls, boys, men, and women of all ages is still ongoing in eastern DRC, despite the peace agreement. Project Update - 1 Apr 2004
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

The socio-economic consequences of sexual violence

MSF's report: Medical, psychosocial, and socio-economic consequences of sexual violence in Eastern DRC
 Project Update - 1 Apr 2004
 
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Words alone will not put an end to sexual violence

MSF report illustrates terrible consequences of rape in the DRC and the need for action. Press Release - 1 Apr 2004
 
Sexual Violence in East Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo

Medical, psychosocial, and socio-economic consequences of sexual violence in Eastern DRC

In the psychosocial sessions conducted by MSF, several important issues were addressed. People received an explanation for their symptoms. It turned out to be very important for most survivors that rape is considered legally as a crime punishable even in international courts. Report - 1 Apr 2004
 
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Sudan

Loneliness and distress in Darfur

Coralie Lechelle, a nurse from France, and Jean-Sébastien Matte, a logistician from Canada, are volunteers with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Project Update - 31 Mar 2004
 
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Meningitis

Multiple outbreaks as meningitis season starts in Africa

As Africa enters the dry season, meningitis outbreaks have reported. The so-called 'meningitis belt' is a massive strip of Africa, travelling east to west, parallel to the Sahara desert and covering sub-Saharan countries from Senegal to Ethiopia. Project Update - 31 Mar 2004
 
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Chad

New malaria project launched in most affected region of Chad

In one year, the mortality rate was 330 deaths per 10,000 inhabitants - three times the rate for the developed world. Over half of these deaths were caused by malaria. In Chad, malaria is the principal cause of death. Project Update - 30 Mar 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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