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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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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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MSF Response Measles Vaccination (Am Timan District)
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Latest

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MSF psychologists provide group and individual psychological sessions to people in areas  previously occupied, Ukraine.
War in Ukraine

На варті ментального здоров’я: підтримка психічного стану населення в умовах війни в Україні

Project Update 3 Aug 2023
 
Evacuation train in Kyiv
Ukraine

Рік надання екстреної медичної допомоги в охопленому війною Харкові

Project Update 9 May 2023
 
Ukraine Re-Taken Areas
War in Ukraine

Між Лініями Фронту: Знищення медичних закладів в Україні

arcgis.com 29 Mar 2023
 
Patients waiting for MSF mobile clinic primary and mental health care consultations
Ukraine

На лінії фронту: війна забирає в людей найцінніше, вони живуть із душевними травмами і без доступу до медичної допомоги

Project Update 6 Dec 2022
 
Listening to Vira*
Ukraine

Лиман: життя та втрати у відвойованому місті

Project Update 24 Nov 2022
 
Physiotherapy in Kyiv
War in Ukraine

«Тепер я можу знову тримати в руках чашку»: як фізіотерапевти «Лікарів без кордонів» лікують поранених на війні

Project Update 4 Nov 2022
 
Zaporizhzhia
Ukraine

«Поки це не станеться з вами, ви ніколи не дізнаєтесь, що у цих людей на серці»: первинна медична допомога та підтримка психологічного здоров`я для внутрішньо переміщених осіб в Україні

Project Update 20 Oct 2022
 
Yevhenia Koval, IDP from Kherson regoin
War in Ukraine

Вимушені переселенці в Україні гостро потребують психологічної допомоги

Voices from the Field 21 Sep 2022
 
Humanitarian Action’s Dr Olga talking to the patients
Russia

Росія: «Лікарі без кордонів» (MSF) надають підтримку людям, які стали вимушеними переселенцями через війну в Україні

Project Update 21 Sep 2022
 
Malnutrition emergency: mobile clinic in Ranobe
War in Ukraine

Міжнародний президент «Лікарів без кордонів»/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) розпочинає візит до України з метою розширення медичної підтримки на нові території.

Statement 7 Sep 2022
 
In Ukraine, MSF Works in Partnership with Local Groups
Ukraine

«Разом нам під силу набагато більше»: у Харкові та по всій Україні «Лікарі без кордонів» співпрацюють з місцевими організаціями

Project Update 18 Jul 2022
 
MSF mobile healthcare supports a rural town in Ukraine
Ukraine

Мобільна бригада “Лікарів без кордонів” надає допомогу в селищі на Кіровоградщині

Project Update 8 Jul 2022
 
Doctors on Rails - MSF Medicalised train in Ukraine
War in Ukraine

Дані та розповіді пацієнтів MSF свідчать про постійні невибіркові напади на цивільних в Україні

Press Release 22 Jun 2022
 
Mental health issues across Ukraine
War in Ukraine

«Це не серцевий біль, це душевний біль» – Потреби психічного здоров’я в Україні

Project Update 2 Jun 2022
 
MSF Activities in Ukraine
Ukraine

MSF зупиняє медичну гуманітарну діяльність в Бахмутському районі; і передає мобільні клініки та роботу на блокпостах Première Urgence Internationale та Médecins du Monde

Press Release 29 Jul 2016
 
Ukraine

«Люди вкрай занепокоєні; вони не знають що їх очікує найближчими місяцями».

Crisis Update 1 Dec 2014
 
Violence in eastern Ukraine
Ukraine

Система охорони здоров'я ледь справляється з наслідками конфлікту

Project Update 29 Aug 2014
 
Ukraine

в Донецке воорженные люди похитили автомобили MSF

Press Release 18 Jul 2014
 
Ukraine

Médecins Sans Frontières / «Врачи без границ» расширяют поддержку больницам на востоке Украины

Project Update 12 Jun 2014
 
Drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) Colony 3. Donetsk Ukraine
Ukraine

MSF передає гостро необхідні медикаменти і медичні матеріали лікарням на сході України, куди надходять поранені

Project Update 30 May 2014
 
Ukraine

Médecins Sans Frontières /Врачи безграниц категорически опровергают свою причастность к перевозке участников боевых действий в Донецке

Statement 27 May 2014
 
Ukraine

ЛІКАРІ БЕЗ КОРДОНІВ, НЕ ПРАЦЮЮТЬ У СЛОВ'ЯНСЬКУ

Statement 8 May 2014
MSF Logistique - Bordeaux
How we work

How we deliver medical humanitarian assistance

Everywhere we work, the circumstances are unique. Nonetheless, our programmes generally follow a common set of practices designed to make sure our resources and expertise are used to maximum effect.
 

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