MSF - Médecins Sans Frontières | Medical humanitarian organisation
WEBIn more than 70 countries, Médecins Sans Frontières provides medical humanitarian assistance to save lives and ease the suffering of people in crisis situations. Our staff “own” and manage MSF, making sure that we stay true to our mission and principles, through the MSF Associations. We set up the MSF Access Campaign in 1999 to push for ...
Who we are | MSF
WEBWe are a non-profit, self-governed, member-based organisation. MSF was founded in 1971 in Paris by a group of journalists and doctors. Today, we are a worldwide movement of over 69,000 people. Dr Dieudonné Mukunzi listens to a young patient’s breathing during a physical exam in Mbalazime, Bangassou, Central African Republic.
United States of America | MSF medical and humanitarian aid
WEBMSF provides assistance in the United States during times of national emergency, such as during Hurricane Sandy, or the COVID-19 pandemic. MSF provided emergency medical and mental healthcare in New York and New Jersey following Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Our teams responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in several states across the …
Vaccination | MSF
WEBAs a result, 1.5 million children die each year from vaccine-preventable diseases. MSF teams vaccinate millions of people every year, either as part of routine vaccination, or in response to an outbreak of disease. In 2023, MSF teams provided. 4,623,700. 4,623,7.
Long road to recovery for war-wounded children Gaza | MSF
WEB2 days ago · Deema and Hazem. Deema, 11, and her family, were sheltering at their home in Gaza City when their neighbour’s house was hit by an airstrike on 10 October 2023. Deema was on the fourth floor, holding her baby nephew in her arms, when the building collapsed around them. Deema fell four storeys to the ground floor.
Latest MSF contents
WEBAbout us Who We Are. Learn about our mission, our charter and principles, and who we are. Learn more How we work. See what triggers an intervention and how supply and logistics allow our teams to respond quickly.
MSF Medical Resources
WEBMédecins Sans Frontières (MSF) produces medical guides to help practitioners in the field. The contents of these guides are based on scientific data collected from MSF’s experience, the World Health Organization (WHO), other renowned international medical institutions, and medical and scientific journals. The medical guides are continually ...
What MSF does: discover all topics
WEBIndependent 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 ...
Tuberculosis | MSF medical response
WEBTuberculosis (TB) is one of the world’s biggest global health crises. Killing 1.3 million people in 2022, TB is the world’s second deadliest infectious disease after COVID-19. Obsolete treatments, the lack of an effective vaccine, and the lack of suitable diagnostic tools make it difficult to control the global TB epidemic.
How we are run | MSF
WEBWe are run by MSF associations, whose members are mostly current and former field staff. Our members share a commitment to independent medical humanitarian action, and collectively own and manage MSF through national and regional associations. Members engage to defend the values expressed in our Charter.