Who we are

We are an international, medical humanitarian organisation working in more than 70 countries around the world.

Our medical teams act fast to save people’s lives in conflict zones, natural disasters and epidemics. We go where we are needed most.

MSF Doctor Luana Lima seeing patients at the MSF hospital in Dadaab refugee camp in northern Kenya. July 22 2011. Photo Brendan Bannon.

We act fast

We strive to help the people in greatest need, rather than the demands of funders or politicians

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The moment protesters take over the stage during the official opening ceremony of the 50th Union Conference on Lung Health on 30th October 2019

We speak out

We work to raise awareness and create debate about these crises through our policy of 'témoignage’

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On the way to Castor hospital, Bangui.
Half a million people have been displaced in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, fleeing the fighting that took place there in December between the self-defence groups called anti-Balaka (anti-machete) and the forces of the ex-Séléka. The UN estimates that the number of displaced people throughout CAR could be more than 900,000 people, in a country twice the size of France and with only 4.6 million inhabitants.
The fighting in Bangui caused at least a thousand deaths in December. Since then, MSF has treated almost 3,000 people wounded by grenades, gunshot or machetes. The medical organisation is also assisting people in different displaced camps in the city, such as at the airport (100,000 people), Boy Rabe (35,000) or Don Bosco (35,000). Humanitarian aid has been slow to get to the displaced people, especially in need of water and sanitation. While Christians have fled to the airport (protected by French troops) and religious centres, Muslims are regrouping in their own neighborhoods or leaving Bangui and the country in their thousands.

We're independent

At the core of MSF’s identity is a commitment to independence, neutrality and impartiality

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Who we are

We act fast

We speak out

We're independent

Help us deliver medical care where it's needed most

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where it's needed most