MSF is an international humanitarian organisation providing medical care in more than 72 countries.

Since 1971, we have been treating people caught in complex crises and chronic healthcare emergencies around the world.

From our paediatric nurses to our off-road drivers, we are experts at working in fast-moving and highly-insecure environments. So, whether it's launching a rapid response or delivering community care, we go wherever we are needed most.

In 2021, we admitted more than 1 million people to our hospitals and held more than 12.6 million consultations, including at mobile clinics and in refugee camps.

MSF worked in 72 countries in 2021 Caption
MSF worked in 72 countries in 2021

Our vital work often hits the headlines when there's an emergency such as an earthquake, war or disease outbreak.

However, our teams are also running long-term medical programmes for vulnerable groups cut off from care, or speaking out about unseen suffering and the policies that cause it.

Around the world, 365 days a year, we are there even when the cameras are not.

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What makes MSF different?

MSF Doctor Luana Lima seeing patients at the MSF hospital in  Dadaab refugee camp in northern Kenya. July 22 2011. Photo Brendan Bannon.
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 work to raise awareness and create debate about these crises through our policy of 'témoignage’
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How does MSF spend money?

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80.2%

OF EVERY € DONATED PAYS FOR MEDICAL PROJECTS

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15%

OF EVERY € DONATED IS SPENT ON FUNDRAISING

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4.8%

OF EVERY € DONATED IS SPENT ON OFFICE MANAGEMENT


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