Who we are
MSF Access is part of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/Doctors Without Borders, an international, independent medical humanitarian organisation that provides medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare.
The work of MSF Access is rooted in MSF’s medical humanitarian work and aims to improve access to medicines and healthcare products for people in the greatest need by bringing down barriers that keep people from getting the treatment they need to stay alive and healthy.
To do this, we advocate for the most effective medicines and health products to be available, affordable, and equitably accessible for the people we care for, and beyond.
MSF Access works closely with our medical humanitarian operations, with the Access team organised around five regional offices in Belgium, Brazil, Kenya, Malaysia, and Senegal.
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Our history
Since 2025, MSF Access has continued the legacy of the MSF Access Campaign, which was launched by MSF in 1999 to tackle the policy, legal, and political barriers that prevent people from accessing treatment in the communities where we work, and beyond. Later in 1999, MSF was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and put the proceeds towards improving treatments and boosting research for neglected diseases, merging with the Access Campaign’s work.
As part of our work on improving access to medicines, MSF and partners launched the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) in 2003. DNDi is an independent, non-profit drug development organisation focused on developing new treatments for some of the world’s most neglected diseases.
Financial information
MSF publishes its financial statements in the interest of transparency and accountability.
We do not accept funds from governments or other parties who are directly involved in the conflicts to which MSF is responding, or donations from pharmaceutical companies.
Our funding relies largely on individuals. Thanks to their support we can ensure our operational independence and flexibility to respond at a moment’s notice to the most urgent crises, including those which are underreported or neglected.
