Doctors Without Borders
Doctors Without Borders or Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is a non profitable international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971.[1] MSF gives emergency aid to people affected by wars, epidemics, famine, natural disasters and man-made disasters, or areas where there is no health care available. It provides this help to all people, regardless of their race, religion or political beliefs.
| Type | Medical humanitarian organisation |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1971 |
| Headquarters | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Website | www.msf.org www.doctorswithoutborders.org |
In 1999 Doctors Without Borders was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.[2] On 7 October 2015, President Barack Obama, also Nobel Peace Prize winner and at that time commander in chief, issued an apology to Doctors Without Borders for Kunduz hospital airstrike.[3]
Doctors Without Borders Media
Introduction of Médecins Sans Frontières
Aerial photograph of a Mihanda, Zaire refugee camp in 1996. Pictured are 500+ tents set up in the Mitumba Mountains.
Countries where MSF had missions in 2015
An MSF outpost in Darfur (2005)
A Médecins Sans Frontières staff member adjusts Dr. Joel Montgomery, Team Lead for CDC's Ebola Response Team in Liberia, goggles before Montgomery enters the Ebola treatment unit (ETU), ELWA 3. MSF operates the ELWA 3 ETU, which opened on August 17.
MSF logistician in Nigeria showing plans
An MSF health worker examines a malnourished child in Ethiopia, July 2011.
James Orbinski speaking about MSF in 2015
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References
- ↑ "About Doctors Without Borders". doctorswithoutborders.org. 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
- ↑ "The Nobel Peace Prize 1999". nobelprize.org. 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
- ↑ Shear, Michael D.; Sengupta, Somini (2015-10-07). "Obama Issues Rare Apology Over Bombing of Doctors Without Borders Hospital in Afghanistan" (in en-US). The New York Times. . https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/08/world/asia/obama-apologizes-for-bombing-of-afghanistan-hospital.html. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
