Doctors Without Borders

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First of all, we must study the history of the organization that we are going to talk about in this assignment, Médecins sans frontières, abbreviated to MSF or Doctors without borders, is an international non-governmental organization with a humanitarian purpose of French origin but whose International headquarters is based in Geneva (Switzerland). It provides emergency medical assistance in cases such as armed conflict, natural disasters, epidemics and famines. MSF also offers longer-term actions in protracted conflict or chronic instability, refugee relief and post-disaster situations. The Organization awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999. Doctors without borders was founded on 20 December 1971 in France and was the first non-governmental …show more content…

It was created in order to assist and emphasize the importance of victims' rights. At the same time, Raymond Borel, editor of the French medical journal TONUS, had set up a group called "French Medical Aid" due to Cyclone Bhola which destroyed millions of homes in 1970 and killed at least 625,000 people in eastern Pakistan. Borel intended to hire doctors to help victims of natural disasters. On the 22th December of 1971, the two groups of colleagues merged to form Doctors without …show more content…

It is one of the most malnourished countries and has a high mortality rate. From then on the organization has been present in this country, since it is one of the most important interventions for the company. In 1990, Doctors without Borders went to Liberia for the first time to help civilians and refugees affected by the Civil War. In addition, missions were also set up to help the refugees who survived the al-Anfal campaign. 1991 also saw the start of the civil war in Somalia, during which MSF established missions in 1992 together with the United Nations to maintain

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