• International medical humanitarian organization

• Created by doctors and journalists

• France in 1971.

Not only Doctors...

• Nurses• Logistics experts• Administrators• Epidemiologists• Laboratory

technicians• Mental health

professionals• Others

Today, MSF provides aid in nearly 60 countries…

…mainly concerned with:

• Armed conflict• Epidemics• Malnutrition• Exclusion from

health care• Natural disasters

MSF provides independent, impartial assistance to those most in need.

Medical ethics

Impartiality

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Independent funding.

…90% of MSF's overall funding comes from private, non-govermental sources.

As an organization, MSF is neutral. MSF does not take sides in armed conflicts, provides care on the basis of need alone.

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