From the ArcaMax Publishing, Charities Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/charities/s-116106-600315
Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an
independent international medical humanitarian organization that
delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict,
epidemics, natural or man-made disasters, or exclusion from health
care in more than 70 countries.
Each year, MSF doctors, nurses, logisticians, water-and-sanitation
experts, administrators, and other medical and non-medical
professionals depart on more than 3,800 field assignments. They work
alongside more than 22,500 locally hired staff to provide medical
care.
In emergencies and their aftermath, MSF provides health care,
rehabilitates and runs hospitals and clinics, performs surgery,
battles epidemics, carries out vaccination campaigns, operates feeding
centers for malnourished children, and offers mental health care. When
needed, MSF also constructs wells and dispenses clean drinking water,
and provides shelter materials like blankets and plastic sheeting.
Through longer-term programs, MSF treats patients with infectious
diseases such as tuberculosis, sleeping sickness, and HIV/AIDS, and
provides medical and psychological care to marginalized groups such as
street children.
MSF was founded in 1971 as a nongovernmental organization to both
provide emergency medical assistance and bear witness publicly to the
plight of the people it assists. A private nonprofit association, MSF
is an international network with sections in 19 countries.
For more information, visit www.doctorswithoutborders.org.
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