Doctors Without Borders
international humanitarian medical non-governmental organisation
(Redirected from Médecins Sans Frontières)
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]
References
change- ↑ "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". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
