MSF
What is MSF ?
The history
What are MSF's aims?
Who are they ?
What problems do they face ?
MSF awards
Why did we chose MSF ?
MSF in Asia
Each country and its problems
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MSF
What is MSF ?
Médecins sans frontières (MSF) is an international organisation
that provides emergency medical assistance to populations in danger in more
than 80 countries where health structures are insufficient or even non existent.
The movement started in 1971 from a collection of French medical doctors and
has developed to its current position has an international humanitarian movement
with offices in 18 countries and ongoing activities in over 80 countries.
History
Since it was founded in 1971 by a small group of French doctors, doctor without
borders (médecins sans frontières) as ground to be the world's
largest independent medical relief agency, with section in 19 countries and
sending volunteers to over 80 countries annually.
What are MSF aims ?
Médecins sans frontières is the first non-military, non- governmental organization to specialize in emergency medical assistance. Their aims are : to reduce famine and poverty, to provide medical assistance and necessities to populations in deprived situation and to fight diseases like the tuberculosis, AIDS and STDs ( Sexually Transmissible Diseases ). In carrying out humanitarian assistance , MSF seeks also to raise owarerness.
Who are they ?
MSF is composed of 2500 volunteers working worldwide and the organization
emphasies the need for independent humanitarian action in all of its actions.
Most of MSF's members are doctors and health workers, but many other support
professions contribute to MSF's smooth functioning.
A Volunteer have to :
- Offer assistance to populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made
disasters and to victims of armed conflict without discrimination and irrespective
of race, religion ,creed or political affiliation .
- Be aware of the risks and dangers of the mission they undertake.
- Accept to have no right compensation for themselves or their beneficiaries
other than that which Médecins sans frontières is able to afford
them.
What problems do they face ?
Médecins sans frontières helps a lot of people to resolve their
problems but helping them MSF meets its own problems. MSF sometimes meets resistance
and become the target of attacks aimed against the Western presence. The number
of volunteers, is one of the most important problems met by MSF, and is all
the time insufficient. The money is also an important problem, and is raised
by the donations.
MSF awards
MSF has received the following international awards for their activities :
1999:
The novel peace prize
Oslo,Norway.
November 1996
Prix international pour la paix et l' action humanitaire.
Rome.
October 1996
Prix Seoul pour la paix
Seoul, South Korea.
November 1997
Indira Gandhi prize
New Delhi, India.
May 1996
The four freedom award
The Franklin Eleanor Roosevelt Institut
May 1992
Prix Europeen des droits de l'homme
Council of Europe.
Why did we choose MSF ?
We chose Médecins sans frontières like a charity because its worldwide
actions seem us really important and symbolize very well the charity. What's
more it was an good occasion to learn more about this charity that we hear speak
about.
MSF in Asia
MSF's volunteers works in 25 countries in Asia.
MSF in Afghanistan
MSF have been providing medical assisatnce in afghanistan sine 1980, where it provides vaccination, basic health care, water and sanitation provision and makes specialized programs fro deseases such as tuberculosis and leishmaniasis.
MSF in Bangladesh
MSF provides health care to 13 000 refugees from Myanmar and builds mobile clinic foicusing on malaria diagnosis and treatment.
MSF in Myanmar
MSF fight against malaria, cholera and makes mother-and-child health care and nutrition projects.
MSF in China
In china, MSF opened an AIDS clinic and fight against the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ( SARS ). MSF provides medical and psychological care, housing and food to marginalized children and minors.
MSF in Indonesia
MSF fight against AIDS, STDs, tuberculosis and malaria in providing free treatment and prevention programs and care.
MSF in North Korea
MSF provides food and medical assistance: shelter, clothing and food for those on hiding along the chinese border.
