Doctors Without Borders facts for kids
Type | Medical humanitarian organisation |
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Founded | 1971 |
Headquarters | Geneva, Switzerland |
Website | www.msf.org www.doctorswithoutborders.org |
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. 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.
In 1999 Doctors Without Borders was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. 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.
Images for kids
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Aerial photograph of a Mihanda, Zaire refugee camp in 1996. Pictured are 500+ tents set up in the Mitumba Mountains.
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MSF logistician in Nigeria showing plans
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An MSF health worker examines a malnourished child in Ethiopia, July 2011
See also
In Spanish: Médicos Sin Fronteras para niños