Doctors Without Borders

Biology 402, Spring 2012Laura Paschall

Doctors Without Borders

http://www.nhimassageblog.com/2011/04/01/nhi-japan-relief/

History

1971– French doctors and journalists collaborate

Neutral Medical Assistance

90% Private Funding

http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/aboutus/timeline.cfm

Where They Work

Current Projects

Began HIV treatments

in 1990

Antiretroviral Programs in Cameroon, Thailand, South Africa in 2000

Currently 32 countries and over 100,000 patients (7,000 pediatric)

ACCESS Campaign

2006 Novartis took India to court over patent law Access to drugs in developing world Supreme Court of India March 28th

MSF in Haiti

In Haiti since 1991

Community Health Units

2004-2009: Political Unrest

2010 Earthquake Relief

Focus on Cholera

Effectiveness

1999 Nobel Peace Prize

1993 Nansen Refugee Award

Global Journal Ranked #8 of Top 100 NGOs

$145 million in aid each year

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Sources

http://theglobaljournal.net/article/view/585/ http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/aboutus/

timeline.cfm http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=

127197400

http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=3628

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-57351744-503543/130-doctors-without-borders-staff-disappear-in-sudan/

http://www.msfaccess.org/novartis-drop-the-case https://www.idofoundation.org/cgi-bin/

nposummary.cgi?NonProfitID=107