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  • Essay / NGO Analysis: Doctors Without Borders - 1101

    Imagine an entire community of individuals, from doctors to massage therapists, who does not answer to any political or religious entity, but nevertheless manages to collectively provide free health services to millions of people. people in need each year. Médecins Sans Frontières, or better known in the United States as Médecins Sans Frontières, is an international NGO that does just that. The organization began in 1971 when a group of French doctors and journalists recognized the urgent need for health care assistance during times of war, famine and floods in Nigeria and Pakistan. Since then, it has expanded and provides assistance to more than 60 countries in underserved regions of Central America, South America, Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, and developed a mission “to provide emergency [medical] assistance to those affected.” by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or man-made disasters, or exclusion from health care. . Not only are doctors of all specialties part of the group, but nurses, paramedics, ambulance drivers, dentists, dental technicians, dental hygienists, optometrists, opticians, audiologists, podiatrists, massage therapists, mental health professionals, epidemiologists and logistics experts are all joining Medecins. Sans Frontières in their mission as well. In total, more than 27,000 people around the world help those in need through Médecins Sans Frontières, every day of the year. Doctors and other health professionals often offer treatments for diseases prevalent in tropical areas such as chagas and malaria. Treatment of diseases prevalent in developing countries...... middle of paper ......y. One of their greatest achievements was being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999 in the field of humanitarian work, "in recognition of the organization's pioneering humanitarian work on several continents." (nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1999) Since then, Médecins Sans Frontières has continued to expand the services they offer. Last year, they conducted 7.5 million outpatient consultations, delivered 110,000 newborns, treated 1.1 million people for malaria, treated 200,000 malnourished children, provided antiretroviral treatment to 165,000 people infected with HIV/AIDS, vaccinated 7.9 million against meningitis and performed 50,000 surgical procedures. msf.orghttp://charityreports.bbb.org/national/health/doctors-without-borders-usa-in-new-york-ny-783http://www.ksghauser.harvard.edu/http://www. nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1999/