Doctors Without Borders

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Doctors Without Borders
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Who are they?

• independent international medical humanitarian
  organization
• deliver emergency aid to people affected by-
  Armed conflict- Epidemics- Natural or man- made
  disasters- Exclusion from health care
• More than 70 countries

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Where do they work?

• All over the world
• Areas of Africa, America, Australia, Asia and
  Europe.- Spain - USA - Norway -
  Australia- Denmark - Canada-
  Sweden - Japan- Belgium - Austria-
  France - Luxembourg- Switzerland -
  Greece- China (Hong Kong) - The international
  office is in- Italy Switzerland. -
  Germany- Great Britain

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What do they work with?

• Vaccination
• Training local health workers
• Improving water and sanitary facilities
• Checking the civilians living in a crisis area
• Feeding poor people
• Helping people in need of medical care
• Delivers medical supplies
• Mental health care
• Rehabilitation of hospitals and clinics.
• Aids care and prevention.

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How do they work?

• Each project team is led by a field coordinator.
  A team includes a medical coordinator, a
  logistical coordinator and a financial
  coordinator.
• When a disaster happens, they always have
  produced pre-packaged disaster kits ready for
  transport within hours.
• An average field project team has 4 to 12
  international volunteers working in collaboration
  with up to 200 local staff members
• New volunteers are trained in skills which they
  will need in the field by a group of emergency
  experts.

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When did they start their work? (History)

• Doctors Without Borders was founded in 1971.
• In 1990 they open in US.
• In 1996 DWB movement grows
• In 1999 they received the Nobel Peace Prize

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Ann-Cecilie