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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was founded in 1971 in France by a group of doctors and journalists in the wake of war and famine in Biafra, Nigeria. Their aim was to establish an independent organisation that focuses on delivering emergency medicine aid quickly, effectively and impartially.

Three hundred volunteers made up the organisation when it was founded: doctors, nurses and other staff, including the 13 founding doctors and journalists.

Founders of MSF

  • Dr. Jacques Beres
  • Philippe Bernier
  • Raymond Borel
  • Dr. Jean Cabrol
  • Dr. Marcel Delcourt
  • Dr. Xavier Emmanuelli
  • Dr. Pascal Greletty-Bosviel
  • Gérard Illiouz
  • Dr. Bernard Kouchner
  • Dr. Gérard Pigeon
  • Vladan Radoman
  • Dr. Max Recamier
  • Dr. Jean-Michel Wild

MSF is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare.

MSF offers assistance to people based on need, irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of neutrality and impartiality.

Our mandate concerns emergency relief, and the principles we honour while carrying out our work are contained in the MSF Charter.

We launch our operations in areas where there is no medical infrastructure or where the existing one cannot withstand the pressure to which it is subjected. In most cases, relief programs change to rehabilitation projects that may run for several years after the most urgent needs have been met.

For more than 50 years, we have been providing medical help to people caught in many kinds of catastrophes, including armed conflicts, disasters such as floods and earthquakes, epidemics of disease and malnutrition crises. All these situations call for rapid response with specialised medical and logistical help. We are renowned for our quick response and efficient, effective work in the toughest emergencies. Beyond acute crisis, we also intervene in times that call for a less urgent type of action, for instance, in chronic refugees situations, areas of chronic instability, and in periods following a conflict or disaster.

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