1    Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières

      (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization

      created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971. In 1999,

4    the organization received the Nobel Peace Prize.

       Today, MSF provides independent, impartial

       assistance in more than 60 countries to people whose survival

7     is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due

       to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from

       health care, or natural disasters. MSF gives assistance to those

10  most in need. MSF also calls attention to neglected crises,

       challenges inadequacies or abuse of the aid system, and

       defends improved medical treatments and protocols.

13  Humanitarian Action

      MSF's work is based on the humanitarian principles

      of medical ethics and impartiality. The organization is dedicated

16  to giving quality medical care to people in crises not

      considering race, religion, or political affiliation.

    

       MSF operates independently of any political, military,

19  or religious views. Medical teams conduct evaluations to

       determine a population's medical needs before opening

       programs, with the objective of answering problems that exist

22  (instead of duplicating services that are already offered) or

       reach communities that are not being assisted. The key to

       MSF’s ability to act independently in response to a crisis is its

25   independent funding. Ninety percent of MSF's overall funding

       (and 100 percent of MSF-USA's funding) comes from private,

       non-governmental sources. In 2009, MSF had 3.8 million

28   individual donors and private funders all over the world. As a 

       consequence, MSF is a neutral organization. It does not take

       sides in any armed conflicts, for example.

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