Organization: MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
Mission: TO ASSIST VICTIMS OF DISASTERS AND CONFLICTS WORLDWIDE.
Activities: Emergency and Medical Programs - EVERY YEAR, DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS/MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES (MSF) PROVIDES EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE TO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE CAUGHT IN CRISES IN MORE THAN 70 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. MSF PROVIDES ASSISTANCE WHEN CATASTROPHIC EVENTS - SUCH AS ARMED CONFLICT, EPIDEMICS, MALNUTRITION, OR NATURAL DISASTERS - OVERWHELM LOCAL HEALTH SYSTEMS, AND OPERATES COMPREHENSIVE, AND IN SOME CASES LONG-STANDING, TREATMENT PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH A HOST OF NEGLECTED DISEASES. MSF ALSO ASSISTS PEOPLE WHO FACE DISCRIMINATION OR NEGLECT FROM THEIR LOCAL HEALTH SYSTEMS OR WHEN POPULATIONS ARE OTHERWISE EXCLUDED FROM HEALTH CARE. FOR A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF MSFS USA AND WORLDWIDE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/who-we-are/accountability-rep orting
MSF-USA FACILITATES THE RECRUITMENT OF VOLUNTEER MEDICAL AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS FROM THE UNITED STATES TO PARTICIPATE IN VARIOUS MEDICAL EMERGENCY RELIEF PROJECTS. 216 AID WORKERS WERE DISPATCHED BY MSF-USA ON A TOTAL OF 372 FIELD MISSIONS IN 58 COUNTRIES IN 2019.
COMMUNICATIONS - AS PART OF ITS FOUNDING PRINCIPLES, MSF STANDS EVER READY TO SPEAK OUT PUBLICLY ON A GIVEN ISSUE SHOULD THE SITUATION CALL FOR IT. THIS COULD MEAN THAT A CERTAIN GROUP IS BEING NEGLECTED, THAT MILITARY OR POLITICAL EFFORTS ARE CAUSING SEVERE MEDICAL CONSEQUENCES, OR THAT INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH TO RESPOND TO AN EMERGENCY. ADDITIONALLY, MSF ADVOCATES IN CAPITALS AND BOARD ROOMS AROUND THE WORLD IN ORDER TO COMBAT POLICIES THAT MIGHT RESTRICT ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL MEDICINES AND HEALTH CARE. THESE EFFORTS COULD TAKE THE FORM OF A PUBLIC STATEMENT, AN OP-ED ARTICLE, POSTS ON MSF'S FACEBOOK, TWITTER, AND TUMBLR PAGES, OR MEDIA APPEARANCES USED TO SPREAD THE WORD ON A PARTICULAR ISSUE. MSF ALSO ENGAGES WITH THE PUBLIC AT LARGE THROUGH AWARENESS-RAISING ACTIVITIES FOCUSING ON HUMANITARIAN CRISES AND ISSUES, INCLUDING LECTURES, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, FILM SCREENINGS, AND EXHIBITS.
NTEE category: International, Foreign Affairs & National Security
Secondary category: Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness & Relief