Current Projects of doctors without borders
This map is an illustration of all the countries that Doctors without Borders has missions. (Doctors Without Borders/ activities, 2011,sec 1)
Doctors without borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical organization that has missions in over 60 countries and is currently involved in many countries helping the people that live in those countries that have been the victims of violence. Many of the countries that Doctors without Borders is involved are in desperate need of help be it because of natural disaster, hunger, rape, civil war, or just war.
The Campaign for Access to Essential Medications
The campaign for access to essential medications started in 1999 and is a project that Doctors without Borders became the voice for. This project is trying to bring to light the lack of effective medications and vaccines that are available to developing countries.
Haiti
Haiti has also been a project that Doctors without Borders has been involved in for awhile, in the beginning the project was to help those that were victims of attacks from armed groups. But after the earthquake in 2010 Doctors without Borders sent 9 planes to Haiti filled with medical equipment and a field hospital to replace the one that had collapsed during the earthquake, so that they could continue to treat those that were victims of the violence and of the earthquake. Doctors Without Borders is still working in Haiti.
Flooding in Pakistan
The flood in Pakistan is one of the newer projects that Doctors without Borders is involved in. The flood began in late July 2010 and as a response to the flood Doctors without Borders increased its existing missions and also set up many new ones. “By December 2010, teams had tended to more than 80,000 patients and distributed nearly 2 million liters of clean water, along with almost 65,000 relief kits.” (Doctors without Borders/ about us, 2011, sec. 2010)
The flood in Pakistan is one of the newer projects that Doctors without Borders is involved in. The flood began in late July 2010 and as a response to the flood Doctors without Borders increased its existing missions and also set up many new ones. “By December 2010, teams had tended to more than 80,000 patients and distributed nearly 2 million liters of clean water, along with almost 65,000 relief kits.” (Doctors without Borders/ about us, 2011, sec. 2010)
“Starving for Attention”
Starving Children in Africa
“Starving for Attention” is a new campaign that Doctors without Borders launched to teach the world about global malnutrition. “Starving for Attention is a multimedia campaign highlights the many overlooked aspects of global malnutrition.
Lead Poisoning in Nigeria
While helping to carry out vaccinations in Nigeria Doctors without Borders teams responded to a report of a mysterious illness in a remote town, upon arriving in the town the teams deduced that lead poisoning was to blame for the deaths. This began Doctors without Borders first lead poisoning response.
Haiti Gets struck with cholera
Cholera is an infection that attacks the small intestine; it is caused mainly from drinking water that is contaminated by the diarrhea of an infected person. After the earthquake, doctors without borders had to begin dealing with an outbreak of Cholera in October of 2010. Doctors without Borders started 50 treatment centers across Haiti and also started an education campaign to educate the public on what was happening and why.
Mass Rape in the DRC
In 2011 Doctors without Borders began to deal with mass rapes that had occurred in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Over 100 men, women, and children were treated after they were attacked but militias in the area.
Sources
About Us - Timeline | Doctors Without Borders. (n.d.). Doctors Without Borders. Retrieved September 26, 2011, from http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/aboutus/timeline.cfm?ref=main-menu
Activities | Doctors Without Borders. (n.d.). Doctors Without Borders. Retrieved September 26, 2011, from http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/aboutus/activities.cfm?ref=main-menu
MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES (MSF). (n.d.). MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES (MSF). Retrieved September 26, 2011, from .http://msf.ca/
Starving Biafran children awaiting food and treatment. (n.d.). Starving Biafran children awaiting food and treatment. Retrieved September 26, 2011, from www.nigeriamasterweb.com/10mbebe/StarvingBiafranChildren.jpg
While helping to carry out vaccinations in Nigeria Doctors without Borders teams responded to a report of a mysterious illness in a remote town, upon arriving in the town the teams deduced that lead poisoning was to blame for the deaths. This began Doctors without Borders first lead poisoning response.
Haiti Gets struck with cholera
Cholera is an infection that attacks the small intestine; it is caused mainly from drinking water that is contaminated by the diarrhea of an infected person. After the earthquake, doctors without borders had to begin dealing with an outbreak of Cholera in October of 2010. Doctors without Borders started 50 treatment centers across Haiti and also started an education campaign to educate the public on what was happening and why.
Mass Rape in the DRC
In 2011 Doctors without Borders began to deal with mass rapes that had occurred in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Over 100 men, women, and children were treated after they were attacked but militias in the area.
Sources
About Us - Timeline | Doctors Without Borders. (n.d.). Doctors Without Borders. Retrieved September 26, 2011, from http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/aboutus/timeline.cfm?ref=main-menu
Activities | Doctors Without Borders. (n.d.). Doctors Without Borders. Retrieved September 26, 2011, from http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/aboutus/activities.cfm?ref=main-menu
MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES (MSF). (n.d.). MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES (MSF). Retrieved September 26, 2011, from .http://msf.ca/
Starving Biafran children awaiting food and treatment. (n.d.). Starving Biafran children awaiting food and treatment. Retrieved September 26, 2011, from www.nigeriamasterweb.com/10mbebe/StarvingBiafranChildren.jpg