Medecins Sans Frontieres
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that provides medical help in developing countries.
Fast Facts
- Founded: 1971 in France
- United States branch founded in 1990
- Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
- U.S. headquarters: New York, New York
- Phone number: (212) 679-6800
- Fax: (212) 679-7016
- Toll free donation line: (888) 392-0392
- President: Dr. Christophe Fournier
- 19 MSF offices worldwide1
- Network of 27,000 people providing medical assistance1
- Operates in over 70 countries2
- MSF-USA raised $152.1 million in 20071
- 200 aid workers sent overseas by MSF-USA in 20071
- Work to improve hospitals, provide vaccinations, and sanitize water supplies
- Treated 100,000 medical cases in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti3
- Received the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize
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