Doctors Without Borders

Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres) is an international, independent, impartial, and neutral humanitarian medical organization that provides medical aid to those in crisis around the world. Guided by universal medical ethics, Doctors Without Borders bears witness to the need for medical care worldwide, working with victims of war, disease outbreaks, natural and human-made disasters, addressing acute medical issues in impoverished and conflict areas. Doctors Without Borders works in over 72 countries to provide essential, life-saving care for individuals in need. Since 1971, the organization has helped tens of millions of people in crisis and is currently working to help victims of the earthquake in Turkey, Ukrainian refugees and war-afflicted citizens, Sudanese trauma patients, and many other victims suffering the effects of war, conflict, and climate-related disasters around the globe. Doctors Without Borders won the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize “in recognition of the organization’s pioneering humanitarian work on several continents.”