Doctors without Borders International

For decades, America has fought in many different wars with the need of health assistance for their soldiers. The American Red Cross is a worldwide organization that helped during the times of war but also provided a path for scientific advancements. Through the American Red Cross and other organizations of this time, they opened up the doors for women to take the chance to advance in the medical field by participating in scientific experiments and being at the aide of wounded soldiers. During this time of scrutiny, the Great War was a hidden opportunity for the encroachment of medical research with the contribution to the expansion of nursing.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has created an agenda for 2030. Within this agenda there are seventeen sustainable developmental goals (SDG) that aim to transform our world. These goals are to be met through numerous different means, government policies, public change, non-government organizations (NGO) and a variety of other ways. NGO’s are a large way to help meet these goals and impact the world for the better. LRBT, an NGO that focuses on eye care for those who live in Pakistan, focuses on meeting the goal ensuring healthy lives and wellbeing for all at all ages (United nations SDG, reference). Ensuring eye care for the residents of Pakistan not only provides them with care they should be subject too always, but

I would like to propose that the World Health Organization takes a more active role in this area and create a more sophisticated quick response branch that embeds personnel in an effective manner. This will take much logistical planning and preparedness, perhaps the successes could be used analogously in this country to strengthen FEMA’s responses.

The American Red Cross (2010) website tells of an organization guided by the principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, and voluntary service whose mission is to, “provide relief to victims of disaster and help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies” (Mission statement, para. 1). It claims a history of founding in 1881 in Washington D.C. by Clara Barton. Still operating today, 129 years later, is evidence of its success as an organization. It has endured despite the fact that the very nature of

On Saturday, October 3 a hospital in Afghanistan was bombed by the US. This is a terrible thing because the those people in the hospital were civilians, and the US should not be bombing civilians. The bombing killed 12 staff and 10 patients, 3 of them apparently children. 37 other people had non-fatal casualties. The organization which owned the hospital, Doctors Without Borders, calls the bombing of the hospital a “war crime.” American general John Campbell says that he offers his “deepest condolences” to those who got hit.

Nice post. The earthquake that struck Haiti on January 2010 measured 7.0 on the Richter scale. Approximately 220,000 people died, three hundred thousand were injured and two million people were suddenly made homeless. The earthquake happened in the urban areas and caused most of the buildings to collapse, even the presidential palace and many other government buildings were damaged. Since Haiti being one of the poorest countries has poor quality of buildings which are not at par with seismic codes endured vast damages financially and resulted in high mortality rate. Similar to hurricane Katrina people who were considered the leaders and responders in such disasters were themselves affected by the earthquake. To make matters worse many hospitals

Mahatma Gandhi once said, “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” When Gandhi spoke those wise words, he revealed the secret to obtaining world peace. Dedicating your time to helping others can help make the world a better place. Doctors without Borders is a non-government organization, also known as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). This organization lives by the words of Mahatma Gandhi as they dedicate their time to obtaining world peace and positive social change by helping others across the world, with the medical attention that they need. Doctors without Borders started in France in 1971, and has now become international as they deliver emergency medical aid to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disaster or exclusion from health care. They have a

The acts of Medecins Sans Frontieres results in the better being of others. This is demonstrated through their tireless efforts, resulting in less people at risk. This is well presented, as evident in the events of March 1999. The expulsion of ethnic

“We are Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). We help people worldwide where the need is greatest, delivering emergency medical aid to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from health care”

Carlo Urbani’s contribution to the medical field was truly one of a kind. Urbani was one of the early volunteers of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) which is an organization that “focuses on delivering emergency medical aid

The central idea came from the medical journal called Tonus. MSF is the French name of this charity which stands for Medecins Sans Frontieres . Doctors Without Borders is an independent medical humanitarian organization. This charity is especially known for humanitarian medical work and producing research. They respond to emergencies and provide high quality medical care. Not only do they provide medical care, but also daily essential items to people who are lacking these crucial needs. They respond to people injured in war, natural disasters, disease outbreak, neglect, and many more emergencies. Nearly a third of their work scences are located in conflict zones. There are about 33,000 staff members in 70 countries. This organization is striving to respond to any medical emergency around the world. This charity won the nobel peace prize in 1999 for all the people they have helped and the incredible work, effort, and time they have put into this organization to help other people seeking for medical attention (History and

Human rights violations occur all around the world on a daily basis. Despite the Universal declaration of human rights (UDHR) to safeguard the rights of all human beings, some states are still dragging their feet to implement the basic rights their citizens are entitled to. So, to advocate for people whose rights have been denied, many Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) have taken upon themselves to work and promote social and political change. These NGOs play an important part in improving communities, and advocating for citizen participation. In that sense, Doctors without borders, mostly known as Medecins sans Fontieres (MSF), has gained a lot of praise for its work for helping people in need, and acting as an instrument of reducing poverty worldwide.

Although volunteers for Medecins Sans Frontiers are commonly stationed in various countries with a dire healthcare worker shortage, regions with refugee camps and internally displaced persons are also a focus for this organization. Refugees and internally displaced persons often come from war torn regions and live in close confines with poor sanitation and limited resources. These living situations become a breeding ground for diseases and other health issues like malnutrition, yet the individuals lack access to any sort of healthcare. The organization also responds quickly when regions suddenly experience an increased need for healthcare, for example in times of an epidemic or a natural disaster. Medecins Sans Frontiers’ involvement across its varying regions and their attempt to address a broad spectrum of healthcare truly show how altruistic the organization is to individuals regardless of race, gender, or religion.

When a disaster has taken place, first responders who provide fire and medical services will not be equipped to meet the demands for many services. Several issues such as the number of victims, communication failures and road blockages will stop people from accessing emergency services they have come to expect at a moment 's notice through 911 emergency services. Individuals will have to rely on others for help in order to meet their immediate lifesaving and life sustaining needs. If access is blocked or the agency’s capacity is exceeded, it may be hours or days before trained help arrives. There is a four-phase model that organizes the events of emergency managers. This model is known as the “life cycle” which includes dour

In 2006, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) 1 published the report, Pneumonia: The forgotten killer of children which identified pneumonia as one of the world’s leading causes of childhood mortality accounting for one in five under-five deaths. The fourth Millennium Development Goal (MDG) from the 2000 summit is to reduce under-five mortality rate by two-thirds by 20151. With its significant contribution to under-five mortality, reduction of the childhood pneumonia mortality is essential to achieving this goal.