Doctors Without Borders

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Last year I had the opportunity and the pleasure working as an internship at the offices' Doctors Without Borders and I had direct contact with the numbers, goals, and actions of this international humanitarian organization around the world. MSF (an acronym by which the organization is known worldwide, its origin comes from the original name Medecins Sans Frontieres) is based on the principles of neutrality, impartiality, and independence. Their actions are possible through donations from individuals and private initiative. They are independent because they do not belong to any government, nor accept donations from governments, political parties, military organizations and armaments industries, for example. The MSF takes health care to people affected by serious humanitarian crises such as …show more content…

Doctors Without Borders also conducted vaccination campaigns for children as well supported the Ministry of Health and the Disaster Control Agency in disease outbreaks, emergency response, and mass casualties, offering diagnosis and treatment for leishmaniasis in the local community. In Alizai, the village in Kurram, the organization was responsible for the ambulatory ward and observation room for children up to 12 years of age. At Sadda Hospital, the second largest town in Kurram, MSF has been responsible for the neonatal unit caring for newborns who have faced birth and premature babies problems, also responsible for the ambulatory ward and ward for children and other serious diseases. They also worked alongside the maternity ward of the Ministry of Health, where they managed facilities and transfers between maternities, providing medical support and ambulances, and also provided for general transfers among other hospitals (MSF,

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