Program areas at Doctors without Borders USA
Emergency and medical programs - in 2022, Doctors Without borders/medecins Sans Frontieres (msf) provided emergency medical care to millions of people caught in crises in more than 70 countries around the world. Msf provides assistance when catastrophic events - such as armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, or natural disasters - overwhelm local health systems, and operates comprehensive, and in some cases long-standing, treatment programs for people living with a host of neglected diseases. Msf also assists people who face discrimination or neglect from their local health systems or when populations are otherwise excluded from health care. For a detailed description of msf USA and worldwide accomplishments, please visit our website at: httpswwwdoctorswithoutbordersorgw... -accountability
Communications - bearing witness to humanitarian needs and speaking out for the health and wellbeing of our patients are central to msf's founding principles. These activities aim to improve conditions for people caught in crisis or facing barriers to health care. Through its communications, msf helps raise awareness about medical and humanitarian emergencies around the world. The organization's reporting draws public attention to situations of extreme violence, abuse, or neglect. Msf demands equitable access to medical care and to essential medicines, vaccines, and other health products. Msf's reporting is grounded in the direct experiences of staff and patients. The organization shares news and stories through print and digital channels, including the website and social media. Msf seeks to expand its reach through the news media, including by conducting interviews, holding press briefings, and publishing opinion columns. The organization also produces live events and online discussion programs about humanitarian issues in order to inform and engage with the public.
Msf-usa engages in the recruitment and placement of medical and other professionals from the united states to work on various medical humanitarian emergency programs. Msf-usa employed 243 medical staff and other professionals on a total of 323 international assignments in 50 countries in 2022.