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Forty-five years of responding to crises with medical int

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1971 – Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is founded

A group of French doctors and journalist­s created MSF in the wake of the war and accompanyi­ng famine in Biafra, Nigeria, and the floods in eastern Pakistan (now Bangladesh). MSF is based on the belief that all people should have access to healthcare regardless of gender, race, religion, creed or political affiliatio­n, and that people’s medical needs outweigh respect for national boundaries. MSF’s principles of action are described in our charter, which establishe­s a framework for our activities.

1980 — War in Afghanista­n 1975 — Cambodians flee Khmer Rouge

MSF establishe­s its first l a r g e - s c a l e me d i c a l programme during a refugee crisis, providing medical care for waves of Cambodians seeking sanctuary from Pol Pot’s rule. (Photo: MSF)

1976 — War in Lebanon

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