NGO case studies - MSF & ICRC Flashcards
what is the role of MSF
they provide medical aid where it’s needed most
when was MSF founded
1971
which people do MSF care for?
natural disasters, conflict, famines, refugee exoduses
how many people do MSF employ
35,000 globally
what did MSF take a stance against and how
didn’t accept funding from the EU because if their reluctance to accept migrants feeling conflict in the Middle East
one example of MSF revolutionary treatment (not created by them)
‘ready to use therapeutic food’ to treat malnutrition
how did MSF help to combat disease in Haiti in 2010?
after cholera hit - same year as 7.0 mag. earthquake - opened more than 20 cholera treatment centres
cared for more than 100,000 patients
how did MSF help to combat disease in West Africa in 2014?
employed 4,000 staff and admitted around 10,000 patients to EBOLA MANAGEMENT CENTRES
how did MSF help to combat disease in Somalia in 2011?
after a drought, conflict and collapsed healthcare system
hundreds of thousand fled to capital Mogadishu
MSF opened 12 health facilities - gave basic healthcare, surgery, cholera and measles treatment