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| 1990s || War related situations and refugees movements remain an important focus for MSF. However, the organization increasingly faces the challenges of new health care crises, with the reemergence of once controlled diseases, the emergence of new epidemics, the failing health system in the former {{w|Soviet Union}}, lack of access to heath care for excluded populations in Western countries, and so forth.<ref name="The Challenges of Globalization of International Relief and Development"/>
 
| 1990s || War related situations and refugees movements remain an important focus for MSF. However, the organization increasingly faces the challenges of new health care crises, with the reemergence of once controlled diseases, the emergence of new epidemics, the failing health system in the former {{w|Soviet Union}}, lack of access to heath care for excluded populations in Western countries, and so forth.<ref name="The Challenges of Globalization of International Relief and Development"/>
 
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| 2000s || Médecins Sans Frontières experiences steady growth.<ref>{{cite web |title=On Danger, Sacrifice and Professionalisation: MSF and the security debate |url=https://www.msf-crash.org/en/publications/secourir-sans-perir-la-securite-humanitaire-lere-de-la-gestion-des-risques/1-history |website=msf-crash.org |accessdate=20 July 2019}}</ref> Among great challenge in the decade, is the support to the battle to bring down the price of antiretroviral drugs for people living with HIV in developing countries.<ref>{{cite web |title=7 ways we increased access to lifesaving treatment |url=https://msfaccess.org/access-campaign-year-review-2017 |website=msfaccess.org |accessdate=20 July 2019}}</ref> MSF's infrastructure like inflatable hospitals and telemedicine are developed in the decade.
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| 2000s || Médecins Sans Frontières experiences steady growth.<ref>{{cite web |title=On Danger, Sacrifice and Professionalisation: MSF and the security debate |url=https://www.msf-crash.org/en/publications/secourir-sans-perir-la-securite-humanitaire-lere-de-la-gestion-des-risques/1-history |website=msf-crash.org |accessdate=20 July 2019}}</ref> Among great activist challenges is the support to the battle to bring down the price of {{w|antiretroviral}} drugs for people living with HIV in developing countries.<ref>{{cite web |title=7 ways we increased access to lifesaving treatment |url=https://msfaccess.org/access-campaign-year-review-2017 |website=msfaccess.org |accessdate=20 July 2019}}</ref> MSF's infrastructure like inflatable hospitals and telemedicine are developed in the decade.
 
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| 2010s || As of 2015, MSF is active in nineteen countries and is involved in assistance activities in over sixty nations. It is represented by the International Office in Geneva, and has operational centers in {{w|Brussels}}, {{w|Paris}}, {{w|Amsterdam}}, {{w|Barcelona}} and {{w|Geneva}} that coordinate interventions. MSF is independent from governments and political parties.<ref>{{cite web |title=Papernet supports Doctors without Borders (MSF) |url=https://www.papernet.com/mea/en/news/papernet-supports-doctors-without-borders-msf |website=papernet.com |accessdate=16 July 2019}}</ref>
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| 2010s || As of 2015, MSF is active in nineteen countries and is involved in assistance activities in over sixty nations. It is represented by the International Office in Geneva, and has operational centers in {{w|Brussels}}, {{w|Paris}}, {{w|Amsterdam}}, {{w|Barcelona}} and {{w|Geneva}} that coordinate interventions. MSF remains independent from governments and political parties.<ref>{{cite web |title=Papernet supports Doctors without Borders (MSF) |url=https://www.papernet.com/mea/en/news/papernet-supports-doctors-without-borders-msf |website=papernet.com |accessdate=16 July 2019}}</ref>
 
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| 1985 || Administration || || MSF Belgium opposes the creation by MSF France’s newly formed Liberté Sans Frontières, thus taking a first step towards independence from MSF France.<ref name="Médecins Sans Frontières, Evolution of an International Movement: Associative History 1971-2014">{{cite web |title=Médecins Sans Frontières, Evolution of an International Movement: Associative History 1971-2014 |url=http://associativehistory.msf.org/sites/default/files/PPP_MSF_historical_VA.pdf |website=associativehistory.msf.org |accessdate=18 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Belgium}}
 
| 1985 || Administration || || MSF Belgium opposes the creation by MSF France’s newly formed Liberté Sans Frontières, thus taking a first step towards independence from MSF France.<ref name="Médecins Sans Frontières, Evolution of an International Movement: Associative History 1971-2014">{{cite web |title=Médecins Sans Frontières, Evolution of an International Movement: Associative History 1971-2014 |url=http://associativehistory.msf.org/sites/default/files/PPP_MSF_historical_VA.pdf |website=associativehistory.msf.org |accessdate=18 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Belgium}}
 
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| 1985 || Withdrawal || || The {{w|Government from Ethiopia}} expells MSF doctors on accusations for speaking out against Government policies.<ref>{{cite web |title=EXPELLED DOCTORS ACCUSE ETHIOPIA |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/04/world/expelled-doctors-accuse-ethiopia.html |website=nytimes.com |accessdate=16 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Ethiopia}}
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| 1985 || Withdrawal || || The {{w|Government of Ethiopia}} expells MSF doctors on accusations for speaking out against Government policies.<ref>{{cite web |title=EXPELLED DOCTORS ACCUSE ETHIOPIA |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/04/world/expelled-doctors-accuse-ethiopia.html |website=nytimes.com |accessdate=16 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Ethiopia}}
 
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| 1985 || Assistance || Starvation || MSF adds food relief to its eight-year-long mission in {{w|Eritrea}}, which has previously focused on emergency medicine.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Davey |first1=Eleanor |title=7 - Controversy in a humanitarian age |doi=10.1017/CBO9781107706880.008 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/idealism-beyond-borders/controversy-in-a-humanitarian-age/9B895A59A7E3546FB1C5EDC3F1398824}}</ref> || {{w|Eritrea}}
 
| 1985 || Assistance || Starvation || MSF adds food relief to its eight-year-long mission in {{w|Eritrea}}, which has previously focused on emergency medicine.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Davey |first1=Eleanor |title=7 - Controversy in a humanitarian age |doi=10.1017/CBO9781107706880.008 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/idealism-beyond-borders/controversy-in-a-humanitarian-age/9B895A59A7E3546FB1C5EDC3F1398824}}</ref> || {{w|Eritrea}}
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| 1986 || Administration || || MSF France’s General Assembly votes to create a structure in charge of training MSF volunteers. This association, called CIREM (Centre d’Intervention pour la Recherche et l’Epidémiologie Médicale/Intervention Centre for Research and Medical Epidemiology), has three objectives: public health training, provision of scientific support to MSF missions, and scientific networking.<ref name="Médecins Sans Frontières, Evolution of an International Movement: Associative History 1971-2014"/> || {{w|France}}
 
| 1986 || Administration || || MSF France’s General Assembly votes to create a structure in charge of training MSF volunteers. This association, called CIREM (Centre d’Intervention pour la Recherche et l’Epidémiologie Médicale/Intervention Centre for Research and Medical Epidemiology), has three objectives: public health training, provision of scientific support to MSF missions, and scientific networking.<ref name="Médecins Sans Frontières, Evolution of an International Movement: Associative History 1971-2014"/> || {{w|France}}
 
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| 1987 || Assistance || Disease || MSF vaccinates 2,5 million Nigerians in the region around {{w|Ibadan}} and in {{w|Anambra State}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=MSF starts malaria programme in the Niger Delta |url=https://www.msf.org/msf-starts-malaria-programme-niger-delta |website=msf.org |accessdate=18 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Nigeria}}
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| 1987 || Assistance || Disease || MSF vaccinates 2.5 million Nigerians in the region around {{w|Ibadan}} and in {{w|Anambra State}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=MSF starts malaria programme in the Niger Delta |url=https://www.msf.org/msf-starts-malaria-programme-niger-delta |website=msf.org |accessdate=18 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Nigeria}}
 
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| 1987 || Assistance || General || MSF doctors start working in the {{w|Philippines}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Philippines: Floodwaters recede but medical needs remain |url=https://msf-seasia.org/news/12974 |website=msf-seasia.org |accessdate=19 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Philippines}}
 
| 1987 || Assistance || General || MSF doctors start working in the {{w|Philippines}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Philippines: Floodwaters recede but medical needs remain |url=https://msf-seasia.org/news/12974 |website=msf-seasia.org |accessdate=19 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Philippines}}
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| 1988 || Assistance || Disease (cholera) || MSF employs cholera treatment centers (CTCs) in {{w|Malawi}} to address an epidemic among refugees escaping from the {{w|Mozambican Civil War}}.<ref name="Timeline: Innovation in action"/> || {{w|Malawi}}
 
| 1988 || Assistance || Disease (cholera) || MSF employs cholera treatment centers (CTCs) in {{w|Malawi}} to address an epidemic among refugees escaping from the {{w|Mozambican Civil War}}.<ref name="Timeline: Innovation in action"/> || {{w|Malawi}}
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| 1988 || Assistance || General || MSF starts operations in {{w|Algeria}}. The organization would close its projects in 2016 in the country.<ref>{{cite web |title=Algeria |url=https://www.msf.org/algeria |website=msf.org |accessdate=20 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Algeria}}
 
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| 1989 || Withdrawal || War || MSF withdraws from Sudan after an MSF plane is shot down by a missile, killing 4 people, two of them MSF volunteers.<ref name="The MSF timeline"/> || {{w|Sudan}}
 
| 1989 || Withdrawal || War || MSF withdraws from Sudan after an MSF plane is shot down by a missile, killing 4 people, two of them MSF volunteers.<ref name="The MSF timeline"/> || {{w|Sudan}}
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| 1997 || Assistance || War/Genocide || MSF assists Rwandan refugees forced out of camps in {{w|Zaire}} as they return home, but are blocked from assisting those fleeing further into Zaire, who fall victim to widespread massacres.<ref name="The MSF timeline"/> || {{w|Rwanda}}
 
| 1997 || Assistance || War/Genocide || MSF assists Rwandan refugees forced out of camps in {{w|Zaire}} as they return home, but are blocked from assisting those fleeing further into Zaire, who fall victim to widespread massacres.<ref name="The MSF timeline"/> || {{w|Rwanda}}
 
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| 1997 || Literature || || MSF publishes the book ''Refugee Health'', which establishes ten top priorities for managing refugee emergencies.<ref>{{cite book |title=Oxford Handbook of Humanitarian Medicine |edition=Amy Kravitz |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=ShGIDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8&dq=%22in+1997+medecins+sans+frontieres%22&source=bl&ots=LjSFZQzOhQ&sig=ACfU3U3Heay1xdKhWpkMe58_XE4rIQz5pw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjaw_Tw_7fjAhVFH7kGHQOzDY4Q6AEwBHoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22in%201997%20medecins%20sans%20frontieres%22&f=false}}</ref> ||
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| 1997 || Literature || Forced displacement || MSF publishes the book ''Refugee Health'', which establishes ten top priorities for managing refugee emergencies.<ref>{{cite book |title=Oxford Handbook of Humanitarian Medicine |edition=Amy Kravitz |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=ShGIDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8&dq=%22in+1997+medecins+sans+frontieres%22&source=bl&ots=LjSFZQzOhQ&sig=ACfU3U3Heay1xdKhWpkMe58_XE4rIQz5pw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjaw_Tw_7fjAhVFH7kGHQOzDY4Q6AEwBHoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22in%201997%20medecins%20sans%20frontieres%22&f=false}}</ref> ||
 
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| 1998 || Policy || Disease (mental disorder) || MSF formally recognizes the importance of providing mental healthcare and psychosocial care as part of its emergency work.<ref>{{cite web |title=Beyond a healthy body: MSF's mental health support |url=https://www.msf-me.org/article/beyond-healthy-body-msfs-mental-health-support |website=msf-me.org |accessdate=19 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The psychological impact of a humanitarian emergency can be severe. |url=https://www.msf.org.uk/issues/mental-health |website=msf.org.uk |accessdate=19 July 2019}}</ref> ||
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| 1997 || Assistance || Flood || MSF in {{w|North Korea}} distributes 2,200 tons of spring barley seeds to help the population cope with flood damage and increase agricultural production.<ref name="Health System in North Korea Has Collapsed">{{cite web |title=Health System in North Korea Has Collapsed |url=https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/news-stories/news/health-system-north-korea-has-collapsed |website=doctorswithoutborders.org |accessdate=20 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|North Korea}}
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| 1998 || Policy || Mental health || MSF formally recognizes the importance of providing mental healthcare and psychosocial care as part of its emergency work.<ref>{{cite web |title=Beyond a healthy body: MSF's mental health support |url=https://www.msf-me.org/article/beyond-healthy-body-msfs-mental-health-support |website=msf-me.org |accessdate=19 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The psychological impact of a humanitarian emergency can be severe. |url=https://www.msf.org.uk/issues/mental-health |website=msf.org.uk |accessdate=19 July 2019}}</ref> ||
 
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| 1998 || Activism || Crime || MSF decides to support the creation of the {{w|International Criminal Court}}. However, 10 years later it would state that it ‘would not cooperate and would not transmit any information to the ICC', as the organization needs to keep its distance from the ICC, as from any other political body.<ref>{{cite web |title=Grounds for divorce ? MSF and the international criminal court |url=https://www.msf-crash.org/en/conferences-debates/grounds-divorce-msf-and-international-criminal-court |website=msf-crash.org |accessdate=19 July 2019}}</ref> ||
 
| 1998 || Activism || Crime || MSF decides to support the creation of the {{w|International Criminal Court}}. However, 10 years later it would state that it ‘would not cooperate and would not transmit any information to the ICC', as the organization needs to keep its distance from the ICC, as from any other political body.<ref>{{cite web |title=Grounds for divorce ? MSF and the international criminal court |url=https://www.msf-crash.org/en/conferences-debates/grounds-divorce-msf-and-international-criminal-court |website=msf-crash.org |accessdate=19 July 2019}}</ref> ||
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| 2002 || Assistance || Disease (chagas) || MSF starts its first {{w|Chagas}} project in Bolivia, the country with the highest Chagas prevalence in the world.<ref>{{cite web |title=No excuses in Chagas diagnosis |url=https://msfaccess.org/no-excuses-chagas-diagnosis |website=msfaccess.org |accessdate=20 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Bolivia}}
 
| 2002 || Assistance || Disease (chagas) || MSF starts its first {{w|Chagas}} project in Bolivia, the country with the highest Chagas prevalence in the world.<ref>{{cite web |title=No excuses in Chagas diagnosis |url=https://msfaccess.org/no-excuses-chagas-diagnosis |website=msfaccess.org |accessdate=20 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Bolivia}}
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| 2003 || Assistance || Disease || MSF joins several research institutes, including the {{w|Institut Pasteur}}, to create the {{w|Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative}}, a non-profit organization engaged in research and development of new treatments for neglected diseases.<ref>{{cite web |title=Access to medicines |url=https://www.msf.org/access-medicines |website=msf.org |accessdate=17 July 2019}}</ref> ||
 
 
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| 2003 || Program || Disease || The Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative is founded by MSF and the {{w|Pasteur Institute}}, along with four other public research institutions. DNDi focuses on research and development of new and more efficient treatments for neglected diseases such as {{w|malaria}}, {{w|Chagas}}, {{w|kala azar}} and {{w|sleeping sickness}}.<ref name="MSF welcomes new fixed-dose combination against malaria">{{cite web |title=MSF welcomes new fixed-dose combination against malaria |url=https://www.msf.org/msf-welcomes-new-fixed-dose-combination-against-malaria |website=msf.org |accessdate=19 July 2019}}</ref> ||
 
| 2003 || Program || Disease || The Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative is founded by MSF and the {{w|Pasteur Institute}}, along with four other public research institutions. DNDi focuses on research and development of new and more efficient treatments for neglected diseases such as {{w|malaria}}, {{w|Chagas}}, {{w|kala azar}} and {{w|sleeping sickness}}.<ref name="MSF welcomes new fixed-dose combination against malaria">{{cite web |title=MSF welcomes new fixed-dose combination against malaria |url=https://www.msf.org/msf-welcomes-new-fixed-dose-combination-against-malaria |website=msf.org |accessdate=19 July 2019}}</ref> ||
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| 2008 || Assistance || General || MSF staff comprising over 26,000 doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals, logistical experts, water and sanitation engineers and administrators provide medical aid in over 65 countries.<ref name="MSF Activity Report 2008">{{cite web |title=MSF Activity Report 2008 |url=https://legerutengrenser.no/sites/default/files/files/msf-activity-report-2008.pdf |website=legerutengrenser.no |accessdate=19 July 2019}}</ref> ||
 
| 2008 || Assistance || General || MSF staff comprising over 26,000 doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals, logistical experts, water and sanitation engineers and administrators provide medical aid in over 65 countries.<ref name="MSF Activity Report 2008">{{cite web |title=MSF Activity Report 2008 |url=https://legerutengrenser.no/sites/default/files/files/msf-activity-report-2008.pdf |website=legerutengrenser.no |accessdate=19 July 2019}}</ref> ||
 
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| 2009 || Withdrawal || || MSF is expelled from {{w|Darfur}}, and its activities in {{w|Niger}} are suspended by the government.<ref name="Sri Lanka. Amid All-out War"/> || {{w|Sudan}}  
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| 2009 || Withdrawal || || MSF is expelled from {{w|Darfur}}, and its activities in {{w|Niger}} are suspended by the government.<ref name="Sri Lanka. Amid All-out War"/> || {{w|Sudan}}, {{w|Niger}}
 
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| 2009 || Assistance || War || MSF opens a surgical hospitals in Gaza and starts offering post-operative and psychological care. The two hospital tents include operating theaters and a 12-bed post-surgery recovery and post-operative care unit.<ref>{{cite web |title=MSF expands surgical activity in Gaza City |url=https://www.msf.org/msf-expands-surgical-activity-gaza-city |website=msf.org |accessdate=15 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Palestine}}
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| 2009 || Assistance || War || MSF opens a surgical hospital in Gaza and starts offering post-operative and psychological care. The two hospital tents include operating theaters and a 12-bed post-surgery recovery and post-operative care unit.<ref>{{cite web |title=MSF expands surgical activity in Gaza City |url=https://www.msf.org/msf-expands-surgical-activity-gaza-city |website=msf.org |accessdate=15 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Palestine}}
 
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| 2009 || Assistance || Disease || MSF organizes large-scale immunization campaigns, particularly against meningitis in western Africa, where MSF workers vaccinate almost eight million people in {{w|Nigeria}} and {{w|Niger}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=MSF India |url=https://www.msfindia.in/sites/default/files/2018-05/Financial%20Report%202009_0.pdf |website=msfindia.in |accessdate=19 July 2019}}</ref> ||
 
| 2009 || Assistance || Disease || MSF organizes large-scale immunization campaigns, particularly against meningitis in western Africa, where MSF workers vaccinate almost eight million people in {{w|Nigeria}} and {{w|Niger}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=MSF India |url=https://www.msfindia.in/sites/default/files/2018-05/Financial%20Report%202009_0.pdf |website=msfindia.in |accessdate=19 July 2019}}</ref> ||
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| 2012 || Assistance || General || MSF launches a large emergency program caused by massive influx of Sudanese refugees into {{w|South Sudan}}. The organization provides a total of 869,300 outpatient consultations, admits over 46,700 patients to hospital, treats 148,700 patients for {{w|malaria}} and vaccinates 204,800 people against {{w|measles}}. Teams also launch emergency response to the flooding in {{w|Yambio}} and the measles outbreak in {{w|Gogrial}}.<ref name="Projects in Africa - MSF-HK Activity Report 2012"/> || {{w|South Sudan}}   
 
| 2012 || Assistance || General || MSF launches a large emergency program caused by massive influx of Sudanese refugees into {{w|South Sudan}}. The organization provides a total of 869,300 outpatient consultations, admits over 46,700 patients to hospital, treats 148,700 patients for {{w|malaria}} and vaccinates 204,800 people against {{w|measles}}. Teams also launch emergency response to the flooding in {{w|Yambio}} and the measles outbreak in {{w|Gogrial}}.<ref name="Projects in Africa - MSF-HK Activity Report 2012"/> || {{w|South Sudan}}   
 
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| 2012 || Assistance || General || MSF in {{w|Somalia}} provides a total of 624,200 outpatient consultations, admits over 40,000 patients to hospital, treats over 30,000 severely malnourished patients, and conducts 2,750 surgical procedures in 13 areas.<ref name="Projects in Africa - MSF-HK Activity Report 2012"/> || {{w|Somalia}}
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| 2012 || Assistance || General || MSF in {{w|Somalia}} provides a total of 624,200 outpatient consultations, admits over 40,000 patients to hospital, treats over 30,000 severely malnourished patients, and conducts 2,750 surgical procedures in 13 areas of the country.<ref name="Projects in Africa - MSF-HK Activity Report 2012"/> || {{w|Somalia}}
 
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| 2013 || Withdrawal || War/crime || MSF closes all its programs in Somalia after 22 years working in the country. The decision comes after a long series of threats, kidnappings, extremely violent attacks, and murders, with 16 members of MSF staff having been killed since 1991.<ref>{{cite web |title=MSF closes operations in Somalia over 'extreme attacks' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-23697275 |website=bbc.com |accessdate=15 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Somalia}}
 
| 2013 || Withdrawal || War/crime || MSF closes all its programs in Somalia after 22 years working in the country. The decision comes after a long series of threats, kidnappings, extremely violent attacks, and murders, with 16 members of MSF staff having been killed since 1991.<ref>{{cite web |title=MSF closes operations in Somalia over 'extreme attacks' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-23697275 |website=bbc.com |accessdate=15 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Somalia}}
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| 2014 (February) || Withdrawal || || MSF is ordered by the {{w|Government of Myanmar}} to cease all activities in the country, where MSF doctors assist 30,000 HIV/AIDS patients and more than 3,000 TB patients.<ref>{{cite web |title=MSF concerned about the fate of thousands of patients after being ordered to cease activities |url=https://www.msf.org/myanmar-msf-concerned-about-fate-thousands-patients-after-being-ordered-cease-activities |website=msf.org |accessdate=16 July 2019}}</ref> By December 2014 MSF would restart primary health clinics in the country.<ref>{{cite web |title=MSF restarts basic medical activities in parts of Myanmar’s Rakhine State after nine-month absence |url=https://www.msf.org/myanmar-msf-restarts-basic-medical-activities-parts-myanmar%E2%80%99s-rakhine-state-after-nine-month |website=msf.org |accessdate=16 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Myanmar}}
 
| 2014 (February) || Withdrawal || || MSF is ordered by the {{w|Government of Myanmar}} to cease all activities in the country, where MSF doctors assist 30,000 HIV/AIDS patients and more than 3,000 TB patients.<ref>{{cite web |title=MSF concerned about the fate of thousands of patients after being ordered to cease activities |url=https://www.msf.org/myanmar-msf-concerned-about-fate-thousands-patients-after-being-ordered-cease-activities |website=msf.org |accessdate=16 July 2019}}</ref> By December 2014 MSF would restart primary health clinics in the country.<ref>{{cite web |title=MSF restarts basic medical activities in parts of Myanmar’s Rakhine State after nine-month absence |url=https://www.msf.org/myanmar-msf-restarts-basic-medical-activities-parts-myanmar%E2%80%99s-rakhine-state-after-nine-month |website=msf.org |accessdate=16 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Myanmar}}
 
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| 2014 || Infrastructure || || MSF experiments with the use of {{w|unmanned aerial vehicle}}s (UAVs) in {{w|Papua New Guinea}} to transport sputum samples from patients with suspected {{w|tuberculosis}} from remote health centers to a hospital for testing. || {{w|Papua New Guinea}}
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| 2014 || Infrastructure || Disease (tuberculosis) || MSF experiments with the use of {{w|unmanned aerial vehicle}}s (UAVs) in {{w|Papua New Guinea}} to transport sputum samples from patients with suspected {{w|tuberculosis}} from remote health centers to a hospital for testing. || {{w|Papua New Guinea}}
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| 2015 || Assistance || General || MSF intervenes in 69 countries, where it develops 446 humanitarian projects. The organization realizes 8.6 million medical consultations and hospitalizes nearly 600 000 patients.<ref name="Report 2015">{{cite web |title=Report 2015 |url=https://msf.lu/en/news/press-releases/report-on-year-2015 |website=msf.lu |accessdate=20 July 2019}}</ref> ||
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| 2015 || Assistance || Disease (ebola) || MSF opens the Bardnesville Junction Hospital (BJH) in {{w|Monrovia}}, at the time the epicenter of the {{w|Western African Ebola virus epidemic}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=LIBERIA |url=https://www.msf.org.au/country-region/liberia |website=msf.org.au |accessdate=20 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Liberia}}
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| 2016 || Assistance || General || MSF establishes a decentralized Middle East unit based in {{w|Amman}}, {{w|Jordan}} to support MSF operations in the {{w|Middle East}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=5 Q’s for Ghassan Aziz, Health Surveillance Program Manager at Médecins Sans Frontières |url=https://www.datainnovation.org/2018/02/5-qs-for-ghassan-aziz-health-surveillance-program-manager-at-medecins-sans-frontieres/ |website=datainnovation.org |accessdate=20 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Jordan}}
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| 2016 || Activism || || MSF delivers the names of more than 416,000 people from 170 countries who signed a petition asking {{w|Pfizer}} and {{w|GSK}} to reduce the price of the pneumonia vaccine to $5 per child (for all three doses) for populations affected by crisis and for all developing countries.<ref>{{cite web |title=Investors join MSF in calling Pfizer to reduce the price of vaccine against top childhood killer |url=https://msfaccess.org/investors-join-msf-calling-pfizer-reduce-price-vaccine-against-top-childhood-killer |website=msfaccess.org |accessdate=20 July 2019}}</ref> ||
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| 2017 || Assistance || Mental health || MSF workers perform 306,300 individual mental health consultations and 49,800 group sessions in 52 countries.<ref>{{cite web |title=Beyond a healthy body: MSF's mental health support |url=https://www.msf-me.org/article/beyond-healthy-body-msfs-mental-health-support |website=msf-me.org |accessdate=20 July 2019}}</ref> ||
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| 2017 || Assistance || Childbirth || MSF workers in {{w|Yemen}} help 7,900 women deliver their babies.<ref>{{cite web |title=MSF IN YEMEN: HELPING AMID CONFLICT |url=https://borgenproject.org/msf-in-yemen-helping-amid-conflict/ |website=borgenproject.org |accessdate=20 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Yemen}}
 
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Latest revision as of 20:58, 21 March 2024

This is a timeline of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), a French-origin international humanitarian aid organization that provides emergency medical assistance to populations in danger in nearly 70 countries.[1]

Big picture

Time period Development summary
1970s Médecins Sans Frontières is born early in the decade out of the exasperation of a group of French doctors who worked in desperate conditions in the Nigerian Civil War. Along the decade, its growth and increased professionalism would come as a response to decolonization and cold war conflicts in Africa and Asia, which at the time create massive refugee crises.[2] However, MSF remains a small organization in the 1970s.[3]
1980s Early in the decade, MSF introduces logistics and medical departments, a salaried administrative system, and the organization of marketing and fundraising activities.[3] MSF field missions increase.[4] In the 1980s, wars and refugee camps are MSF’s main field of intervention.[3] Several sections of MSF are created in European countries in the decade.[4]
1990s War related situations and refugees movements remain an important focus for MSF. However, the organization increasingly faces the challenges of new health care crises, with the reemergence of once controlled diseases, the emergence of new epidemics, the failing health system in the former Soviet Union, lack of access to heath care for excluded populations in Western countries, and so forth.[3]
2000s Médecins Sans Frontières experiences steady growth.[5] Among great activist challenges is the support to the battle to bring down the price of antiretroviral drugs for people living with HIV in developing countries.[6] MSF's infrastructure like inflatable hospitals and telemedicine are developed in the decade.
2010s As of 2015, MSF is active in nineteen countries and is involved in assistance activities in over sixty nations. It is represented by the International Office in Geneva, and has operational centers in Brussels, Paris, Amsterdam, Barcelona and Geneva that coordinate interventions. MSF remains independent from governments and political parties.[7]


Full timeline

Year Event type Main affliction (when applicable) Details Country/location
1971 (December 22) Creation Médecins Sans Frontières is founded in Paris[1] by a group of French doctors and journalists in the wake of Nigerian Civil War, and the floods in Bangladesh.[8] France
1972 Assistance Earthquake An earthquake in Nicaragua marks the first MSF mission in a natural disaster.[8] Nicaragua
1974 Assistance Hurricane MSF conducts a relief mission to assist people in Honduras after the devastating Hurricane Fifi–Orlene.[8] Honduras
1975 Assistance Dictatorship/genocide MSF establishes its first large-scale medical program during a refugee crisis in Cambodia, providing medical care for the waves of Cambodians seeking sanctuary from the Khmer Rouge regime.[9] Cambodia
1976 Assistance War MSF conducts its first wartime mission in Lebanon and becomes a professional medical emergency organization.[10] Lebanon
1977 Activism MSF organizes its first major advertising campaign, featuring a picture of a child, looking into a camera from behind bars.[11]
1977 Activism Dictatorship/genocide In spite of having promoted a depoliticized image, MSF representative Claude Malhuret first violates the statutory confidentiality commitment by condemning the “revolutionary crimes” of the Khmer Rouge who, he says, are “exterminating entire segments of the population in the name of some revamped communist ideology”.[12] Cambodia
1978 Assistance War MSF launches various refugee programs in Thailand, in Djibouti during the Ogaden War and Eritrean refugees in Sudan.[13] Thailand, Djibouti, Sudan
1979 Staff MSF Co-founder Dr Bernard Kouchner leaves to form a new group, Médecins du Monde (Doctors of the World).[13]
1979 Administration MSF moves beyond its modus operandi of sending isolated doctors to crisis zones in favour of creating a more structured organization that can provide quality medical services in crises. The initiative is led by Dr Claude Malhuret and Dr Francis Charhon.[13]
1979 Assistance War MSF starts working in Somalia, in times of the Somali Rebellion.[14] Somalia
1979 Assistance War MSF sets up missions to help civilians in South Sudan affected by starvation and the civil war.[15] Sudan
1980 Assistance War MSF launches its first nutritional program in the midst of drought and civil war in Karamoja, Uganda.[13] Uganda
1980 Assistance War MSF medical teams clandestinely cross the Pakistani–Afghan border and travel by mule for several weeks to reach injured civilians living in remote areas during the Soviet–Afghan War.[13] Afghanistan
1980 Branch MSF-Belgium is founded.[16] Belgium
1981 War MSF hospitals in Afghanistan are bombarded.[13] Afghanistan
1981 Administration MSF sets up its first logistics department to coordinate and channel emergency medical relief.[2]
1981 Branch MSF-Switzerland is established.[17] Switzerland
1982 Assistance General MSF begins working in Rwanda.[18] Rwanda
1983 Administration MSF France registers the brands "MSF International" and "MSF Europe" in Geneva and modifies its own statutes in order to integrate the possible creation of an MSF international structure.[19] France
1984 Assistance Malnutrition MSF starts programs to treat malnutrition in Ethiopia.[20] Ethiopia
1984 Branch MSF establishes office in the Netherlands.[21] Netherlands
1984 Suborganization MSF creates the Liberté Sans Frontières (LSF) Foundation, a think-tank on development and human rights issues.[12]
1984 Suborganization MSF Belgium establishes AEDES (Association Européenne pour le Développement et la Santé/European Association for Development and Health) in order to support long-term projects that MSF want to hand over, and to offer more stable jobs for certain MSF employees.[22] Belgium
1985 Administration MSF Belgium opposes the creation by MSF France’s newly formed Liberté Sans Frontières, thus taking a first step towards independence from MSF France.[19] Belgium
1985 Withdrawal The Government of Ethiopia expells MSF doctors on accusations for speaking out against Government policies.[23] Ethiopia
1985 Assistance Starvation MSF adds food relief to its eight-year-long mission in Eritrea, which has previously focused on emergency medicine.[24] Eritrea
1985 Assistance War MSF assists with medical care in Honduras to refugees from El Salvador and Nicaragua during armed conflict.[13] Honduras
1985 Branch MSF-Spain is established.[3] Spain
1986 Assistance War MSF organizes mobile clinics and starts assisting injured and traumatized people affected by the Sri Lankan Civil War.[25] Sri Lanka
1986 Suborganization MSF France creates MSF Logistique to manage the stocks of equipment and medicines to be sent to missions.[19] France
1986 Branch Three doctors create MSF Luxembourg. The first actions by this association are done jointly with MSF Belgium in Ethiopia, Lebanon, Nicaragua, and then with MSF Spain in Bolivia. Refusing to recognize MSF Luxembourg as operational and independent, because of concerns over its small size and about its close ties to MSF Belgium, MSF France threatens to prosecute MSF Luxembourg to prevent the use of the MSF trademark.[19] Luxemburg, France
1986 Administration MSF France registers as an overseas organization in the United Kingdom.[19] United Kingdom
1986 Administration MSF Belgium creates its own green logo.[19] Belgium
1986 Administration MSF France’s General Assembly votes to create a structure in charge of training MSF volunteers. This association, called CIREM (Centre d’Intervention pour la Recherche et l’Epidémiologie Médicale/Intervention Centre for Research and Medical Epidemiology), has three objectives: public health training, provision of scientific support to MSF missions, and scientific networking.[19] France
1987 Assistance Disease MSF vaccinates 2.5 million Nigerians in the region around Ibadan and in Anambra State.[26] Nigeria
1987 Assistance General MSF doctors start working in the Philippines.[27] Philippines
1987 Suborganization MSF France launches a satellite organization called "Epicentre" to conduct epidemiological studies and assessments in field settings.[28] France
1988 Assistance MSF is requested to start an intervention to address urgent health needs in the area of the Western Upper Nile.[29] Sudan
1988 Suborganization MSF Belgium and MSF Holland strive to develop a concrete operational collaboration, and create a common Rapid Response Unit (Unité d’Intervention Rapide/UIR) which is to be coordinated alternately by each section.[19] Belgium, Netherlands
1988 Assistance Earthquake MSF assists victims of the earthquake of Armenia.[30] Armenia
1988 Assistance Disease (cholera) MSF employs cholera treatment centers (CTCs) in Malawi to address an epidemic among refugees escaping from the Mozambican Civil War.[31] Malawi
1988 Assistance General MSF starts operations in Algeria. The organization would close its projects in 2016 in the country.[32] Algeria
1989 Withdrawal War MSF withdraws from Sudan after an MSF plane is shot down by a missile, killing 4 people, two of them MSF volunteers.[13] Sudan
1989 Suborganization MSF Belgium creates Transfer, a logistics center cooperative association, which remains under MSF control via the members of the General Assembly and board, who are all MSF Belgium members.[19] Belgium
1990 Withdrawal Crime MSF suspends activities in Afghanistan after a logistician from the organization is murdered.[13] Afghanistan
1990 Assistance War MSF begins working in Liberia in response to the civil war.[33] Liberia
1990 Branch MSF-Greece is established.[34] Greece
1990 Branch MSF establishes office in the United States.[35] United States
1990 Assistance War MSF begins its first psychosocial program in Gaza, which focuses on developing people’s self-help skills and on addressing both the social and psychological effects of violence.[36] Palestine
1991 Assistance Disease (HIV/AIDS) MSF initiates an HIV/AIDS prevention program in Uganda.[37] Uganda
1991 Branch MSF establishes office in Canada.[38] Canada
1991 Assistance General MSF starts operations in Brazil. All projects would be closed in 2011.[39] Brazil
1992 Branch MSF establishes office in Japan.[40] Japan
1992 Branch MSF Sweden is established.[19] Sweden
1992 War/crime MSF states that, “the main problem today is that of access to victims; the authorities or factions oppose humanitarian action, an inconvenient witness to their atrocities, and insecurity makes intervention increasingly dangerous”.[12]
1992 Activism The MSF International Office organizes the ‘Populations in Danger’ Days and the production of the ‘MSF Report on the Populations in Danger.’[19]
1992 Suborganization War Netherlands-based Healthnet International is established by MSF to bridge the gap between humanitarian relief and structural support for health services in war-affected countries.[41] Netherlands
1993 Assistance War MSF starts operations in Burundi during the civil war in the country.[42] Burundi
1993 Branch MSF establishes office in the United Kingdom.[43] United Kingdom
1993 Branch MSF-Italy is established.[19] Italy
1993 Branch MSF Denmark is established.[19] Denmark
1994 Assistance Disease (tuberculosis) MSF issues a new tuberculosis guideline that refers explicitly to WHO's declaration on the eradication of TB as a public health priority.[44]
1994 Branch MSF-Australia is established.[45] Australia
1994 Branch MSF Germany, MSF Hong Kong, MSF Australia, and MSF Austria are established.[46][19] Germany, Hong Kong, Australia, Austria
1995 Assistance War MSF doctors assist civilians during the First Chechen War.[47] Russia
1995 Branch MSF France’s Antenna is set up in the United Arab Emirates.[19] United Arab Emirates
1995 Assistance MSF becomes the first European NGO to begin working in North Korea.[48] North Korea
1996 Recognition MSF receive the Seoul Peace Prize.[15] South Korea
1996 Branch MSF Norway is established.[19] Norway
1996 Assistance Disease (meningococcal meningitis) MSF launches a massive vaccination and treatment program during a severe epidemic of meningococcal meningitis in Nigeria. About 4.5 million people are assisted.[49] Nigeria
1996 (November) Activism War MSF calls for armed international intervention in Rwanda, “to protect the refugees and guarantee access to aid”.[12] Rwanda
1997 Assistance War/Genocide MSF assists Rwandan refugees forced out of camps in Zaire as they return home, but are blocked from assisting those fleeing further into Zaire, who fall victim to widespread massacres.[13] Rwanda
1997 Literature Forced displacement MSF publishes the book Refugee Health, which establishes ten top priorities for managing refugee emergencies.[50]
1997 Assistance Flood MSF in North Korea distributes 2,200 tons of spring barley seeds to help the population cope with flood damage and increase agricultural production.[51] North Korea
1998 Policy Mental health MSF formally recognizes the importance of providing mental healthcare and psychosocial care as part of its emergency work.[52][53]
1998 Activism Crime MSF decides to support the creation of the International Criminal Court. However, 10 years later it would state that it ‘would not cooperate and would not transmit any information to the ICC', as the organization needs to keep its distance from the ICC, as from any other political body.[54]
1998 (October–November) Assistance Hurricane MSF assists victims of Hurricane Mitch in Central America.[55] Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador
1999 Recognition MSF is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "in recognition of the organization's pioneering humanitarian work on several continents".[56] Sweden
1999 Assistance Cyclone MSF India doctors assist victims of the cyclone in Odisha.[57] India
1999 Assistance War MSF doctors provide humanitarian assistance to refugees in Macedonia, Albania and Montenegro during the Kosovo War.[58] Kosovo
2000 Assistance War MSF doctors assist victims during the Sierra Leone Civil War.[59] Sierra Leone
2000 Assistance Disease (HIV/AIDS) MSF teams in Thailand break rules to import affordable HIV medicines to treat patients from HIV/AIDS.[60] Thailand
2001 Assistance Disease (HIV/AIDS) MSF starts providing antiretroviral therapy to people living with AIDS in several countries.[13] Thailand, Cambodia, Cameroon, Guatemala, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa
2001 Assistance Earthquake MSF assists victims of the earthquake in Gujarat.[57] India
2002 Assistance Dictatorship/repression MSF France extends its program to assist North Korean refugees who fly from China to other Asian countries in their attempt to reach South Korea, where an office is established in Seoul.[61] North Korea, China, South Korea
2002 Assistance Disease (chagas) MSF starts its first Chagas project in Bolivia, the country with the highest Chagas prevalence in the world.[62] Bolivia
2003 Program Disease The Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative is founded by MSF and the Pasteur Institute, along with four other public research institutions. DNDi focuses on research and development of new and more efficient treatments for neglected diseases such as malaria, Chagas, kala azar and sleeping sickness.[63]
2004 Assistance Disease (tuberculosis) MSF treats patients for tuberculosis in nearly 50 projects in 24 countries.[64] Angola, Afghanistan, Abkhazia/Georgia, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Caucasus/Chechnya, Chad, China, Congo, Congo DR, Ethiopia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Nepal, Nigeria, Sudan, Somalia, Thailand, Uganda, Uzbekistan
2004 Assistance Malnutrition MSF treats 30,000 malnourished children worldwide.[65]
2004 Withdrawal War MSF leaves Afghanistan after five of its aid workers are murdered, ostensibly by the Taliban. By 2009, the organization would return to the country.[66] Afghanistan
2005 Administration MSF establishes an independent and specialized Evaluation Unit in Vienna. Since then, similar units would be set up in Stockholm and Paris.[67] Austria
2005 Assistance Malnutrition MSF treats 60,000 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition in Niger by providing ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF), a fortified milk paste rich in vitamins and minerals.[31] Niger
2005 Infrastructure Earthquake During the 2005 Kashmir earthquake, MSF uses an inflatable hospital for the first time, comprising nine tents, four operating theaters, an emergency room, an intensive care unit, and 120 beds. Since then such hospitals would become a staple in MSF’s projects, especially in places where medical infrastructure were damaged by conflict or natural disasters.[31] Pakistan
2006 Branch The MSF-Czech Republic office is established in Prague.[68] Czechia
2006 Assistance Disease (malaria) MSF treats 1.8 million people for malaria in its projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America.[63] Africa, Asia, Latin America
2007 Assistance Disease (ebola) MSF teams assist patients during an Ebola outbreak in Uganda.[69][70] Uganda
2007 Assistance Repression MSF starts to provide medical assistance to Zimbabwean refugees in the border town of Musina, South Africa.[71] South Africa, Zimbabwe
2007 Assistance War MSF assists civilians affected by the Somali Civil War. War surgery programs start in several locations.[14] Somalia
2008 Assistance Disease (cholera) MSF doctors assist patients during an outbreak of cholera in Zimbabwe.[72] Zimbabwe
2008 Assistance General MSF staff comprising over 26,000 doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals, logistical experts, water and sanitation engineers and administrators provide medical aid in over 65 countries.[71]
2009 Withdrawal MSF is expelled from Darfur, and its activities in Niger are suspended by the government.[73] Sudan, Niger
2009 Assistance War MSF opens a surgical hospital in Gaza and starts offering post-operative and psychological care. The two hospital tents include operating theaters and a 12-bed post-surgery recovery and post-operative care unit.[74] Palestine
2009 Assistance Disease MSF organizes large-scale immunization campaigns, particularly against meningitis in western Africa, where MSF workers vaccinate almost eight million people in Nigeria and Niger.[75]
2009 Withdrawal War MSF withdraws from Sri Lanka, after working for seventeen years against a background of civil war between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.[73] Sri Lanka
2009 Assistance Malnutrition MSF workers treat 250,000 malnourished children in 34 countries in the year.[76]
2009–2013 Infrastructure MSF first pilots the use of telemedicine and consolidates multiple platforms in different languages in 2013 to create a more secure and accessible system. The platforms allow doctors and nurses in the field to easily consult with both MSF and non-MSF experts and specialists anywhere in the world by posting text and images, including X-rays.[31]
2010 Assistance Flood MSF responds to massive floods in Pakistan, assisting more than 80,000 patients and distributing nearly 2 million liters of clean water, along with almost 65,000 relief kits.[77] Pakistan
2010 Activism Malnutrition MSF and the VII Photo Agency launch the "Starved For Attention" multimedia campaign on global malnutrition.[13]
2010 (January) Assistance Earthquake MSF doctors assist victims of the Haitian earthquake.[78] Haiti
2010 Assistance Flood MSF doctors carry out more than 80,000 medical consultations, treat more than 4,500 children for malnutrition and distribute 1.8 million litres of clean water every day to people affected by flooding during the 2010 Pakistan floods.[78] Pakistan
2010 Infrastructure MSF develops a multilingual telemedicine network to assist its field medical staff by providing direct access to specialist advice.[79]
2010 Withdrawal MSF suspends activities in Turkmenistan stating they can no longer provide effective assistance in a country where national health authorities hide the true state of public health and disseminate misinformation.[78] Turkmenistan
2011 Assistance War/crime MSF workers provide medical care to more than 20,088 patients in the emergency room and conduct 955 emergency surgeries in the hospital’s operating theater in Hangu, Pakistan, where risk of armed conflict remains high.[80] Pakistan
2012 Assistance General MSF in the Democratic Republic of Congo provides over 1.6 million outpatient consultations, treats 434,300 patients for malaria, admits over 90,000 patients to hospital and vaccinates 407,600 people against measles across the country.[81] Democratic Republic of Congo
2012 Assistance General MSF launches a large emergency program caused by massive influx of Sudanese refugees into South Sudan. The organization provides a total of 869,300 outpatient consultations, admits over 46,700 patients to hospital, treats 148,700 patients for malaria and vaccinates 204,800 people against measles. Teams also launch emergency response to the flooding in Yambio and the measles outbreak in Gogrial.[81] South Sudan
2012 Assistance General MSF in Somalia provides a total of 624,200 outpatient consultations, admits over 40,000 patients to hospital, treats over 30,000 severely malnourished patients, and conducts 2,750 surgical procedures in 13 areas of the country.[81] Somalia
2013 Withdrawal War/crime MSF closes all its programs in Somalia after 22 years working in the country. The decision comes after a long series of threats, kidnappings, extremely violent attacks, and murders, with 16 members of MSF staff having been killed since 1991.[82] Somalia
2013 Assistance Disease (tuberculosis) MSF begins implementation of a shortened treatment course for drug-resistant tuberculosis in Uzbekistan.[31] Uzbekistan
2014 (February) Withdrawal MSF is ordered by the Government of Myanmar to cease all activities in the country, where MSF doctors assist 30,000 HIV/AIDS patients and more than 3,000 TB patients.[83] By December 2014 MSF would restart primary health clinics in the country.[84] Myanmar
2014 Infrastructure Disease (tuberculosis) MSF experiments with the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in Papua New Guinea to transport sputum samples from patients with suspected tuberculosis from remote health centers to a hospital for testing. Papua New Guinea
2015 Assistance General MSF intervenes in 69 countries, where it develops 446 humanitarian projects. The organization realizes 8.6 million medical consultations and hospitalizes nearly 600 000 patients.[85]
2015 Assistance Disease (ebola) MSF opens the Bardnesville Junction Hospital (BJH) in Monrovia, at the time the epicenter of the Western African Ebola virus epidemic.[86] Liberia
2016 Assistance General MSF establishes a decentralized Middle East unit based in Amman, Jordan to support MSF operations in the Middle East.[87] Jordan
2016 Activism MSF delivers the names of more than 416,000 people from 170 countries who signed a petition asking Pfizer and GSK to reduce the price of the pneumonia vaccine to $5 per child (for all three doses) for populations affected by crisis and for all developing countries.[88]
2017 Assistance Mental health MSF workers perform 306,300 individual mental health consultations and 49,800 group sessions in 52 countries.[89]
2017 Assistance Childbirth MSF workers in Yemen help 7,900 women deliver their babies.[90] Yemen
2018 (January) Disease/injury MSF opens a paediatric surgical program at a hospital in Monrovia, Liberia, with the goal to make surgical care more available for children in the country.[91] Liberia

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References

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