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| 1993 || || MSF Denmark is established.<ref name="Médecins Sans Frontières, Evolution of an International Movement: Associative History 1971-2014"/> || {{w|Denmark}}
 
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| 1994 || || MSF issues a new {{w|tuberculosis}} guideline that refers explicitly to {{w|WHO}}'s declaration on the eradication of TB as a public health priority.<ref>{{cite web |title=Questioning health and human rights |url=https://www.msf.org/questioning-health-and-human-rights |website=msf.org |accessdate=16 July 2019}}</ref> ||
 
| 1994 || || MSF issues a new {{w|tuberculosis}} guideline that refers explicitly to {{w|WHO}}'s declaration on the eradication of TB as a public health priority.<ref>{{cite web |title=Questioning health and human rights |url=https://www.msf.org/questioning-health-and-human-rights |website=msf.org |accessdate=16 July 2019}}</ref> ||
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| 1994 || Branch || MSF-Australia is established.<ref>{{cite web |title=MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES AUSTRALIA |url=https://www.msf.org.au/m%C3%A9decins-sans-fronti%C3%A8res-australia |website=msf.org.au |accessdate=16 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Australia}}
 
| 1994 || Branch || MSF-Australia is established.<ref>{{cite web |title=MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES AUSTRALIA |url=https://www.msf.org.au/m%C3%A9decins-sans-fronti%C3%A8res-australia |website=msf.org.au |accessdate=16 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Australia}}
 
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| 1994 || Branch || MSF establish office in {{w|Hong Kong}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=MSF-Hong Kong |url=https://msf-seasia.org/5424 |website=msf-seasia.org |accessdate=16 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Hong Kong}}
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| 1994 || Branch || MSF Germany, MSF Hong Kong, MSF Australia, and MSF Austria are established.<ref>{{cite web |title=MSF-Hong Kong |url=https://msf-seasia.org/5424 |website=msf-seasia.org |accessdate=16 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="Médecins Sans Frontières, Evolution of an International Movement: Associative History 1971-2014"/> || {{w|Germany}}, {{w|Hong Kong}}, {{w|Australia}}, {{w|Austria}}
 
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| 1995 || || MSF doctors assist civilians during the {{w|First Chechen War}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=War crimes and politics of terror in Chechnya (1994-2004) |url=https://www.msf-crash.org/index.php/en/publications/war-and-humanitarianism/war-crimes-and-politics-terror-chechnya-1994-2004 |website=msf-crash.org |accessdate=16 July 2019}}</ref>|| {{w|Russia}}
 
| 1995 || || MSF doctors assist civilians during the {{w|First Chechen War}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=War crimes and politics of terror in Chechnya (1994-2004) |url=https://www.msf-crash.org/index.php/en/publications/war-and-humanitarianism/war-crimes-and-politics-terror-chechnya-1994-2004 |website=msf-crash.org |accessdate=16 July 2019}}</ref>|| {{w|Russia}}
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| 1996 || Recognition || MSF receive the {{w|Seoul Peace Prize}}.<ref name="bionity"/> || {{w|South Korea}}
 
| 1996 || Recognition || MSF receive the {{w|Seoul Peace Prize}}.<ref name="bionity"/> || {{w|South Korea}}
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| 1996 || Branch || MSF Norway is established.<ref name="Médecins Sans Frontières, Evolution of an International Movement: Associative History 1971-2014"/> || {{w|Norway}}
 
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| 1996 || || MSF launches a massive vaccination and treatment program during a severe epidemic of {{w|meningococcal meningitis}} in {{w|Nigeria}}. About 4.5 million people are assisted.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mohammed |first1=I |last2=Nasidi |first2=A |last3=Alkali |first3=AS |last4=Garbati |first4=MA |last5=Ajayi-Obe |first5=EK |last6=Audu |first6=KA |last7=Usman |first7=A |last8=Abdullahi |first8=S. |title=A severe epidemic of meningococcal meningitis in Nigeria, 1996. |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10974995 |accessdate=15 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Nigeria}}
 
| 1996 || || MSF launches a massive vaccination and treatment program during a severe epidemic of {{w|meningococcal meningitis}} in {{w|Nigeria}}. About 4.5 million people are assisted.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mohammed |first1=I |last2=Nasidi |first2=A |last3=Alkali |first3=AS |last4=Garbati |first4=MA |last5=Ajayi-Obe |first5=EK |last6=Audu |first6=KA |last7=Usman |first7=A |last8=Abdullahi |first8=S. |title=A severe epidemic of meningococcal meningitis in Nigeria, 1996. |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10974995 |accessdate=15 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Nigeria}}
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| 2001 || || MSF start providing antiretroviral therapy to people living with AIDS in several countries.<ref name="The MSF timeline"/> || {{w|Thailand}}, {{w|Cambodia}}, {{w|Cameroon}}, {{w|Guatemala}}, {{w|Kenya}}, {{w|Malawi}}, {{w|South Africa}}
 
| 2001 || || MSF start providing antiretroviral therapy to people living with AIDS in several countries.<ref name="The MSF timeline"/> || {{w|Thailand}}, {{w|Cambodia}}, {{w|Cameroon}}, {{w|Guatemala}}, {{w|Kenya}}, {{w|Malawi}}, {{w|South Africa}}
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| 2002 || || "AID WORKERS TARGETED MSF worker Arjan Erkel is abducted in the North Caucacus, a victim of increasing dangers faced by aid workers in conflict zones worldwide."<ref name="The MSF timeline"/> ||
 
 
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| 2002 || || MSF France extends its program to assist {{w|North Korean}} refugees who fly from China to other Asian countries in their attempt to reach {{w|South Korea}}, where an office is established in {{w|Seoul}}.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Binet |first1=Laurence |title=MSF and North Korea 1995-1998 |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=lE8uDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA163&lpg=PA163&dq=%22in+2002+msf%22&source=bl&ots=NpR0KXVP-l&sig=ACfU3U2qD9I8ers7tSfCkLxdWWT28P3n6g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiWh_qN1rrjAhW8K7kGHcvmBUMQ6AEwEnoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22in%202002%20msf%22&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|North Korea}}, {{w|China}}, {{w|South Korea}}
 
| 2002 || || MSF France extends its program to assist {{w|North Korean}} refugees who fly from China to other Asian countries in their attempt to reach {{w|South Korea}}, where an office is established in {{w|Seoul}}.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Binet |first1=Laurence |title=MSF and North Korea 1995-1998 |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=lE8uDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA163&lpg=PA163&dq=%22in+2002+msf%22&source=bl&ots=NpR0KXVP-l&sig=ACfU3U2qD9I8ers7tSfCkLxdWWT28P3n6g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiWh_qN1rrjAhW8K7kGHcvmBUMQ6AEwEnoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22in%202002%20msf%22&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|North Korea}}, {{w|China}}, {{w|South Korea}}
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| 2008 || || "MSF staff already working in the country provide assistance to thousands of people displaced by the cyclone while the government stalls on allowing additional staff to enter the country."<ref name="The MSF timeline"/> ||
 
| 2008 || || "MSF staff already working in the country provide assistance to thousands of people displaced by the cyclone while the government stalls on allowing additional staff to enter the country."<ref name="The MSF timeline"/> ||
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| 2008 || || "VIOLENCE ESCALATES AGAINST CIVILIANS IN DRC MSF runs mobile clinics, surgical programmes, nutritional programmes, and provides treatment and counselling for victims of sexual violence as thousands of Congolese in North Kivu flee increased and repeated attacks on their villages by armed groups."<ref name="The MSF timeline"/> ||
 
 
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| 2008 || || MSF doctors assist patients during an [[w:2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak|outbreak of cholera]] in {{w|Zimbabwe}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=A collective response to cholera in Harare |url=https://www.msf.org/zimbabwe-collective-response-cholera-harare |website=msf.org |accessdate=16 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Zimbabwe}}
 
| 2008 || || MSF doctors assist patients during an [[w:2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak|outbreak of cholera]] in {{w|Zimbabwe}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=A collective response to cholera in Harare |url=https://www.msf.org/zimbabwe-collective-response-cholera-harare |website=msf.org |accessdate=16 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Zimbabwe}}
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| 2008 || || "NUTRITIONAL CRISIS IN ETHIOPIA MSF treats more than 72,000 malnourished children as a massive nutritional crisis sweeps the south of the country as a result of drought, poor harvests, and soaring food prices."<ref name="The MSF timeline"/> ||
 
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| 2008 || || "POLITICAL UNREST IN KENYA DISPLACES THOUSANDS MSF treats wounded civilians in the shanty towns of the capital, Nairobi, and assists displaced Kenyans in makeshift camps who flee to the west of the country after disputed presidential elections lead to widespread violence."<ref name="The MSF timeline"/> ||
 
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| 2009 || || "A DIFFICULT YEAR IN SUDAN MSF launches emergency interventions in the south in response to escalating violence and outbreaks. In Darfur, the government expels two sections and four staff members are kidnapped. Some projects are therefore closed, but MSF nonetheless provides nearly 129,000 consultations and support numerous local health centers."<ref name="The MSF timeline"/> ||
 
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| 2009 || || "MSF RE-OPENS PROGRAMMES IN AFGHANISTAN Following a five year absence (see 2004),MSF returns to the country and begins supporting hospitals in Kabul and in Lashkargah, the capital of Helmand Province"<ref name="The MSF timeline"/> ||
 
 
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| 2009 || || 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}}
 
| 2009 || || 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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| 2010 (January) || || MSF doctors assist victims of the [[w:2010 Haiti earthquake|Haitian earthquake]].<ref name="MSF Activity Report 2010">{{cite web |title=MSF Activity Report 2010 |url=https://www.msf.org/sites/msf.org/files/msf-activity-report-2010.pdf |website=msf.org |accessdate=18 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Haiti}}
 
| 2010 (January) || || MSF doctors assist victims of the [[w:2010 Haiti earthquake|Haitian earthquake]].<ref name="MSF Activity Report 2010">{{cite web |title=MSF Activity Report 2010 |url=https://www.msf.org/sites/msf.org/files/msf-activity-report-2010.pdf |website=msf.org |accessdate=18 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Haiti}}
 
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| 2010 || || 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 {{w|2010 Pakistan floods}}.<ref name="MSF Activity Report 2010"/> || {{w|Pakistan}}
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| 2010 || || 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 {{w|2010 Pakistan floods}}.<ref name="MSF Activity Report 2010"/> || {{w|Pakistan}}
 
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| 2010 || || MSF develops a multilingual telemedicine network to assist its field medical staff by providing direct access to specialist advice.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Delaigue |first1=Sophie |last2=Bonnardot |first2=Laurent |last3=Steichen |first3=Olivier |last4=Martinez Garcia |first4=Daniel |last5=Venugopal |first5=Raghu |last6=Saint-Sauveur |first6=Jean-François |last7=Wootton |first7=Richard |title=Seven years of telemedicine in Médecins Sans Frontières demonstrate that offering direct specialist expertise in the frontline brings clinical and educational value |doi=10.7189/jogh.08.020414 |pmid=30574293 |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6292825/}}</ref> ||  
 
| 2010 || || MSF develops a multilingual telemedicine network to assist its field medical staff by providing direct access to specialist advice.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Delaigue |first1=Sophie |last2=Bonnardot |first2=Laurent |last3=Steichen |first3=Olivier |last4=Martinez Garcia |first4=Daniel |last5=Venugopal |first5=Raghu |last6=Saint-Sauveur |first6=Jean-François |last7=Wootton |first7=Richard |title=Seven years of telemedicine in Médecins Sans Frontières demonstrate that offering direct specialist expertise in the frontline brings clinical and educational value |doi=10.7189/jogh.08.020414 |pmid=30574293 |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6292825/}}</ref> ||  
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| 2011 || || "PROVIDING URGENT MEDICAL CARE IN LIBYA MSF finally manages to deliver medicines and medical supplies to Sirte, Libya, at the heart of the fighting. For ten days,we attempt to deliver aid to Sirte where, according to doctors in the town, the healthcare situation had continued to deteriorate."<ref name="The MSF timeline"/> ||
 
| 2011 || || "PROVIDING URGENT MEDICAL CARE IN LIBYA MSF finally manages to deliver medicines and medical supplies to Sirte, Libya, at the heart of the fighting. For ten days,we attempt to deliver aid to Sirte where, according to doctors in the town, the healthcare situation had continued to deteriorate."<ref name="The MSF timeline"/> ||
 
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| 2011 || || "MSF WORKS WITH PSYCHOLOGISTS IN AFTERMATH OF JAPANESE QUAKE MSF supports a team of six psychologists who treat survivors of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit northeast Japan on March 11th."<ref name="The MSF timeline"/> ||
 
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| 2011 || || "WITHDRAWAL FROM THAILAND AFTER 35 YEARS After months of negotiations and discussions with Thai authorities, it proves impossible to get permission to provide healthcare to undocumented migrants and vulnerable populations in Thailand that MSF believes are most in need of medical assistance."<ref name="The MSF timeline"/> ||
 
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| 2011 || || "MSF CONDEMNS ATTACK ON AID WORKERS IN SOMALIA Two MSF colleagues, Phillipe Havet and Andrias Karel Keiluhuo, were killed by a gunman while implementing emergency assistance projects in Mogadishu."<ref name="The MSF timeline"/> ||
 
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| 2012 || || "MSF VACCINATES 117,000 PEOPLE AGAINST CHOLERA IN GUINEA MSF vaccinates 117,000 people against cholera in the region of Boffa, 150km north of Conakry, the Guinean capital. This is the first time that people in Africa were protected during a cholera outbreak by a two-dose oral vaccine."<ref name="The MSF timeline"/> ||
 
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| 2012 || || "REFUGEE INFLUX CAUSES CRISIS IN SOUTH SUDAN MSF warns of dire medical consequences as tens of thousands of new refugees cross from Sudan into South Sudan, finding refugee camps full and unable to provide the basic life-sustaining essentials. The situation in Upper Nile and Unity States rapidly develops into a full-blown crisis as water supplies begin to run out and relief is wholly insufficient."<ref name="The MSF timeline"/> ||
 
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| 2012 || || "MSF RESPONDS TO SYRIAN CONFLICT In July, MSF begins to run medical programmes inside Syria, although without authorisation from the Syrian government. MSF initially sets up three field hospitals in the north of the country. One of the hospitals, located in a cave, would later be bombed after the MSF team leaves for more secure surroundings."<ref name="The MSF timeline"/> ||
 
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| 2013 || Withdrawal || 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 || 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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Revision as of 16:07, 18 July 2019

This is a timeline of Médecins Sans Frontières, an 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 "Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) was born in the early 1970s out of the exasperation of a group of French doctors who worked in desperate conditions in the Biafra War (1967-70)" "MSF's growth and increased professionalism in the 1970s came as a response to decolonisation and cold war conflicts in Africa and Asia, which created massive refugee crises."[2]
2010s As og 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 is independent from governments and political parties.[3]

Full timeline

Year Event type Details Country
1971 (December 22) 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.[4] France
1972 An earthquake in Nicaragua marks the first MSF mission in a natural disaster.[4] Nicaragua
1974 MSF conducts a relief mission to assist people in Honduras after the devastating Hurricane Fifi–Orlene.[4] Honduras
1975 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.[5] Cambodia
1976 MSF conducts its first wartime mission in Lebanon and becomes a professional medical emergency organization.[6] Lebanon
1977 MSF organize their first major advertising campaign, featuring a picture of a child, looking into a camera from behind bars.[7]
1977 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”.[8] Cambodia
1978 MSF launches various refugee programs in Thailand, in Djibouti during the Ogaden War and Eritrean refugees in Sudan.[9] Thailand, Djibouti, Sudan
1979 Staff MSF Co-founder Dr Bernard Kouchner leaves to form a new group, Médecins du Monde (Doctors of the World).[9]
1979 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.[9]
1979 MSF starts working in Somalia, in times of the Somali Rebellion.[10] Somalia
1979 MSF set up missions to help civilians in South Sudan affected by starvation and the civil war.[11] Sudan
1980 MSF launches its first nutritional program in the midst of drought and civil war in Karamoja, Uganda.[9] Uganda
1980 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.[9] Afghanistan
1980 Branch MSF-Belgium is founded.[12] Belgium
1981 MSF hospitals in Afghanistan are bombarded.[9] Afghanistan
1981 MSF sets up its first logistics department to coordinate and channel emergency medical relief.[2]
1981 Branch MSF-Switzerland is established.[13] Switzerland
1982 MSF begins working in Rwanda.[14] Rwanda
1983 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.[15] France
1984 MSF starts programs to treat malnutrition in Ethiopia.[16] Ethiopia
1984 MSF establishes office in the Netherlands.[17] Netherlands
1984 MSF creates the Liberté Sans Frontières (LSF) Foundation, a think-tank on development and human rights issues.[8]
1984 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.[18] Belgium
1985 MSF Belgium opposes the creation by MSF France’s newly formed Liberté Sans Frontières, thus taking a first step towards independence from MSF France.[15] Belgium
1985 The Government from Ethiopia expells MSF doctors on accusations for speaking out against Government policies.[19] Ethiopia
1985 MSF adds food relief to its eight-year-long mission in Eritrea, which has previously focused on emergency medicine.[20] Eritrea
1985 MSF assists with medical care in Honduras to refugees from El Salvador and Nicaragua.[9] Honduras
1986 MSF organizes mobile clinics and starts assisting injured and traumatized people affected by the Sri Lankan Civil War.[21] Sri Lanka
1986 Branch MSF-Spain is established. Spain
1986 Yemen intervention in Aden where fighting rages between rival factions of the ruling party."[9] Yemen
1987 MSF vaccinates 2,5 million Nigerians in the region around Ibadan and in Anambra State.[22] Nigeria
1988 MSF is requested to start an intervention to address urgent health needs in the area of the Western Upper Nile.[23] Sudan
1988 MSF assists victims of the earthquake of Armenia.[24] Armenia
1989 MSF withdraws from Sudan after an MSF plane is shot down by a missile, killing 4 people, two of them MSF volunteers.[9] Sudan
1989 "MSF provide medical care in the Soviet Union."[9]
1990 "An MSF logistician is murdered in Afghanistan. Activities suspended."[9]
1990 MSF begins working in Liberia in response to the civil war.[25] Liberia
1990 Branch MSF-Greece is established.[26] Greece
1990 Branch MSF establish office in the United States.[27] United States
1990 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.[28] Palestine
1991 "The MSF relief convoy evacuating the wounded from Vukovar hospital comes under attack. Three of our workers are wounded."[9]
1991 MSF initiates an HIV/AIDS prevention program in Uganda.[29] Uganda
1991 Branch MSF establish office in Canada.[30] Canada
1991 MSF starts operations in Brazil. All projects would be closed in 2011.[31] Brazil
1991 "EMERGENCY IN SOMALIA MSF represents the only foreign presence in war-stricken Mogadishu, and aids refugees in other countries."[9] Somalia
1991 "EMERGENCY IN KURDISTAN Largest emergency relief operation to date. MSF provide care in Turkey, Iran and Jordan to Kurds displaced by the Gulf War"[9] Kurdistan
1992 Branch MSF establish office in Japan.[32] Japan
1992 Branch MSF Sweden is established.[15] Sweden
1993 Branch MSF establish office in the United Kingdom.[33] United Kingdom
1992 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”.[8]
1993 MSF starts operations in Burundi during the civil war in the country.[34] Burundi
1993 Branch MSF-Italy is established.[15] Italy
1993 MSF Denmark is established.[15] Denmark
1994 MSF issues a new tuberculosis guideline that refers explicitly to WHO's declaration on the eradication of TB as a public health priority.[35]
1994 Branch MSF-Australia is established.[36] Australia
1994 Branch MSF Germany, MSF Hong Kong, MSF Australia, and MSF Austria are established.[37][15] Germany, Hong Kong, Australia, Austria
1995 MSF doctors assist civilians during the First Chechen War.[38] Russia
1995 MSF becomes the first European NGO to begin working in North Korea.[39] North Korea
1996 Recognition MSF receive the Seoul Peace Prize.[11] South Korea
1996 Branch MSF Norway is established.[15] Norway
1996 MSF launches a massive vaccination and treatment program during a severe epidemic of meningococcal meningitis in Nigeria. About 4.5 million people are assisted.[40] Nigeria
1996 (November) MSF calls for armed international intervention in Rwanda, “to protect the refugees and guarantee access to aid”.[8] Rwanda
1997 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.[9] Rwanda
1997 Literature MSF publishes the book Refugee Health, which establishes ten top priorities for managing refugee emergencies.[41]
1998 (October–November) MSF assists victims of Hurricane Mitch in Central America.[42] 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".[43] Sweden
1999 MSF doctors provide humanitarian assistance to refugees in Macedonia, Albania and Montenegro during the Kosovo War.[44] Kosovo
2000 MSF doctors assist victims during the Sierra Leone Civil War.[45] Sierra Leone
2000 MSF teams in Thailand break rules to import affordable HIV medicines to treat patients from HIV/AIDS.[46] Thailand
2001 MSF start providing antiretroviral therapy to people living with AIDS in several countries.[9] Thailand, Cambodia, Cameroon, Guatemala, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa
2002 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.[47] North Korea, China, South Korea
2002 "MALARIA KILLING MILLIONS IN AFRICA Faced with skyrocketing resistance to common antimalarials like chloroquine MSF increase its use of artemisin-based combination therapy, and push for wider availability of this effective treatment."[9]
2003 MSF joins several research institutes, including the Institut Pasteur, to create the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative, a non-profit organization engaged in research and development of new treatments for neglected diseases.[48]
2006 Branch The MSF-Czech Republic office is established in Prague.[49] Czechia
2007 "CRISIS UNFOLDS IN CHAD More than 150,000 displaced people attempt to survive in makeshift camps in eastern Chad as fighting escalates between government and rebel groups. MSF scales up its medical programmes and calls for a massive international humanitarian response."[9]
2007 MSF teams assist patients during an Ebola outbreak in Uganda.[50][51] Uganda
2007 MSF assists civilians affected by the Somali Civil War. War surgery programs start in several locations.[10] Somalia
2007 "A NEW TREATMENT FOR MALARIA The Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative and the pharmaceutical company sanofi-aventis launch ASAQ, an inexpensive and easy-to-use combination pill. ASAQ is not patented, allowing for others to produce it at lower cost."[9]
2008 "MSF staff already working in the country provide assistance to thousands of people displaced by the cyclone while the government stalls on allowing additional staff to enter the country."[9]
2008 MSF doctors assist patients during an outbreak of cholera in Zimbabwe.[52] Zimbabwe
2009 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.[53] Palestine
2010 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.[54] Pakistan
2010 "MSF and the VII photo agency launch the "Starved For Attention" multimedia campaign on global malnutrition. The ongoing exhibition, which has already been staged in the US, Europe, and Africa, highlights the often overlooked global scourge of malnutrition, its lethal impact on children in particular, and some innovative practices employed by MSF and others to combat it."[9]
2010 (January) MSF doctors assist victims of the Haitian earthquake.[55] Haiti
2010 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.[55] Pakistan
2010 MSF develops a multilingual telemedicine network to assist its field medical staff by providing direct access to specialist advice.[56]
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.[55] Turkmenistan
2011 "PROVIDING URGENT MEDICAL CARE IN LIBYA MSF finally manages to deliver medicines and medical supplies to Sirte, Libya, at the heart of the fighting. For ten days,we attempt to deliver aid to Sirte where, according to doctors in the town, the healthcare situation had continued to deteriorate."[9]
2013 Withdrawal 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.[57] Somalia
2013 "LAUNCH OF THE TB MANIFESTO In March, people living with drug-resistant tuberculosis, with the help of MSF staff, call for new drugs to treat multidrug-resistant TB. They call for the drugs to make treatment much shorter, more effective and less toxic. More than 55,000 people sign the manifesto."[9]
2013 "REPORT OF TOXIC NERVE AGENTS IN SYRIA In August, MSF reports that more than 3,000 patients showing symptoms of exposure to toxic nerve agents are received at medical centres near the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack near Damascus."[9]
2013 "CHAOS IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC In October, MSF remains one of the few international medical organisations in Central African Republic responding to the increasing violence which has plunged the country into chaos."[9]
2013 "TYPHOON HAIYAN DEVASTATES THE PHILIPPINES MSF begins responding to Typhoon Haiyan shortly after it makes landfall on 8 November. MSF provides care for emergency and everyday health problems in hospitals and mobile clinics, delivers clean water and helps to repair sewerage systems and health centres in some of the worst affected areas."[9]
2013 "CIVIL WAR IN SOUTH SUDAN MSF ramps up operations after wide-scale conflict engulfs South Sudan in December. In April 2014, MSF severely criticises United Nations peacekeeping operations over what it calls a ‘shameful indifference’ to the squalid living conditions of 21,000 displaced people in Juba."[9]
2014 (February) 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.[58] By December 2014 MSF would restart primary health clinics in the country.[59] Myanmar
2014 "RESPONSE BEGINS TO UNPRECEDENTED EBOLA EPIDEMIC In March, MSF begins responding in Guinea to what it describes as ‘an unprecedented Ebola epidemic’ due to the geographical spread of the virus.The World Health Organisation states that MSF is exaggerating."[9]
2014 "EBOLA “OUT OF CONTROL” In June, MSF declares the second wave of the outbreak as "totally out of control" and calls for a massive influx of resources and reinforcements to be sent to West Africa. MSF goes on to open 15 Ebola management and transit centres, caring for more than 5,000 patients. Fourteen MSF staff and hundreds of other health workers lose their lives to Ebola."[9]
2014 "CRISIS IN GAZA AND THE WEST BANK Between July and August, MSF ramps up its work in the Occupied Palestinian Territories in response to Operation Protective Edge, the Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip. On 21 July, MSF calls on Israel to stop the bombing due to the number of civilian casualties."[9]
2014 "LAUNCH OF THE MISSING MAPS PROJECT November sees the launch of the Missing Maps project – a collaboration between MSF, the British and American Red Cross, and the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team – which aims to map the most vulnerable places in the developing world so that individuals and organisations can use maps and data to better respond to crises."[9]
2014 "MSF RESTARTS WORK IN MYANMAR In December, MSF restarts basic medical activities in parts of Rakhine, Myanmar, after a nine month absence. In the first month after restarting, MSF carries out 3,480 outpatient consultations."[9]
2014 "MSF ADDRESSES UN SECURITY COUNCIL In September, Jackson Naimah – an MSF physicians’ assistant from Liberia – gives an unprecedented speech to the UN Security Council saying that MSF has reached its limits and cannot continue to respond alone to the Ebola epidemic. He appeals for international help. Later that month, MSF announces it will host three treatment trials for the virus in its centres in West Africa."[9]
2015 "CONFLICT IN UKRAINE In mid-January, fighting in eastern Ukraine escalates to a level not seen since the peak of the conflict in the summer of 2014. MSF provides basic healthcare and medicines to people on both sides of the frontline, as well as psychological support."[9]
2015 MSF launches a search and rescue mission in the Mediterranean Sea to save migrants trying to reach Europe by boat.[60]
2015 "KUNDUZ ATTACK In the small hours of Saturday, 3 October 2015, our emergency trauma hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, is repeatedly bombed by Coalition forces. Forty-two people are killed: 24 patients and 14 MSF staff, along with four patient caretakers."[9]
2016 "BORNO CRISIS, NIGERIA Between April and July, thousands of children starve to death in Borno state, Nigeria, many beyond the reach of aid agencies. MSF speaks out about the situation and calls on the authorities and international community to urgently tackle the problem of widespread hunger, which is exacerbated by displacement and the fight against Boko Haram rebels in the region."[9]
2016 "CONFLICT IN SYRIA AND YEMEN The catastrophic conflicts in Syria and Yemen continue. Throughout 2016, attacks on civilans, hospitals, medical facilities and healthcare workers became sadly commonplace. In May, world leaders at the UN unanimously condemned these acts, but they continued unabated."[9]
2016 "EU-TURKEY DEAL In a historic move in June, MSF refuses EU funding as protest against shambolic policy towards refugees and migrants."[9]
2017 "EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS AID BUSINESS OF SUFFERING MSF International President, Joanne Liu, sends an open letter to European government leaders regarding the detention of migrants and refugees in Libya: "It must be named for what it is: a thriving enterprise of kidnapping, torture and extortion. And European governments have chosen to contain people in this situation." "[9]
2017 "ROHINYGA REFUGEE CRISIS From 25 August, more than 655,000 Rohingya refugees have fled Bangladesh, following targeted violence against them in neighbouring Rakhine state, Myanmar. Most are living in dire conditions in the refugee camps. In response, MSF expands its operations in the area, covering water, sanitation and medical activities for refugees. In December, MSF surveys estimate at least 6,700 Rohingya were killed during a month of attacks in Myanmar."[9]
2017 "THE RETURN TO SOMALIA After our withdrawal from the country in 2013, MSF opens a nutrition programme in Somalia's Puntland region. Although security has not improved, our commitment to the people of Somalia, who face extreme suffering, leads us to dial up activities again. "[9]
2018 "DIPLOMATIC STAND-OFF AT SEA In June, 630 vulnerable refugees and migrants rescued by MSF and SOS MEDITERANEE on the Mediterranean Sea are denied entry to the nearest safe ports in Malta and Italy. MSF denounces Italy’s decision and other European governments’ choices of political point-scoring over saving lives at sea."[9]
2018 (January) MSF opens a paediatric surgical program at a hospitaol in Monrovia, Liberia, with the goal to make surgical care more available for children in the country.[61] Liberia

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