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Revision 7 . . (edit) November 9, 2001 4:59 am by BenBaker
Revision 6 . . November 9, 2001 4:38 am by ManningBartlett [tweaked the english, nice article though]
Revision 5 . . November 9, 2001 4:38 am by ManningBartlett [tweaked the english, nice article though]
  

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Médecins Sans Frontières (abbreviated MSF; also known as Doctors Without Borders in the United States) is nonprofit private organization created in 1971 by a small group of French doctors. The organisation was founded in the belief that all people have the right to medical care and that their need is more important than national borders.
Médecins Sans Frontières (abbreviated MSF; also known as Doctors Without Borders in the United States) is a nonprofit private organization created in 1971 by a small group of French doctors. The organisation was founded in the belief that all people have the right to medical care and that their need is more important than national borders.

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MSF provides medical care in case of emergency and for for the treatment of endemic diseases, such as Malaria. MSF is active in more than 80 countries worldwide, particularly in poor or third world nations, and those in a state of war. MSF has frequently protested to the United Nations against atrocities on behalf of communities that lack official representations, like people from Chechnya and Kosovo.
MSF provides medical care in case of emergency and for for the treatment of endemic diseases, such as Malaria. MSF is active in more than 80 countries worldwide, particularly in poor or third world nations, and those in a state of war. MSF has frequently protested to the United Nations against atrocities on behalf of communities that lack official representations, like people from Chechnya and Kosovo.

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