Timeline of médecins sans frontières

Abstract

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), a French-origin international humanitarian aid organization, provides emergency medical assistance to populations in danger in nearly 70 countries. This timeline chronicles MSF’s growth and activities from its founding in 1971 to the present. The timeline details major events, including the organization’s founding in response to the Nigerian Civil War and the floods in Bangladesh, its early activities in providing emergency medical assistance during wars, natural disasters and refugee crises, and its increasing involvement in tackling health crises such as epidemics of malaria, cholera, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis. The timeline also highlights MSF’s advocacy efforts, including its campaigns to reduce the price of antiretroviral drugs for people living with HIV in developing countries and its support for the establishment of the International Criminal Court. – AI-generated abstract.