Medecins Sans Frontieres

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) (in English, Doctors Without Borders) was founded in 1971 and "is an international humanitarian aid organisation that provides emergency medical assistance to populations in danger in more than 70 countries."


 * Bernard Kouchner - Founder
 * Francis Charhon - Founding Member
 * Jean-Christophe Rufin - Founding Member

"MSF has received the following international awards for their activities:
 * 1999 - Nobel Peace Prize
 * Winner of the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
 * September 1998 - Conrad Hilton Prize, United States of America
 * April 7, 1997 - Prix International - Primo Levi, Genova, Italy
 * February 15, 1997 - Prix International Sebetiater, Naples, Italy
 * November 19, 1996 - Prix International pour la Paix et l'Action Humanitaire, Rome
 * October 1996 - Prix Seoul pour la Paix, Seoul, South Korea
 * November 11, 1996 - Prix Doron
 * Novemer 19. 1997 - Indira Gandhi Prize, New Delhi, India
 * May 1996 - Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute: Four Freedoms Award
 * April 1993 - Prix pour la liberte de l'Esprit Prix Sakharov, European Parliament Europeen
 * October 1993 - Nansen Medal, United Nations High Commission for Refugees
 * July 1992 - Philadelphia Liberty Medal
 * May 1992 - Prix Europeen des Droits de l'Homme, Council of Europe
 * June 1991 - Medal of Peace, 29th International Folklore Festival of Lefkas
 * May 1991 - Prix de la Concorde, Principe de Asturias

2005 Funding
Total income in 2005 was $804 million. Includes grants from the MacArthur Foundation, Starr Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Hess Foundation, Ambassador John L. Loeb, Jr. etc.

UK Board
Accessed May 2010:


 * Jacqui Tong (Chair/President) - Member of the International Council (IC) and Operational Centre Amsterdam (OCA) Council
 * Frances Stevenson (Vice-Chair/President)
 * Paul Foreman - Member of OCA Council
 * Simon Buckley (Treasurer)
 * Simon Burling
 * Helene Lorinquer
 * Elizabeth Helen Smith
 * James Kambaki
 * Tim Boucher
 * Ulrike von Pilar
 * Margaret Fitzgerald
 * Sidney Wong
 * Hanna Nolan (Observer)
 * Simon Collins (Observer)

US People
Accessed May 2010:


 * Executive Director: Sophie Delaunay

Board of Directors


 * Matthew Spitzer - President
 * Unni Karunakara, - Vice-President
 * John E. Plum - Treasurer
 * David A. Shevlin - Secretary
 * Marie-Pierre Allie
 * Jonathan Fisher
 * Rebecca Golden
 * Mary Ann Hopkins
 * Deane Marchbein
 * Michael Neuman
 * Brigg Reilley
 * Sharmila Shetty

Advisory Board


 * Daniel Goldring - Co-chair of the Board
 * Susan Liautaud - Co-chair of the Board
 * Richard Rockefeller - Meena Ahamed
 * Don Berwick - Institute for Healthcare Improvement
 * Elizabeth Beshel - Goldman Sachs
 * Victoria B. Bjorklund - Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
 * Robert Bookman - Creative Artists Agency
 * Kathleen Chalfant - Thales Fund Management, LLC
 * Charles A. Hirschler
 * Gary A Isaac - Mayer Brown LLP
 * Laurie MacDonald - Parkes MacDonald Productions
 * Darin Portnoy - Assistant Professor, Albert Einstein School of Medicine
 * Garrick Utley - Neil D. Levin Graduate School, SUNY
 * Robert van Zwieten - Asian Development Bank

US People (2007)
Accessed September 2007:

Directors

 * Darin Portnoy, MD, MPH - President
 * David A. Shevlin, Esq. - Secretary
 * John E. Plum - Treasurer
 * William Conk - Vice-President
 * Jean-Herve Bradol, MD
 * Jonathan Fisher, MD
 * Rebecca Golden
 * Unni Karunakara, MB BS DrPH
 * Mary Ann Hopkins, M.D., M.Phil., F.A.C.S.
 * Virginie Raisson
 * Sharmila Shetty, MD
 * Matthew Spitzer, MD

Advisory Board

 * Richard Rockefeller - Chairman of the Board
 * Meena Ahamed
 * Don Berwick - Institute for Healthcare Improvement
 * Victoria B. Bjorklund - Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
 * Robert Bookman -Creative Artists Agency
 * Kathleen Chalfont
 * Marek Fludzinski - Thales Fund Management, LLC
 * Gary A Isaac - Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP
 * Susan Liautaud
 * Garrick Utley -Neil D. Levin Graduate School, SUNY
 * Marsha Graces Williams -Blue Wolf Productions
 * Robert van Zwieten - Singapore Exchange Limited

Contact details
Switzerland Headquarters: Rue de Lausanne 78 CP 116 - 1211 Geneva 21 SWITZERLAND Tel: +41 (22) 849.84.00 Fax: +41 (22) 849.84.04 Web: http://www.msf.org

U.S. Headquarters: 333 7th Avenue, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10001-5004 U.S. Phone: (212) 679-6800 Fax: (212) 679-7016 Web: http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org

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 * Kevin Ryan
 * Robert Lamb
 * Valerie Nkamgang Bemo
 * Victor Tanner
 * Wilfred Griekspoor
 * Lovisa Stannow - former communications director
 * James Fraser - head of MSF Canada