NGO case studies - MSF & ICRC

Question 1

what is the role of MSF

Answer 1

they provide medical aid where it’s needed most

Question 2

when was MSF founded

Answer 2

1971

Question 3

which people do MSF care for?

Answer 3

natural disasters, conflict, famines, refugee exoduses

Question 4

how many people do MSF employ

Answer 4

35,000 globally

Question 5

what did MSF take a stance against and how

Answer 5

didn’t accept funding from the EU because if their reluctance to accept migrants feeling conflict in the Middle East

Question 6

one example of MSF revolutionary treatment (not created by them)

Answer 6

‘ready to use therapeutic food’ to treat malnutrition

Question 7

how did MSF help to combat disease in Haiti in 2010?

Answer 7

after cholera hit - same year as 7.0 mag. earthquake - opened more than 20 cholera treatment centres
cared for more than 100,000 patients

Question 8

how did MSF help to combat disease in West Africa in 2014?

Answer 8

employed 4,000 staff and admitted around 10,000 patients to EBOLA MANAGEMENT CENTRES

Question 9

how did MSF help to combat disease in Somalia in 2011?

Answer 9

after a drought, conflict and collapsed healthcare system
hundreds of thousand fled to capital Mogadishu
MSF opened 12 health facilities - gave basic healthcare, surgery, cholera and measles treatment