2. Médecins Sans Frontières (pronounced Medsan-song-Fronti-air) means ‘Doctors Without Borders’ We are the world’s leading independent medical humanitarian aid organisation. Despite our French name, doctors, nurses and engineers from all over the world work together for MSF to provide medical care for people wherever they need it. This could be for many different reasons, including: Wars Natural disasters such as earthquakes or floods Diseases including Malaria, Tuberculosis and HIV/Aids Famine and Malnutrition Who are MSF?

3. MAP OF WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE Where do we work? We have projects in 64 countries across Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Middle East

4. Who does MSF treat? © xxxxxxx [200x] We work around the world to treat people in the greatest medical need and those often forgotten by others © Yoanis Menge/MSF [Democratic Republic Congo] 2009

5. MSF helps people suffering from many different diseases and illnesses. Here an MSF medic is vaccinating a child against measles in Afghanistan

6. An MSF doctor is giving emergency treatment to sick children during a Cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe

7. An MSF nurse counts the correct number of pills for HIV positive patients in Myanmar © Chris de Bode/MSF [Myanmar] 2006

8. MSF treats thousands of children with malnutrition. This child is being examined by an MSF medic © Dieter Telemans [Kenya] 2006

9. This child in Ethiopia is eating a special food supplement rich in vitamins to help him gain weight © Juan Carlos Tomasi / MSF [Ethiopia] 2008

10. MSF helps people after natural disasters. Here is an outdoor hospital ward treating people after the earthquake in Haiti 2010 © Julie Remy [Haiti] 2010 © MSF [Haiti] 2010

11. An MSF water and sanitation specialist is providing clean water after floods in Mozambique © Benjamin Bechet / Odessa [Mozambique] 2007

12. MSF often works in war zones. This child is talking to a MSF doctor in Gaza © Valerie Babize/MSF [Gaza] 2008

13. MSF also helps people who do not have access to health care. Here MSF volunteers are providing supplies to refugees in France © Dragan Lekic /Libre arbitre [France] 2009

14. One of the most important things about MSF is that we are independent. Almost all of our money comes from kind members of the public. This means we don’t have to wait for money from governments and we can make our own decisions about who to help. This allows us to act quickly to treat those people who most need medical help. Independence

15. Speaking Out We try to make sure that people all around the world know about the medical work we do and the problems our patients face in the countries where we work. This means we are often in the newspapers and on the television.

16. Médecins Sans Frontières has 19 offices worldwide MSFI reland was set in Dublin in 2006. Our aims in Ireland are to: raise money to pay for our projects all around the world find doctors, nurses, engineers and other support staff who can work abroad Over 50 Irish people have worked with MSF talk to the Irish public about our work and about the patients we treat MSF in Ireland

17. THE MSF Ireland team

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