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MSF is an independent humanitarian medical aid agency committed to two objectives:
1. providing medical aid wherever needed, regardless of race, religion, politics or sex
2. raising awareness of the plight of the people we help
who are we?
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without borders• 1971 – Founded by French doctors
• International
• Independent– funding
• Impartial– according to need– the most vulnerable
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1999 Nobel Peace Prize
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first in, last outwhen do we respond?
• armed conflict & violence
• natural disaster
• displaced people & refugees
• Famine
• Epidemics
• exclusion
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medical activities• Basic Medicine
• Vaccinations
• Therapeutic feeding
• Reproductive Health Services
• Sexual violence & rape (SGBV)
• Surgery
• Trauma & conflict related injuries
• Psychological care
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common morbidities ?• Diarrhoeal diseases
• Malaria
• Respiratory tract infections
• Malnutrition
• Measles
• Meningitis
• Tuberculosis
• HIV/AIDS
• Kala Azar
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DOCTORS
Hospital Doctors
Obs/Gynae, A&E,
Paediatrics
G.P.’s
Senior Registrar to Consultant
level
Surgeons and Anaesthetists
NURSE
RGN
Midwives
PARAMEDICS
Biomedical Scientists
Nutritionists
Mental Health
LOGISTICIANS
Engineers
Water & Sanitation ExpertsOTHER
Financial Controller
Humanitarian Affairs Officer
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REQUIREMENTS
• 2 YEARS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE• TRAVEL EXPERIENCE (min 3 months)• TROPICAL COURSE (ADVANTAGE)• FLUENCY IN ENGLISH, OTHER
LANGUAGES ADVANTAGEOUS• MANAGEMENT / SUPERVISION
EXPERIENCE• ABILITY TO TRAIN OTHERS• ABILITY TO WORK IN A TEAM
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GETTING INVOLVED
• AVAILABILITY OF 6-9 MONTHS• FLEXIBLE & ADAPTABLE• WILLINGNESS TO WORK IN
UNSTABLE AREAS• ABILITY TO COPE WITH STRESS• COMMITMENT TO MSF• REGISTRATION WITH RELEVANT
PROFESSIONAL BODY
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A virus that people freely want to have and transmit
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Curiosity
Urge to be engaged
Increased Sense of
Justice
Heightened Need to
communicate
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No Known Cure
Alleviation found from;• Engagement• Spreading Virus as far as possible
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“I learned more in one year in Afghanistan than I would have in decades at home”
Questions?