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DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS

Doctors Without ____________________ ( MSF ) is an international ____________________ humanitarian ____________________ created by doctors and ____________________ in France in 1971 .
Today , MSF provides ____________________ , impartial assistance in more than 60 ____________________ to people whose survival is threatened by violence , neglect , or catastrophe , primarily due to armed conflict , ____________________ , malnutrition , ____________________ from health care , or natural ____________________ . MSF provides independent , impartial ____________________ to those most in need . MSF also reserves the right to speak out to bring attention to neglected crises , ____________________ inadequacies or abuse of the aid system , and to ____________________ for improved medical treatments and protocols .
MSF's work is based on the ____________________ principles of ____________________ ethics and ____________________ . The organization is committed to bringing ____________________ medical care to people in crisis ____________________ of their race , religion , or ____________________ affiliation .
MSF operates ____________________ of any political , military , or ____________________ agendas . Medical teams conduct evaluations on the ground to determine a population's medical needs before opening programs , aiming to fill gaps that exist ( rather than replicating ____________________ that are already offered ) or reach ____________________ that are not being assisted .
WHO IS MSF ?
On any given day , more than 27 , 000 ____________________ individuals representing dozens of nationalities can be found providing assistance to people caught in crises ____________________ the world . They are doctors , nurses , logistics ____________________ , administrators , ____________________ , laboratory technicians , ____________________ health ____________________ , and others who work together in ____________________ with MSF's guiding principles of humanitarian action and medical ____________________ .
MSF field staff are ____________________ by their ____________________ in 19 offices around the world , including one in New York City . The vast ____________________ of MSF's aid ____________________ are from the communities where the ____________________ are occurring , with ten percent of ____________________ made up of ____________________ staff , including the more than 200 aid workers from the US who completed nearly 300 ____________________ in 2009 , and the 340 US - based aid workers who left on more than 435 assignments to 45 ____________________ in 2010 .