Geneva, Switzerland
Doctors Without Borders, known internationally as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is an international medical humanitarian organization founded in Paris in 1971 by a small group of French doctors and journalists responding to the famine and conflict in Biafra. Guided by principles of medical ethics, neutrality, and independence, MSF now sends tens of thousands of staff each year to deliver emergency healthcare in more than 70 countries affected by conflict, disasters, and epidemics, funded primarily through private donations rather than government support. The organization was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999.