Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières is one of my favorite non-profit organizations. Teams of volunteer physicians from all over the globe travel to medical "hot spots" to deliver medical assistance, often under severely adverse conditions, to the world's most afflicted peoples.

Date:   11/2/2005 6:08:26 PM ( 19 y ago)

Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge The Television Series Learn more about the Doctors Without Borders volunteers featured in this episode Find your local PBS channel and show air time Learn more about Sudanese refugees in Chad DoctorsWithoutBorders.org Look for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in tonight's episode of "Rx for Survival" airing on your local PBS station. Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge: Delivering the Goods PBS — Wednesday, November 2 9 pm Eastern/7 pm Pacific (check your local listings) At the dawn of the 21st century, we can prevent, treat or cure most of the deadliest diseases known to humankind — and yet millions die needlessly every year because the benefits of modern medicine and public health fail to reach them. What are the obstacles to providing care to populations in need? This episode of "Rx for Survival" visits with Doctors Without Borders volunteers in Chad who are caring for thousands of refugees from Darfur, Sudan. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) New York office: 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY, 10001

 

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