Imagine an entire community of individuals, from doctors to masseurs, who do not answer to any political entity or religion, but still manage to collectively provide free health services to millions of people of needy people every year. Doctors Without Borders, popularly known in the United States as Doctors Without Borders, is an international NGO that does just that. The organization was born in 1971, when a group of French doctors and journalists recognized the desperate need for healthcare during times of war, famine and floods in Nigeria and Pakistan. Since then, it has expanded and provides aid to more than 60 countries in disadvantaged regions of Central America, South America, Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Asia and has developed a mission “to provide aid [ emergency doctors] to those affected.” from armed conflicts, epidemics, natural or man-made disasters or exclusion from health care”. (www.msf.org) Because Doctors Without Borders recruits such a diverse group of volunteers, it is able to address a broad spectrum of health problems. Not only do doctors of all specialties volunteer with the group, but nurses, paramedics, paramedics, dentists, dental technicians, dental hygienists, optometrists, opticians, audiologists, podiatrists, massage therapists, mental health professionals, epidemiologists and logistics experts also volunteer join Medecins. Sans Frontiers also on their mission. In total, more than 27,000 people around the world assist those in need through Doctors Without Borders every day of the year. Doctors and other health professionals often offer treatment for diseases prevalent in tropical areas such as chagas and malaria. Treatment of widespread developing diseases...... middle of paper ......y. One of their greatest achievements was the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize in the field of humanitarian work “in recognition of the organisation's pioneering humanitarian work on several continents”. (nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1999) Since then, Doctors Without Borders has continued to expand the services it provides. Last year, they performed 7.5 million outpatient visits, delivered 110,000 newborns, treated 1.1 million people for malaria, treated 200,000 malnourished children, provided antiretroviral therapy to 165,000 people infected with HIV/AIDS, vaccinated 7 .9 million against meningitis and conducted 50,000 surgeries. msf.org http://charityreports.bbb.org/national/health/doctors-without-borders-usa-in-new-york-ny-783 http://www.ksghauser.harvard.edu/http:// www. nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1999/