Bernard Kouchner (born 1 November 1939) is a French politician and doctor. He is the co-founder of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Médecins du Monde. Led by future Doctors of the World founder Bernard Kouchner, a team of doctors set off on a hospital ship not only to provide medical assistance but also to bear witness to the refugees' plight. This was the beginning of something different.
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Bernard Kouchner was born on November 1, 1939, in Avignon in southeastern France, about 50 miles northwest of Marseilles. He grew up in the suburbs of Paris, where his father was a physician. Bernard Kouchner—Founder of Doctors Without Borders View Large Image Download (PPT) Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, delivers emergency medical aid to victims of armed conflicts, epidemics, and natural and manmade disasters and to others who lack health care because of social and geographic isolation. Bernard Kouchner MSF Founder A New Medicine' In 1971, Raymond Borel and Philippe Bernier, journalists from the medical review Tonus issued an appeal to establish a band of doctors to help people suffering in the midst and wake of major disasters. Co-founder Dr Bernard Kouchner doesn't agree with the evolution and leaves MSF to start another organisation called Médecins du Monde. Dr Xavier Emmanuelli, president of MSF France.
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Entertainment Talking Point In Depth On Air Archive Feedback Low Graphics Help Friday, October 15, 1999 Published at 10:31 GMT 11:31 UK World: Europe Bernard Kouchner: The man behind MSF. Bernard Kouchner | MSF founder Tweet this 'A new medicine' A study guide to the work of Bernard Kouchner, co-founder of Medécins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders, including an excerpt from his book, Les Guerriers de la Paix [The Warriors of Peace], published for the first time in English. Paris, May 22, 2007 — A few days after Doctor Bernard Kouchner's appointment as France's minister of foreign affairs, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) notes a potential confusion between his new responsibilities and the role he has played in humanitarian organizations such as MSF.
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Médecins Sans Frontières: 50 years of bearing witness MSF was founded half a century ago. It has transformed humanitarianism and global health. But it is facing new challenges. Udani Samarasekera reports. Kouchner is the author of several books, including Charité business ( Charity Business) (1986), in which he highlights his understanding of himself as a doctor not only trying to heal illnesses but addressing all the factors that impact a person's health and dignity.
The medical relief organization Médicins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders,. One of the cofounders of the organization was Bernard Kouchner, who would later in life become Minister of Foreign Affairs of France. After entering the country, the volunteers, in addition to Biafran health workers and hospitals, were. One of the co-founders of the organisation was Bernard Kouchner, who later had a career in French politics, rising to the position of Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, which he held 2007-2010. [citation needed]
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In 1971, in the aftermath of the Biafran war, a young French doctor by the name of Bernard Kouchner broke with the ICRC and created his own organization, MSF (Doctors Without Borders). The. BERNARD KOUCHNER MSF FOUNDER 'A new medicine' In 1971, Raymond Borel and Philippe Bernier, journalists from the medical review Tonus issued an appeal to establish a band of doctors to help people suffering in the midst and wake of major disasters.