Doctors Without Borders: meet with Clémence Lhermenault, Head of Corporate Partnerships

Doctors Without Borders is a humanitarian medical aid association created in 1971 by a group of doctors and journalists. We now operate in 34 countries with a staff of 8,759 employees (including 7,562 national employees in each country where we work), delivering medical assistance to anyone whose health and safety are under threat.

Emergency situations may be caused by natural disasters or epidemics. But 57% of our operations are as a result of armed conflict. For this reason, in 1999, Doctors Without Borders received the Nobel Peace Prize for its work.

We also take action in cases of healthcare exclusion.

To carry out our missions, we have developed two complementary sets of expertise: medical, of course, with our highly qualified and committed staff, as well as logistics.

We continually look to improve humanitarian medical aid by placing a strong emphasis on research and innovation, through our R&D programs. For example, we are currently developing a mobile medical analysis lab, which will help us in the field as we fight resistance to antibiotics, which is considered a major health challenge by the WHO.

Doctors Without Borders is also a fully independent association, with no political, military or religious affiliation. Our independence is essential, as it allows us to take impartial action in every situation. This independence is made possible by our funding: 96% of our resources come from private donations.