How can I help?
You can help ensure we have access to the ongoing support and resources necessary to respond rapidly to all the people who need us. Please support Médecins Sans Frontières today and help us continue to offer emergency medical assistance in all of the resource-poor contexts in which we work.
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Make your own MUAC band
Print and cut-out a life-size Mid-Upper-Arm Circumference (MUAC) band to see for yourself how tiny a severely malnourished child's arms can be.We use the MUAC band to identify the level to which a child under five years of age is malnourished before proceeding with a treatment plan.
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About Médecins Sans Frontières
Independent medical humanitarian action
Médecins Sans Frontières was founded in 1971 by a small group of doctors and journalists who believed that all people should have access to emergency medical relief.In 1994 we established our office in Sydney, Australia. Every year, around 100 Australians and New Zealanders are sent to the field and supported by the Médecins Sans Frontières Sydney office.
What we do
We run emergency feeding programs during nutritional crises. We provide relief after natural disasters such as floods or earthquakes. We help victims of conflict. We tackle neglected diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and kala azar. We organise mass vaccination programs to prevent epidemics spreading.What your donation could do
Your support could be instrumental in helping us run larger programs in response to medical-humanitarian crises and do even more for people in need of emergency medical assistance. For example:$50 could help buy 128 packs of ready-to-use food, which would allow several children to be treated for malnutrition at home.
$150 could go towards purchasing medicines, rehydration salts, IVs and other related supplies to treat 5 cholera patients.
$200 could contribute towards the cost of purchasing an emergency surgical kit which is used to examine wounds and carry out basic surgical procedures.
Please donate now.