Elsevier and Doctors Without Borders Partner to Help Tackle Africa's Health Challenges - Seite 2

Ron Mobed, CEO of Elsevier, said: "Both Elsevier and MSF share a commitment to advancing healthcare and research in developing and emerging markets. We hope that providing MSF and Epicentre with essential clinical tools such as ClinicalKey and ScienceDirect will equip them with the timely, accurate knowledge they need to develop treatment protocols for doctors, nurses and epidemiologists tackling epidemics, malnutrition, natural disasters and armed conflicts. In short, the work they do is so critical and we are proud to support it in any way we can."

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About MSF
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare. MSF offers assistance to people based on need, irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of neutrality and impartiality. Thousands of health professionals, logistical and administrative staff - most of whom are hired locally - work on programmes in some 69 countries worldwide. http://www.msf.org

About Epicentre 

Created in 1986 by doctors from MSF, Epicentre is a nonprofit association, with a two-fold mission: research, contributing to the design and promotion of original operational medical projects in MSF intervention settings, or similar environments and training to support MSF teams in conducting operational response. Epicentre focuses on the most prevalent diseases: malaria, tuberculosis, HIV infection, children malnutrition, as well as diseases with epidemic potential: cholera, meningitis, measles, hemorrhagic fevers (yellow fever, Ebola, Marburg as well as Buruli ulcer, psychological care, sleeping sickness. Epicentre's research departments cover clinical and epidemiological research as well as training. Epicentre has a staff of around 40-people working in Europe (Paris, Geneva and Brussels) and 450 in Africa (Uganda and Niger). http://www.epicentre.msf.org