'Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres)', often in the news, is
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Answer: B. Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres), founded in France in 1971, is an independent international non-governmental organisation that gives medical help in wars, epidemics and disasters.
Watch for: Its global medical work makes students assume it is a WHO or UN body.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because MSF is not part of WHO.
- C. Wrong because it is not inter-governmental or EU-sponsored.
- D. Wrong because it is not a UN agency.
Source to check: Medecins Sans Frontieres official website, 'Who we are' (msf.org)
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