Doctors Without Borders

Join us for a discussion (virtual) with Doctors Without Borders on Wednesday, November 17, 7:00pm.

Doctors Without Borders is an international humanitarian medical organization. Its projects are in conflict zones and/or in countries affected by endemic diseases. Since its founding in 1971, Doctors Without Borders has delivered life - saving healthcare to tens of millions of people, providing medical assistance to populations in distress, to victims of natural disasters, and to victims of armed conflict.

The organization is active in more than 60 countries. Its team members are doctors, nurses, and other professionals. Doctors Without Borders has received numerous recognitions that include the Nobel Peace Prize.

Join us on Wednesday, November 17. MSF-USA's operations department will discuss the process of opening and closing projects across the globe, and how the use of data is involved in this decision-making. Which factors do MSF consider when deciding whether to open a project? How does MSF collect data from these parts of the world, and how does this data influence this decision? MSF staff Anne Chatelain and Megan McGuire will provide a comprehensive presentation on data collection and how MSF uses this data to determine whether they move ahead with projects.

Speakers:

Anne Chatelain is MSF-USA's desk manager and was previously the deputy operations manager for Haiti. She first worked with MSF in Darfur in 2005 as a nurse. Since then, she has worked for MSF primarily as a project coordinator, head of mission, or emergency coordinator in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Central African Republic (CAR), South Sudan, Pakistan, Nigeria, Cameroon, India, Libya, Syria, Liberia, and Lebanon. In 2010 Anne was the project coordinator for MSF's Saint Louis project in Haiti. She holds a Masters degree in Public Health from the Institute of Tropical Medicine of Antwerp and a Masters degree in Public Policy from Siences Po Rennes.

Megan McGuire is eHealth unit director at MSF-USA. Previously, she has worked as an epidemiologist in various projects for MSF throughout sub-Saharan Africa since 2007. Her past positions have included both academic and iNGO work, primarily in Asia and South America focusing on global health and community-based research. She has studied at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, and is currently a Doctoral Student at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.