Médecins du Monde
Staff members from the German branch of MdM in organization jackets with logo | |
| Founded | 1980 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Bernard Kouchner and others |
| Type | Medical humanitarian organization |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Budget | €135 million (2014) |
| Volunteers | 4,000 |
| Website | www |
Médecins du monde (MdM; French pronunciation: [medsɛ̃ dy mɔ̃d]), or Doctors of the World, is an international humanitarian organization which seeks to provide emergency and long-term medical care to the world's most vulnerable people. It also advocates for an end to health inequities.
It was founded in 1980 by a group of 15 French physicians, including Bernard Kouchner and Alina Margolis-Edelman (a native of Poland). MdM is active in over 80 countries with approximately 400 programs in both the developed and developing world.