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===2020s=== ====Accusations of racism==== More than a thousand staffers accused the charity of white supremacy when they voiced their concerns in a 2020 petition. One staffer from Cameroon detailed her experiences with racism from the group's leaders. Many concerns involved different treatment of expatriate staff from Europe and North America, who are typically white, compared to national staff. In an interview with NPR, the president of the organisation acknowledged Doctors Without Borders was founded in racism and pledged to do better.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Doctors Without Borders Responds To Charges Of 'Racism' From Its Staff|publisher=[[NPR]]|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/07/15/864544382/doctors-without-borders-responds-to-charges-of-racism-from-its-staff}}</ref> ====Snakebite prioritisation in WHO==== MSF played an important role for including snakebite as a WHO Category A [[Neglected Tropical Diseases|Neglected Tropical Disease]] (NTD) status in, a WHO resolution and development of global strategy to decrease burden of snakebite.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Bhaumik |first1=Soumyadeep |last2=Zwi |first2=Anthony B. |last3=Norton |first3=Robyn |last4=Jagnoor |first4=Jagnoor |date=2023-08-01 |title=How and why snakebite became a global health priority: a policy analysis |url=https://gh.bmj.com/content/8/8/e011923 |journal=BMJ Global Health|volume=8 |issue=8 |pages=e011923 |doi=10.1136/bmjgh-2023-011923 |issn=2059-7908 |pmc=10445399 |pmid=37604596}}</ref> MSF highlighted the scarcity of anti-venom in Africa due to stoppage of manufacturing and brought urgency to the scenario and led media advocacy efforts.<ref name=":0" />
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