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- Joanne Liu, a veteran humanitarian aid worker, is a Canadian practicing pediatric emergency physician at University of Montreal and professor at McGill.
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Can you tell us about your medical education? What led you to a career in medicine and to Médecins Sans Frontières?
Actually, I went to medical school because I wanted to be part of Médecins Sans Frontières. When I was searching for meaning to my life as a teenager, I read books that really made an impression on me. For example, I read a book called Et la paix, Docteur?, about a doctor who worked with Médecins Sans Frontières in a war zone. I had also read The Plague by Albert Camus and in a passage in the book, the protagonist doctor is asked: ” ‘What motivates you? All your patients are dying, you have nothing to offer them, no medicine and you are not even religious’. Then, he answers: ‘I never got used to death’ “. When I read that, I promised myself that I would never get used to death and that I would work for the triumph of life. Following this wake-up call, I joined Carrefour Canadien International and went to work in international cooperation in Africa. After this 3-month mission, I told myself that I would come back to work as a doctor in developing count
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Joanne Liu
Joanne Liu is a paediatric emergency physician who has devoted her career to medical humanitarianism. She currently serves as the international president of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), with whom she has undertaken more than 20 missions since 1996. During the 2014 Ebola crisis, MSF was given a voice at the United Nations General Assembly, bringing it to a new level of engagement with world leaders. In 2015, the bombing of MSF’s hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan launched the movement’s appeal to the UN Security Council to protect patients and hospitals in conflicts. Joanne’s operational contributions range from introducing comprehensive medical care for survivors of sexual violence, to developing a telemedicine platform connecting doctors in remote areas with medical specialists worldwide. She is a staunch defender of MSF’s unique identity as a field-based organisation that does not compromise on cutting-edge care in crisis response work.