Fulbright Awards Ceremony – in Honor of Doctors Without Borders

Published January 3, 2013

Fulbright Awards Ceremony – In Honor of Doctors Without Borders – On September 8, 2012, the Fulbright Association presented its 2012 J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding to Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. The award, a 000 prize, was received with a speech by Dr. Unni Karunakara, international president of MSF. MSF will utilize the funds from the Fulbright Prize to support its efforts in pioneering a more patient-friendly treatment regimen for people living with drug-resistant TB. Mark Harrington, executive director of the Treatment Action Group, provided a short tribute to MSF prior to the presentation of the award.

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