Internet Journalism: No Quantity BUT Good Quality

by Phing Chee Yuong

No Quantity BUT Good Quality

The first public event of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Malaysia although not too many visitors but the quality of visitors good.

Baikong Mamid (Public relations of MSF) said, in term of quantity like the number there not too many if compare with other exhibition public, because MSF in not well know name in Malaysia and very few known about MSF, and it's just first engagement in Malaysia society in term of awareness about what MSF do in global or humanitarian crises. But the quality of the visitor very good, the reasons why the quality of visitors good is because the visitor come to this exhibition they ask very good questions about the organisation, how the MSF do their work and cetera. They also questions that some out of the expected.

Baikong Mamid also said, the MSF choose Malaysia to launches the exhibition is because 30 June 2013 The International AIDS Society Conference will be held at Malaysia, so the MSF want to use this opportunity to let the Malaysia public understand or reach out to more information about MSF.

Differences between WHO and MSF

Although the mission of the MSF almost same like World Health Organization (WHO), Dr.Tan Day Seng (field worker of MSF) said that, MSF and WHO is differences. He said, the WHO is under the United Nation, and it is a government body, but the MSF is not a government body is a NGO. The other thing is MSF is independent, as in MSF are not influence or don't need go according whatever government, therefore the MSF members can go in to places that other people can't go in, for example Congo, Liberia and cetera, because MSF don't link with any political party or represent any government, the MSF represent humanitarian organisation, so that how the MSF difference form WHO.

What is MSF?

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organisation with national sections in 19 countries. Every year, over 25,000 medical and non-medical professionals work in about 70 countries.

Field workers offer their professional expertise for projects including primary health care, nutrition, malaria, HIV/AIDS and cetera. Non-medical activities such as construction, water and sanitation as well as training are also important aspects of field workers' work.

For more information, visit www.msf.org.hk