Homeopaths Without Borders (HWB) is a nonprofit organization based in Hebron, New Hampshire, which was founded in 1996 by Nancy Kelly.[1][2] Modelled after Doctors Without Borders, it sends practitioners to developing countries to administer the pseudoscience of homeopathy,[3][4] in an attempt to gain traction in countries where it does not already have a foothold.[5] It has several different national associations, including Germany and North America.[6]
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| Formation | 1996 |
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| Founder | Nancy Kelly |
| Founded at | Hebron, New Hampshire |
| Type | Nonprofit |
| Website | www |
HWB delivers homeopathic medicines which they claim help with treatment of malaria, typhoid and other potentially deadly diseases. Homeopathic medications have not been deemed effective in any of these conditions.[7] They claim to have helped spread homeopathy to countries such as Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, and Kenya.[8] They sent homeopaths to distribute water, food and homeopathic treatments to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake.[5][9]
Criticism edit
HWB has been largely criticized by the scientific community.[5][10][6]
In 2013 HWB were awarded The Golden Blockhead award by the Society for the Scientific Investigation of Parasciences.
References edit
- ^ "Homeopaths Without Borders". Charity Navigator. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "Our History". Homeopaths Without Borders. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ Swartout, Kirsty A. (2006). Encyclopedia of associations a guide to more than 23,000 national and international organizations ... (44th ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale. p. 1727. ISBN 978-0787682866.
- ^ "Canada ends homeopathic foreign aid fund". BBC News. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ a b c Perry, Susan (19 September 2013). "Homeopaths are exploiting some of world's most vulnerable people, bioethicist charges". MinnPost. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ a b Shaw, D. M.; Beetlestone, J. G.; Luzzatto, L. (17 September 2013). "Homeopaths Without Borders practice exploitation not humanitarianism". BMJ. 347: f5448. doi:10.1136/bmj.f5448. PMID 24046156. S2CID 46042260.
- ^ Perry, Susan (14 April 2014). "Yet another meta-analysis finds homeopathy 'useless'". MinnPost. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "Homeopaths Without Borders practice exploitation not humanitarianism". www.richarddawkins.net. September 18, 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ MacAskill, William (May 17, 2013). "What we can learn from one of the worst charities in the world". Quartz. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ Ernst, Edzard (2018). Scam: So-Called Alternative Medicine. Luton, Bedfordshire: Imprint Academic. ISBN 978-1845409838.