Physician with a mission
Joanne Liu has treated patients in the most dangerous parts of the globe as a M茅decins Sans Fronti猫res doctor. Now, as MSF鈥檚 international president, she is holding the world鈥檚 leaders to account for the way they handle medical crises.
The body of a six-year-old Syrian refugee is on the cover of every newspaper arrayed in the lobby of the Montreal restaurant where Dr. Joanne Liu, international president of M茅decins Sans Fronti猫res, has just arrived.
It is impossible not to look at the full-page photographs of Aylan Kurdi, dead, lying face-first in the sand. And look the world will. Over the coming weeks, the image will prompt anguished cries for action. Crowds will take to the streets, urging governments to do more for the millions fleeing the civil war. But before any of this happens, Liu leans over the table and predicts the refugee crisis will become 鈥渢he topic of the year.鈥�
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