Homeopaths Without Borders Explained
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]
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
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.
Notes and References
- Web site: Homeopaths Without Borders . Charity Navigator . 6 October 2020.
- Web site: Our History . Homeopaths Without Borders . 6 October 2020 . en.
- Book: Swartout . Kirsty A. . Encyclopedia of associations a guide to more than 23,000 national and international organizations ... . 2006 . Thomson Gale . Farmington Hills, MI . 978-0787682866 . 1727 . 44th.
- Web site: Canada ends homeopathic foreign aid fund . BBC News . 2 October 2020 . 8 March 2019.
- Web site: Perry . Susan . Homeopaths are exploiting some of world's most vulnerable people, bioethicist charges . MinnPost . 2 October 2020 . 19 September 2013.
- Shaw . D. M. . Beetlestone . J. G. . Luzzatto . L. . Homeopaths Without Borders practice exploitation not humanitarianism . BMJ . 17 September 2013 . 347 . f5448 . 10.1136/bmj.f5448. 24046156 . 46042260 .
- Web site: Perry . Susan . Yet another meta-analysis finds homeopathy 'useless' . MinnPost . 2 October 2020 . 14 April 2014.
- Web site: Homeopaths Without Borders practice exploitation not humanitarianism . www.richarddawkins.net . 2 October 2020 . September 18, 2013.
- Web site: MacAskill . William . What we can learn from one of the worst charities in the world . Quartz . 2 October 2020 . en . May 17, 2013.
- Book: Ernst . Edzard . Scam: So-Called Alternative Medicine. . 2018 . Imprint Academic . Luton, Bedfordshire . 978-1845409838.
