Formation | 1996 |
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Founder | Nancy Kelly |
Founded at | Hebron, New Hampshire |
Type | Nonprofit |
Website |
www |
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]
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.
Formation | 1996 |
---|---|
Founder | Nancy Kelly |
Founded at | Hebron, New Hampshire |
Type | Nonprofit |
Website |
www |
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]
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.