Editing Médecins Sans Frontières (section)

===1980s===
In 1982, Malhuret and [[Rony Brauman]] (who became the organisation's president in 1982) brought increased financial independence to MSF by introducing fundraising-by-mail to better collect donations. The 1980s also saw the establishment of the other operational sections from MSF-France (1971): MSF-Belgium (1980), MSF-Switzerland (1981), MSF-Holland (1984), and MSF-Spain (1986). MSF-Luxembourg was the first support section, created in 1986. The early 1990s saw the establishment of the majority of the support sections: MSF-Greece (1990), MSF-USA (1990), MSF-Canada (1991), MSF-Japan (1992), MSF-UK (1993), MSF-Italy (1993), MSF-Australia (1994), as well as Germany, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Hong Kong (MSF-UAE was formed later).<ref name="hih"/><ref name="various">Information obtained from the various sections' websites.</ref> Malhuret and Brauman were instrumental in professionalising MSF. In December 1979, after the [[Soviet–Afghan War|Soviet army had invaded Afghanistan]], field missions were immediately set up to provide medical aid to the [[mujahideen]], and in February 1980, MSF publicly denounced the [[Khmer Rouge]]. During the [[1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia]], MSF set up nutrition programmes in the country in 1984, but was expelled in 1985 after denouncing the abuse of international aid and the forced resettlements. MSF's explicit attacks on the Ethiopian government led to other NGOs criticizing their abandonment of their supposed neutrality and contributed to a series of debates in France around humanitarian ethics.<ref>{{cite conference |date=March 2009 |conference=49th Annual Meeting of the [[International Studies Association]] (ISA): Bridging Multiple Divides, EUA |location=San Francisco |last1=Kennedy |first1=Denis |title=Humanitarian NGOs and the Norm of Neutrality: A Community Approach}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Davey |first=Eleanor |title=Famine, aid, and ideology: the political activism of Médecins Sans Frontières in the 1980s |journal=French Historical Studies |year=2011 |volume=34 |issue=3 |pages=529–58 |doi=10.1215/00161071-1259157}}</ref> The group also set up equipment to produce clean [[drinking water]] for the population of [[San Salvador]], capital of El Salvador, after 10 October 1986 earthquake that struck the city.<ref name="hih"/><ref name="frchrono80">{{cite web |url=http://www.medecinssansfrontieres.com/site/site.nsf/pages/80 |title=Chronologie: Années 80 |language=fr |work=MSF-France |access-date=10 January 2006 }}</ref>