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Louis Schittly
Schittly in 2018
Born	Louis Henri Marie Schittly (1938-07-07)7 July 1938 Bernwiller, Alsace, France
Died	1 January 2025(2025-01-01) (aged 86) Mulhouse, France
Occupation	Physician
Known for	Cofounder of Médecins Sans Frontières
Awards	Knight of the Legion of Honour Nobel Peace Prize laureate

Louis Schittly (7 July 1938 – 1 January 2025) was a French physician and humanitarian. He was one of the founders of Médecins Sans Frontières. Schittly died on 1 January 2025 in Mulhouse at the age of 86.

During his career, Schittly worked in Biafra, Ivory Coast, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Mali, Serbia and South Sudan.

In South Sudan

In 1996, Bernard Kouchner asked Louis Schittly for help to set up a clinic, following the appeal of Sister Emmanuelle. On 30 August 1996, Louis and Bernard left for Nairobi. Welcomed by Pierre Géhot, they left the next day for Lokichokio. Then Monseigneur Taban took them to South Sudan. After several visits to the area, it was agreed that the clinic should be set up in Bona.

For six years, the clinic treated varied health conditions encountered locally, operating from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Louis recruited several doctors via France Blue Alsace. Later as a result of embezzlement by trustees, an English NGO took over.

References

1. "Louis Schittly, « médecin-paysan » sundgauvien, cofondateur de médecin sans frontières, est décédé" [Louis Schittly, Sundgauvian “farmer doctor” and co-founder of Doctors Without Borders, has died]. L'Alsace (in French). 2 January 2025. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
2. "Louis Schittly, cofondateur de Médecins sans frontière et prix Nobel de la paix, est mort à 86 ans" [Louis Schittly, co-founder of Doctors Without Borders and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 86]. Libération (in French). 2 January 2025. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
3. ^ Louis Schittly (2011), L'homme qui voulait voir la guerre de près Biafra, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Soudan, Un médecin libre et audacieux raconte [The man who wanted to see the war up close- Biafra, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Sudan, A free and daring doctor talks], Paris: Editions Arthaud, p. 408, ISBN 9782081258419 – via www.arthaud.fr.

• 1938 births
• 2025 deaths
• 20th-century French physicians
• Nobel Peace Prize laureates
• Knights of the Legion of Honour
• People from Haut-Rhin