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Humanitarian Organization

A single organization delivering emergency health and relief services, distinct from a coordinating network of many such organizations. Belongs here: one relief or emergency medical organization. Does not belong here: a coordinating body linking several humanitarian organizations together, grouped under humanitarian networks.

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The Sovereign Order of Malta, established in 1099 as the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, has an unbroken tradition of over 900 years of hospitaller activities, continuing to this day.
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