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Intro | French humanitarian | |
Places | France | |
is | Physician | |
Work field | Healthcare | |
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Religion: | Roman catholic church | |
Birth | 24 May 1938, Sedan | |
Age | 86 years |
Biography
Jean-Pierre Willem, born 24 May 1938 at Sedan, France, is a physician and founder of Médecins Aux Pieds Nus. He led numerous humanitarian missions to help victims of catastrophes and conflicts. Willem also was a doctor of medicine and president of Organic Union International.
Biography
In 1959, Jean-Pierre Willem coorganised the departure of 93 medical students to help local population during the Algerian War. In 1964, Dr Jean-Pierre Willem was missioned six months with Doctor Albert Schweitzer in Lambaréné (Gabon) and then in Rwanda. In 1977, he worked with Bernard Kouchner for Médecins Sans Frontières and went to Laos during 7 months. In 1986, he created the Faculté Libre de Médecine Naturelle et d'Ethnomédecine (nicknamed FLMNE), a free faculty of natural medicine. In 1987, he founded a non-profit organisation called Médecins Aux Pieds Nus, translatable as Barefoot doctors.
Willem met several humanitarian people during his life, such as Che Guevara, Abbé Pierre, Sœur Emmanuelle, Jean-Paul Belmondo and Mother Teresa.
Willem co-founded the phyto-hormones selling company Aromalia. He collaborated with André Gernez as President of Organic Union International in 2007.
Hypothesis
- Nutrition and aromatherapy are preventive against degenerative disease.
- Médecins Aux Pieds Nus is a concept of proximity, prevention and humility: being balanced, motivated and empathic are qualities required to be a humanitarian doctor
- Proximité, prévention et humilité from Jean-Pierre Willem, founder of Médecins Aux Pieds Nus, cover of Directsoir, n°544, p.6-7, Tuesday 5 May 2009.
Experiments
Experiments on rats or rabbits shows :
- 93% of cancer decrease with Acidosis protocol, fasting and nutriments.
- 50% of cancer decrease with an annual fasting: one month of abstaining from the third of the food ration when the spring begins.