Medical care is hot topic in the United States. Finger pointing, blaming, rising costs, greed and ineptitude make up the stew that is simmering. Occasionally, even a pot of stew will bubble over. That is exactly what happened in France in 1971. That year, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization, created by doctors and journalists. In 1990 MSF-USA was founded in New York City to raise funds, create awareness, recruit field staff, and advocate with the United Nations and US government on humanitarian concerns.
Today, MSF (Doctors Without Borders) is an international movement and organization. They maintain complete independence from any and all government agencies. This gives MSF the unique ability to speak out against atrocities, or neglect, or to bring the world's attention to an area few would like to think about or help.
Doctors Without Borders is neutral. They do not take sides, unless it is the side of the poor, the victimized, or those living in 60 different countries whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters. MSF provides assistance based on medical ethics and impartiality.
MSF is not just physicians giving back. On any one day, more than 27,000 committed individuals representing dozens of nationalities, can be found providing assistance to people caught in crises around the world. They are doctors, nurses, logistics experts, administrators, epidemiologists, lab technicians, mental health professionals, and others who work together in accordance with MSF's guiding principles of humanitarian action and medical ethics. http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/aboutus/?ref=main-menu
Doctors Without Borders is supported by donations. 100% of the funding in the U.S. comes from private sources. The entire organization of MSF is 90% funded by private donations, not by governments.
There are many ways to become involved in this divinely inspired association. They of course need donations, but are also looking for interested individuals who would like to volunteer. http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/work/field/
MSF/ Doctors Without Borders won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999. Want to make a difference? You could do this.
Action Taken: Physicians and others came together to stand up for the belief that all humanity deserves good health care, not only the advantaged people of the world.
You can read more at http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/index.cfm
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