Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF, Doctors Without Borders)
Founded in Paris, France in 1971, MSF is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare. MSF offers assistance to people based on need, irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation. Today, MSF is a worldwide movement of 24 associations, working in 70 countries worldwide. MSF operates independently and over 90% of its overall funding comes from private sources, not governments.
Find out more from their website: www.msf.org
Watch their YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/msfuk
Featured library resources
Life in Crisis: The Ethical Journey of Doctors Withour Borders by Call Number: Online ebookISBN: 9780520955189Publication Date: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2013.Life in Crisis tells the story of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders or MSF) and its effort to "save lives" on a global scale. Begun in 1971 as a French alternative to the Red Cross, the MSF has grown into an international institution with a reputation for outspoken protest as well as technical efficiency. It has also expanded beyond emergency response, providing for a wider range of endeavors, including AIDS care. Yet its seemingly simple ethical goal proves deeply complex in practice. MSF continually faces the problem of defining its own limits. Its organizational history illustrates both the logic and the tensions of casting humanitarian medicine into a leading role in international affairs.
Living in Emergency : Stories of Doctors Without Borders by Call Number: Online video (55 mins)Publication Date: Boston, MA : American Public Television, 2008.
