Friday, February 09, 2007

Medecins Sans Frontiers / Doctors Without Borders



MSF is an independent international medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or man-made disasters, or exclusion from health care in more than 70 countries.

MSF is often one of the first humanitarian organizations to arrive at the scene of an emergency.

Nearly 80 % of MSFs operating founds come from the general public.

It is part of MSF's work to address any violations of basic human rights encountered by field teams, violations perpetrated or sustained by political actors.

At the moment you can sign up at their web site trying to get Novartis Pharmaceutical Company to drop a lawsuit against the Indian government which, if won, cold have millions of people around the globe loose their source of affordable medicines.

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