"The west African Ebola disaster has stretched us to near breaking point": MSF's volunteer doctors need your support.

Six years ago the The BMJ’s UK and global readership forged an enduring relationship with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF or Doctors Without Borders), after the journal chose it as its inaugural Christmas appeal charity. Since then MSF staff and volunteers regularly update The BMJ’s readers through blogs on thebmj.com about their rapid response and longer term projects to bring medical aid to where it is most needed (see http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/category/msf/). The charity works in more than 60 countries, many ravaged by armed conflict, epidemics such as Ebola virus disease, or natural disasters. Neutrality, independence, and local collaboration