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Mountains Beyond Mountains [Paperback Book], Tracy Kidder
ASPPH | Summer of Public Health: Reading Recommendations
Not on the list:
The Blue Death
Mountains Beyond Mountains
Parasite Rex
The Coming Plague
Spitting Blood
Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder, a great story about Dr. Paul Farmer and his working curing infectious diseases in Haiti.
MSF (Doctors Without Borders) is probably the most reputable international organization. Their website has information about how to work with them. If you want some inspiration or more information, I would recommend reading some of Paul Farmer's books like Haiti After the Earthquake or a biography of Dr. Farmer Mountains Beyond Mountains.
Beware the "medical mission trips" that are popular with pre-health students where they take a bunch of eager Westerners to do some pointless, low quality work in a desperate part of the world for a short time. These do more harm than good.
This year, Partners in Health needs all of the help that they can get. Paul Farmer is a very moving figure, the book Mountains Beyond Mountains was written around his life.
+1 on this suggestion. Mountains Beyond Mountains is a book by Tracy Kidder about Dr. Farmer. It's a really good read.