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Exploring alternative narratives: the prioritisation of polio in northern Nigeria
James Smith
2014Tara Mangal und Kollegen erbringen überzeugende Belege dafür, dass die Wirksamkeit der oralen Poliovirus-Impfung je nach deren Zusammensetzung variiert. Dies bekräftigt ähnliche Erkenntnisse von...
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“From the American People”: the US Farm Bill and the reform of emergency food aid
James Smith
2014Am 8. November 2013 traf der Taifun Haiyan auf den Philippinen auf Land. Der Sturm zog mit Windgeschwindigkeiten von bis zu 235 km/h durch die Provinz Ost-Samar und bewegte sich weiter westwärts...
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Community Participation and Human Rights Advocacy: Questions Arising from the Campaign about the Right to Work of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
Sergio Bianchi
2014Dieses Buch untersucht die Entwicklung des Hilfswerks der Vereinten Nationen für Palästina-Flüchtlinge im Nahen Osten (UNRWA) und füllt damit eine Lücke in der bisherigen Literatur über die...
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Juego de espejos: Reflexiones sobre la percepción de MSF y la acción humanitaria
Caroline Abu-Sada
2014Welche ethischen Fragen gehen mit humanitärer Hilfe einher? Welche konkreten Auswirkungen haben humanitäre Gruppen? Ärzte ohne Grenzen/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hat versucht, diese Fragen...
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Humanitarian work in prisons: the experience of Médecins Sans Frontières
Jean-Marc Biquet
2014Humanitarian action by NGOs in detention centres is quite rare and poorly documented. Despite the fact that prisoners are among those who have the least access to quality health care services, MSF...
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Perspectives of refugees on returning to Somalia
Caroline Abu-Sada
2014MSF recently asked Somali refugees in Dadaab’s Dagahaley camp about their living conditions and their thoughts about returning to Somalia in the near future. The responses suggest that bad living...
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The interaction between humanitarian non-governmental organisations and extractive industries: a perspective from Médecins Sans Frontières
Philippe Calain
29.10.2013This opinion note explores some aspects of the relationship between humanitarian non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and extractive industries. Médecins sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders,...
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Don't Shoot the Ambulance: Medicine in the Crossfire
Françoise Duroch
2013As physicians and hospitals providing medical service in war zones multiply, their facilities have increasingly become military targets – placing their medical staff in danger and preventing locals ...
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Humanitarian and medical challenges of assisting new refugees in Lebanon and Iraq
Caroline Abu-Sada
2013The massive and continuing flows of Syrian and Palestinian refugees to Syria’s neighbours have shown the limitations of humanitarian practice and present new challenges for medical and humanitarian ...
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Haiti: Between Emergency and Reconstruction: An inadequate response
Jean-Marc Biquet
2013Authored by Jean-Marc Biquet, this paper focuses on the failure of the aid system in Haiti. The country has been struck by two disasters in a row: the January 2010 earthquake and a cholera epidemic...
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La mirada de los otros : Cómo las poblaciones en crisis perciben la ayuda humanitaria
Caroline Abu-Sada
2013In den letzten 40 Jahren hat sich Ärzte ohne Grenzen/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) einen Ruf gemacht, als medizinische Nothilfeorganisation praktisch überall hinzugehen, um bedürftigen...
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Perspectives from the field
Caroline Abu-Sada, Françoise Duroch
2013Since its foundation, MSF has faced different forms of violence against its patients, staff, health facilities and medical vehicles, as well as against national health systems in general. Medical...