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A Practical Reflection on Global Health Leveraging Health as a Means to Another End

Melissa McRae

21.10.2024

Our understanding of health has been expanding for decades but was boosted by COVID-19. The list of variables influencing health feels infinite, and what constitutes an actual health intervention by ...

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Historical Antecedents to Understanding Contemporary Attacks on Healthcare

Duncan McLean

21.10.2024

The protection of medical services in armed conflict is generally framed under the principle of medical neutrality. That respect for this principle has had a chequered past would be an...

Article

In DR Congo's conflict, women endure in silence the burden of sexual violence

Françoise Duroch

16.10.2024

Two years of relentless fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern regions, ignited by the resurgence of the M23 armed group, have forced 1.3 million people to flee their homes. After...

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Sur la route vers les Etats-Unis: violences, précarité et désespoir

Françoise Duroch

15.10.2024

MSF describes the precariousness and violence suffered by migrants in Central America, documented in a recent report that highlights the impact of discriminatory policies on people's health and...

Article

The Hidden Wounds of Sexual Violence in Sudan's War

Françoise Duroch

13.02.2024

Since the start of the conflict in Sudan in April 2023 between the regular army and the rapid support forces, close to 500,000 people have taken refuge in eastern Chad, fleeing the violence...

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Quelle plus-value une organisation médicale d'urgence doit-elle attendre de l'anthropologie?

Françoise Duroch

01.10.2007

A few years ago, a haemorrhagic fever led to an MSF intervention in Central Africa. The disease was poorly understood, and in an isolated forest context, the local population had mixed feelings...

Article

Humanitarian assistance in siege contexts: a contradiction in terms?

Duncan McLean, Maelle L'Homme

04.12.2023

This contribution attempts to explore the contradiction between a strategy of exhaustion aiming to establish the conditions for the besieged party to surrender, and the legal and moral imperative of ...

Article

Benefiting some more than others: humanitarian disruption in conflict settings

Maelle L'Homme

23.11.2023

In March 2022, intercommunal fighting forced Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to suspend its activities after nearly fourteen years of operating in Agok, a small town located in the disputed Abyei...

Article

Are we using the right terms to describe the situation in Gaza?

Françoise Duroch

21.11.2023

On 6 November, António Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, called for an immediate halt to the bombings in the Gaza Strip, highlighting a nightmarish situation for civilian...

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Pratiques délictueuses aux portes de l’Europe

Françoise Duroch, Maelle L'Homme

15.11.2023

Reports of violence at Greece's borders have multiplied in recent years. A report published in November 2023 by MSF documents the harsh realities experienced by migrants on arrival in Greece, based...

Diphtheria vaccination campaign

Article

"In Niger, the population has been taken hostage"

Françoise Duroch

20.09.2023

Since 30 July, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has imposed a series of sanctions against Niger: commercial and financial transactions have been suspended, the country’s air...

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«Asyl zu verkaufen» – völkerrechtlicher Schutz in Zeiten von Outsourcing

Maelle L'Homme

28.08.2023

After the USA and Australia, several European countries are also developing strategies aimed at reducing their reception obligations towards asylum seekers. Maelle L'Homme reflects on the danger of...

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