Book
A Practical Reflection on Global Health Leveraging Health as a Means to Another End
Melissa McRae
21.10.2024Our 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 ...
Book
Historical Antecedents to Understanding Contemporary Attacks on Healthcare
Duncan McLean
21.10.2024The 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
16.10.2024Two 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...
Article
Sur la route vers les Etats-Unis: violences, précarité et désespoir
Françoise Duroch
15.10.2024MSF 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
13.02.2024Since 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...
Article
Quelle plus-value une organisation médicale d'urgence doit-elle attendre de l'anthropologie?
Françoise Duroch
01.10.2007A 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
04.12.2023This 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 ...
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Benefiting some more than others: humanitarian disruption in conflict settings
Maelle L'Homme
23.11.2023In 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
21.11.2023On 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
15.11.2023Reports 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...
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"In Niger, the population has been taken hostage"
Françoise Duroch
20.09.2023Since 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
28.08.2023After 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...