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Research Ethics and International Epidemic Response: The case of Ebola and Marburg Hemorrhagic Fevers
Marc Poncin, Philippe Calain
2009Outbreaks of filovirus (Ebola and Marburg) hemorrhagic fevers in Africa are typically the theater of rescue activities involving international experts and agencies tasked with reinforcing national...
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Cultivating Dependence, Palestinian Agriculture Under Occupation
Caroline Abu-Sada
2009On the eve of its fifth decade, the Israeli occupation in the Palestinian territories can no longer be considered a temporary aberration. In the shadow of the Oslo process, the second Intifada and...
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Les Territoires occupés palestiniens : un terrain d’intervention de plus en plus complexe, mais toujours aussi nécessaire
Caroline Abu-Sada
2008Since June 2007, the split between the leaders of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank has been confirmed. This situation has had even more catastrophic consequences for the Occupied Palestinian...
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Palestine, assez d’alibis humanitaires
Caroline Abu-Sada
2008In the occupied Palestinian Territories, the international community has clearly chosen the principle of humanitarian "contention": it gives millions of euros and dollars in aid via UN...
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Oil for health in sub-Saharan Africa: health systems in a 'resource curse' environment
Philippe Calain
2008The resource curse is a theory that explains the inverse relationship classically seen between dependence on natural resources and economic growth. It defines a peculiar economic and political...
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Public health driven restrictions versus individual patients’ right: Is it the role of MSF to enforce public health regulations?
Philippe Calain
2008In public health practice, some circumstances may lead to a clash between individual patients’ rights and measures aimed at safeguarding the security of populations. The dilemma is classically...
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Les restrictions au nom de la santé publique face aux droits individuels des patients: L’application des règlements de santé publique fait-elle partie des attributions de MSF?
Philippe Calain
2008In public health practice, some circumstances may lead to a clash between individual patients’ rights and measures aimed at safeguarding the security of populations. The dilemma is classically...
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Palestine: insécurité alimentaire, sous-produit de l’occupation
Caroline Abu-Sada
2008The causes of food insecurity in Palestine are of political nature and relate to the Israeli occupation and coercion. Aggravating factors include the inadequacy of external assistance programs, the...
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Résistances et appropriations institutionnelles des Organisations Non Gouvernementales autour de la notion de victimes de violences sexuelles: Le cas de Médecins Sans Frontières en République Démocratique du Congo
Françoise Duroch
2008This work offers to analyse the learning process of the humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without borders / MSF) around the notions of victims of sexual violence.
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Humanitarian Stakes No.1: Humanitarian Borders
Jean-Marc Biquet
2008Humanitarian Stakes No.1 is a compilation of articles prepared by the panellists who participated in a day of conferences debates on “Humanitarian Borders” in Geneva on 13 December 2007....
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La sécurité alimentaire en Palestine: acteurs locaux et internationaux pendant la seconde Intifâda
Caroline Abu-Sada
2008From the Oslo process to the second Intifada, answers from the International Community regarding the Palestinian situation have changed from development projects planned over several years to food...
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L’école de médecine dans le ghetto de Varsovie (1941-1942). Une évocation personnelle.
Marta Balinska
2008Dans le ghetto de Varsovie, contre l’horreur et la déchéance, au-dessus d’un commissariat où l’on pratiquait la torture, la soif de connaissance et de dignité humaine...