MSF Analysis - Page 3 of 4 - Reflections on Humanitarian Action

Drone Aid: A Useful Tool With a Toxic Image

Drones do not have a good reputation. The technical advantages of such technology for humanitarian purposes are clear: conflict zones, and difficult to reach places in any disaster, could be […]

ACCESS

War and Siege: The Human Cost of Geopolitical Fractures in the Middle East

While military borders are entrenched through siege and country borders […]

AID ENVIRONMENT

Countries Beware: Climbing Up the Income Ladder Can Seriously Damage Your Health

If you ask the proverbial ‘man on the street’ where […]

HEALTH POLICY

Dismantling Gains in Global Health?

We are at a critical juncture for the future of global health financing as high-level political representatives implement the funding decisions regarding the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Current trends […]

HEALTH POLICY

Developent Financing: People’s Needs, Not Country Income Should Guide Funding for Health

Policies underlying international development aid by traditional donors, including the […]

MIGRATION AND REFUGEES

Search and Destroy Does Not Save Migrants’ Lives

In what is being described as “record time”, the European […]

MIGRATION AND REFUGEES

Search & Destroy Does Not Save Lives

Editorial by MSF Belgium President Meinie Nicolai, as she returned from a mission as Nurse Supervisor on the Bourbon Argos, one of two Search and Rescue ships MSF is operating […]

MIGRATION AND REFUGEES

Words of Concern, Walls of Deterrence: Refugees Pushed Out to Sea

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will launch search and rescue operations […]

AID ENVIRONMENT

A World Humanitarian Summit that Doesn’t Talk About Humanitarian Action

Recent humanitarian emergencies, such as the mass displacement in South […]

AID ENVIRONMENT

Cold War Humanitarianism in Ukraine

Fighting in Ukraine has displaced one million people. Eight-hundred-thousand have sought refuge across the border in Russia, while 200,000 have tried to find safe shelters in other parts of Ukraine. […]

HEALTH POLICY

Ebola: A Failure of International Collective Action

Timely humanitarian action from international players is essential to manage […]

AID ENVIRONMENT

The New Normal in European Aid: Keeping ‘Trouble’ from European Shores

In an article to the Guardian on the ‘new normal’ […]

ACCESS

The Limits of Humanitarianism in Gaza

An entire population is trapped in what is essentially an open-air prison. They can’t leave and only the most limited supplies – essential for basic survival – are allowed to […]

AID ENVIRONMENT

Why David Miliband is Wrong About Humanitarian Goals

In an opinion piece in the Guardian, former British foreign […]

AID ENVIRONMENT

Bursting the Bubble: Fizzy Water and the Politics of Humanitarian Aid

In January 2014, Scarlett Johansson decided to endorse SodaStream – […]

ACCESS

Expats: The Useful Idiots of Impartiality

The ‘humanitarian community’ is as much of a myth as the ‘international community’, suggesting a central set of values or a coordinated leadership that does not exist. In short, neither […]

‹ Newer 1 2 3 4 Older ›