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Doctor WHO?

09/03/2012 Rony Brauman

In this chronicle "Alternatives Internationales", Rony Brauman discusses the return of using community health workers as primary access points for healthcare, in the recommendations of the WHO and practices of some governments.

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Against the memorial laws

03/09/2012 Rony Brauman

Considering that the United Nations juridictions officially recognises six genocides, Rony Brauman considers unjustifiable the fact that the French Parliament only recognises . The only alternative is to recognise all of them or none.

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Rues dévastées à Martissant en Haiti Aurelie Baumel Opinion

The origin of cholera in Haiti: the culprit has been found!

01/25/2012 Claire Magone

Two scientific studies published last year confirmed the origin of the cholera epidemic that struck Haiti in October 2010. It was indeed caused by massive amounts of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae in the Artibonite river delta, originating from the sewage in the Minustah soldiers' camp.

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Un homme triste se prend la tête dans les mains. En arrière-plan se trouve un enfant mutilé Harald Henden Opinion

Wartime rapes: men, too

12/05/2011 Marc Le Pape

Since the beginning of the 2000s, a number of English-language researchers have regularly asked the following question: why do international aid organisations pay so little attention to rapes of men and boys committed during armed conflicts?

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Des enfants mangent de la pâte nutritive Sven Torfinn Opinion

Famine in Somalia : warning against the warning!

09/19/2011 Rony Brauman

In the context of emergency appeals in the Horn of Africa, Rony Brauman recalls the contemporary definition of a famine. While recognising the progress made in major crisis response mechanisms, he questions the alarmist attitude of the UN.

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