War and humanitarianism, medicine and public health, rights and justice... Discover CRASH publications sorted by themes.
The fact that CRASH publications are written from an aid practitioner's, rather than researcher's, perspective, does not exempt them from the demands of rigorous research methods. We try hard at this, with the help of (volunteer) research professionals. The publications are not the MSF party line, but rather tools for reflexion based on MSF's framework and experience. They have only one purpose: to help us better understand what we are doing. Criticisms, comments and suggestions are more than welcome - they are expected.
![Dénutrition infantile, intérêts et limites de l’approche médicale humanitaire camps de Huth et Khamir au Yemen](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2017-05/MSF180076.jpg?itok=U5pfe4PJ)
Child Undernutrition : advantages and limits of a humanitarian medical approach
12/20/2009Four years after the Nigerian crisis, many things have changed in the nutrition field. This Cahier du Crash aims at considering this evolution and explore new possibilities for action for MSF.
![épidémie de grippe A distribution de médicaments](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2017-05/MSF176564-new-treatment.jpg?h=720529dc&itok=VFdcRInQ)
No credit for Drs Knock
12/01/2009Pharmaceutical companies produce drugs and are increasing involved in the clinical trials of these products. This conflict of interest is incompatible with the expectations of Public Health. Rony Brauman suggests that the industry no longer be responsible for therapeutic trials.
![Humanitaire et justice pénale internationale Un hôpital Médecins Sans Frontières au Soudan](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2017-05/MSF152255-msf-flag-sudan.jpg?h=55def8d4&itok=pD71fjg0)
Humanitarian Aid and the International Criminal Court. Grounds for Divorce
10/01/2009This essay points out the fragility of the arguments most often used by humanitarian organizations to justify their support for an international criminal court. Questioning NGOs' infatuation with punitive justice, Fabrice Weissman argues that humanitarian organizations should advocate for politics of aid and mediation rather than for a global moral order based on judicial punishment and just war.
![Clinique MSF à l'hôpital de Homa Bay Consultation médicale](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2017-05/MSF134380-tb-treatment-at-msf-clinic.jpg?h=a5a926a5&itok=VZ_kz1Ye)
Flu: From Uncertainty to Illusion...
07/29/2009Based on MSF's experience in responding to epidemics, Jean-Hervé Bradol describes the risks of spending precious time and energy on trying to delay the spread of the epidemic rather than on the case management of large numbers of sick people.
![Zones à protéger Camp au Congo](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2017-05/MSF31258-camp-set-up-in-congo.jpg?itok=1JsMSFi1)
Zones to Protect
03/01/2009Humanitarian law was designed as a normative framework, not as an indictment. With this in mind, Rony Brauman tries to define what constitutes a human shield.
![Humanitarian medicine Outpatient Department in the Bidibidi MSF Health Center - paediatric consultation, Uganda](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2017-06/MSF196715-humanitarian-medicine_0.jpg?h=8c2c7eca&itok=uwLTp3hw)
Humanitarian Medicine
02/01/2009Humanitarian medicine is intented for marginalized people, hit by a crisis or deprived of access to medical care. This book helps us understand how the specificity of humanitarian medicine stems from real-life situations, more than from the medical act in itself.
![high incidence of sever acute malnutrition Un mère et un enfant attendent des soins à l'hôpital Adjumi et Arua](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2017-05/MSB16331-mother-and-child-in-arua-hospital.jpg?h=e0712460&itok=Uh-zCGkm)
Responses to a seasonal high incidence of sever acute malnutrition operational lessons and policy changes
09/01/2008Dr. Jean-Hervé Bradol, Former President of MSF-France presented data based on MSF's experience in Niger that showed the implementation of the UN recommendation for the treatment of severe acute malnutrition was not possible in a high burden setting.
![dilemmes de l'humanitaire au Darfour Des réfugiés du Darfour sont installés sous un abri](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2017-05/MSF143967-shelter-darfour-refugees.jpg?itok=bKmpH4q3)
Humanitarian dilemmas in Darfur
07/01/2008With 13,000 humanitarian workers and a hundred relief agencies, Darfur hosts the largest humanitarian operation in the world. The aid apparatus started its full deployment in mid-2004 in a context of acutely high mortality among internally displaced persons (IDPs) gathered in camps and civilians remaining in rural areas.
![L’aide alimentaire et la politique des chiffres en Ethiopie 2002-2004 Réfugiés en Tanzanie](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2017-05/MSF179582.jpg?itok=AIa8eXj9)
Food aid and the politics of numbers in Ethiopia
05/15/2008This study sheds light on the mechanisms producing the official data used by humanitarian aid decision makers. It views Early Warning Systems (EWS) as tools that facilitate consensus between the decision-makers involved in the allocation of food aid, enabling them to reach institutional agreements.