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.
![After days of heavy fighting between Hutu and Tutsi rebels, many Hutu refugees are on the run for the continuing violence.](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2021-05/MSF34575%28High%29.jpg?itok=3ob-5YlK)
The Hunting and Killing of Rwandan Refugees in Zaire-Congo: 1996-1997
04/03/2014The ‘Hunting and killings of the Rwandan refugee in Zaire/Congo' case study is describing the constraints and dilemmas faced by Médecins Sans Frontières' teams in 1996 and 1995 when trying to bring assistance to the Rwandan refugees in Eastern Zaire.
![As a result of heavy fighting between RPF Tutsi rebels and the gouvernment army of Rwanda, a million hutu refugees fled to Zaire within a few days.](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2021-05/MSF34480%28High%29.jpg?itok=o_YW5-Fq)
Rwandan Refugee Camps in Zaire and Tanzania 1994-1995
04/03/2014This case study is describing the constraints and dilemmas met by MSF when confronted with camps under the tight control of "refugee leaders" responsible for the genocide of the Rwandan Tutsis from April to June 1994.
“No patients, no problems”
02/19/2014The paper explores the security incidents affecting medical humanitarian work in Yemen and the ways MSF as well as other health practitioners try to securitize their staff, facilities, patients. This reflection was born out of the high number of security incidents affecting MSF in the past three years.
![Measles vaccination campaign in Yida refugees camp Measles vaccination campaign in Yida refugees camp](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2017-05/MSB18185-vaccination-campaign-in-yida.jpg?h=52fe0d86&itok=apwathLs)
The polio eradication campaign: time to shift the goal
02/03/2014The social rejection of the polio eradication campaign in endemic countries challenges an assumption underlying the goal itself: the full compliance of an entire population to a public health programme.
![In addition to medical assistance to refugees Salvadoran, MSF intervened in Honduras for emergency missions following a natural disaster (cyclones, hurricanes).](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2021-05/MSF24220%28High%29.jpg?itok=KtxeBDGT)
Salvadoran Refugees Camps in Honduras 1988
12/17/2013The « Salvadoran Refugee Camps in Honduras 1988 » case study describes the dilemmas regarding a stance that ... was not supposed to be public.
![Famine et transferts forcés de populations en Ethiopie 1984-1986 Un docteur examine l'enfant d'une jeune femme dans le camp Faw en Ethiopie](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2017-05/MSF7959-ethiopie-2.jpg?itok=SMAy2KX1)
Famine and Forced Relocations in Ethiopia 1984-1986
11/13/2013The "Famine and Forced Relocations in Ethiopia 1984-1986" case study is describing the difficulties and dilemmas met by MSF during the famine that decimated the Ethiopian population in 1984-1985.
![During the violent period of clan warfare in Somalia, which followed the ousting of the Siad Barre regime in 1991, the health care system along with all state services, collapsed.](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2021-05/MSF47591%28High%29.jpg?itok=YNvKMY4N)
Somalia 1991-1993: Civil War, Famine Alert and a UN “Military-Humanitarian” Intervention
11/13/2013The ‘Somalia 1991-1993: Civil War, Famine Alert and a UN "Military-Humanitarian" Intervention‘ case study is describing the difficulties and dilemmas met by MSF during the first years that it was committed to helping the Somali people.
![Sida, des traitements pour tous, vite Antirétroviraux](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2017-05/MSF21328-hiv-treatment.jpg?itok=Ucqttfb9)
Deadly Gaps Persist in New Drug Development for Neglected Diseases
10/30/2013The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) and other researchers, including MSF-Crash Dr. Jean Hervé Bradol, report a persistent deficiency in truly new therapeutics for neglected diseases, despite nominal progress and an acceleration in research and development (R&D) efforts.
![Handicaps et Médecine Un travailleur MSF aide un enfant qui a perdu une jambe à se tenir debout](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2017-05/MSF43512-msf-staff-helps-a-boy-to-stand.jpg?h=b5e6ed15&itok=gGqXdfcM)
Disabilities and Medicine. A survey of the Amman surgical reconstruction project 2012
10/02/2013Our survey bears something of a resemblance to a study carried out by Vanja Kovacic in Homa Bay, Kenya, in which she investigated patients’ disease coping mechanisms and their “dependence on medical institutions”.