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.
Remco Bohle
Speaking Out Case Studies
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.
Corinne Dufka
Speaking Out Case Studies
The violence of the new Rwandan regime 1994-1995
04/03/2014This case study is describing the difficulties and dilemmas that Médecins Sans Frontières faced in 1994 and 1995 when confronted with the abuses and crimes of the new regime that had taken over in Rwanda in July 1994.
Roger Job
Speaking Out Case Studies
Genocide of Rwandan Tutsi 1994
04/03/2014This case study is describing the difficulties and dilemmas met by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) during the genocide of Rwandan Tutsis in April, May and June 1994.
Malak Shaher
Analysis
“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.
Karin Ekholm
Opinion
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.
MSF
Speaking Out Case Studies
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.
Petterik Wiggers
Speaking Out Case Studies
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.
Sebastiao Salgado
Speaking Out Case Studies
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.
Brendan Bannon
Analysis
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.