The CRASH team invited you to the debate-conference “Healing foreigners in France: The State and the civil society organisations from the 80s to the 90s” on Monday 17th of December 2018. We hosted Caroline Izambert, who recently defended, at the EHESS, her PhD thesis focusing on the foreigners’ access to healthcare in France. Her title: “Heal foreigners?” The State and the civil society organisations for the health coverage of the poor and foreigners in France from the 1980s to the present day. This conference was prepared and moderated by Michaël Neuman.

Xavier Plaisancie est médecin. Dans cette vidéo réalisée par la revue Alternatives Humanitaires, il présente sa thèse intitulée : « Les représentations du VIH et leur impact sur le recours aux soins. Enquête au sein de la population masculine de Homa Bay au Kenya. », un travail de recherche pour lequel il a été accompagné par Jean-Hervé Bradol et Marc Le Pape du CRASH.

Rebecca Grais, Research Director at Epicentre, MSF’s epidemiology arm, and Pierre Mendiharat, Deputy Director of Operations for MSF-France, offer their insights on the Ebola outbreak in North Kivu Province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This joint interview in four parts (the outbreak, social context, treatments, and vaccination) aims to show how science and practice interact around each outbreak.

Philippe Lançon works as a journalist for the French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, and Libération newspaper. His book, Le lambeau was published in April. As the author and subject of his narrative, he relates his experience as a hospital patient after surviving the terrorist attack against Charlie Hebdo during its editorial meeting on 7 January 2015. Although a “novice" when it comes to hospitals and operating theatres, he is a seasoned journalist. He is currently writing for Libération’s culture page, but previously reported on armed conflicts (Iraq and Somalia). So he’s no novice when it comes to casualties of war. In 2015, he became a reporter reporting on himself and on hospital surgery.

The crude mortality rate (CMR) is one of the most widely used indicators at MSF and the humanitarian sector to evaluate the severity of a health crisis within a given population. It is widely recognized that a CMR equal to or greater than one death per 10,000 persons a day signifies an emergency situation requiring an immediate response. However, the usage of the standard emergency threshold as “1/10,000/day” is very questionable: it goes against the official recommendations endorsed by humanitarian organizations and ignores the worldwide decline in mortality rates over the last 30 years.

An article entitled "Médecines du corps noir" [Medicine and the black body], published on the La vie des idées website on 27 April, discusses three American history books on the origins of medicine in the United States in the context of slavery in the 18th and 19th centuries. Between experimentation and resistance, the history of relationships between race and health illustrates the decisive role played by African slaves.    

La lutte contre le sida en Afrique a bénéficié de financements réels de la part de la communauté internationale, près de 5 milliards de dollars. Pourtant, elle n’a pas rempli ses objectifs... Jean-Hervé Bradol répond à Guillaume Erner dans le nouveau podcast de France Culture "Superfail".

La lutte contre le sida en Afrique a bénéficié de financements réels de la part de la communauté internationale, près de 5 milliards de dollars. Pourtant, elle n’a pas rempli ses objectifs... Jean-Hervé Bradol répond à Guillaume Erner dans le podcast Superfail de France Culture .

Lise Barnéoud was a Crash guest speaker at a conference on vaccination held on December 5, 2017. A discussion with Epicentre, Crash and the MSF Medical Department allowed us to exchange views on vaccinal policy, which remains a cornerstone of MSF operations and a recurring subject of discussion and controversy. This meeting was prepared and moderated by Michaël Neuman and Emmanuel Baron.

The Crash team had the pleasure of welcoming Sharon Abramowitz, American medical anthropologist and author of "Medical Humanitarianism: Ethnographies of Practice", for a conference-debate on October 23, 2017. The meeting was prepared and moderated by Michaël Neuman.

A selection of books chosen by members of Crash. Happy summer and happy reading !

A l'occasion de la parution du livre « La politique de la peur : MSF et l'épidémie d'Ebola », coordonné par Michiel Hofman et Au Sokhieng de la section belge de MSF, le CRASH a organisé une conférence/débat le mardi 2 mai 2017, animée par Michèle Diaz, journaliste à RFI et spécialiste des questions santé, en présence de Bertrand Draguez, Thierry Allafort et Olivier Bouchaud.