Biomedicine

Focus

Standardisation challenged by local dynamics: the example of mental health programmes in the Chad Basin

This article is based on a study carried out by Groupe URD in Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad. The authors’ approach, based on the social determinants of psychological disorders, allows...

Florence Chatot - Henri Mbarkoutou Mahamat

Transitions

Distorted representation of the Other, neglected modernity and truncated partnerships: why humanitarian advocacy must be decolonised

The call for decolonisation of many areas of social life is increasingly being heard in the international aid sector. For the author, one of the workstreams should concern the advocacy...

François Sennesael

Innovations

About the possibility of controlling an HIV epidemic hotspot

Designed to reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS in a Kenyan district, a Médecins Sans Frontières project successfully exceeded the “90-90-90” target set by UNAIDS. A look back on the results...

Elba Rahmouni - Léon Salumu Luzinga - Pierre Mendiharat

Ethics

Ethics and research in humanitarian settings

Looking back on the seventh Scientific Day organised by Doctors of the World – France, the two authors discuss the ethical issues involved in research carried out in humanitarian contexts....

Christian Laval - Magali Bouchon