Choices at the time of the climate emergency
Knowing about the discussions in progress at Médecins Sans Frontières, as well as the actions it intends to implement to adapt to climate change, provides precious insight. Though they speak...
How to take care of humankind at +2°C?
On 15 and 16 April 2019, on the 100th anniversary of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the French Red Cross held a conference entitled “Health and...
What does the future have in store for humanitarian aid logistics?
Often neglected, or at least “accessorized”, logistics is nevertheless essential to the success of humanitarian missions. Not to mention that it represents 60 to 80% of their costs. Based on...
Demographic transition in the Mediterranean: between rising risks and the necessary adaptations of humanitarian practices
The Mediterranean is at the centre of the humanitarian attention as a place of deadly migrations, practically a cemetery whose ignominy is constantly denounced by NGOs. But it is also...
Should Médecins Sans Frontières join the fight against global warming?
Our issue on climate change has clearly fuelled the debate within the Médecins Sans Frontières movement. Following an article co-written by members of the Swiss and Canadian sections, Fabrice Weissman presents a...
Environmental health at Médecins du Monde: from the emergence to the structuring of a struggle
Linking environment and health is not obvious for many humanitarian NGOs. Médecins du Monde has managed to make this theme one of its priorities. A look at a fight that,...
Honduras, Lebanon, Nepal: civil society on the front lines of natural disasters and their daily consequences
How does society deal with the cascading consequences of natural disasters? In this collaborative article, the authors highlight the active participation of local civil societies, often the first and last...
Health multilateralism in the Biden era: it is a change for the better, but is it a change for good?
About six months have passed since the Biden Administration took the reins of government in the United States on 20 January 2021. It seems like a good time to take...
Interview with Stephen O’Brien: “We need unconditional, unimpeded and sustained access to every single vulnerable person in Syria”
Interview What has been going on in Syria for the past six years is probably unprecedented since the Second World War. But this paroxystic conflict, which captures the attention of...
Standards and finances: analysis of the report of Ban Ki-moon
The financing for implementing humanitarian action, and the regulatory standards that govern it, no doubt represent the two stumbling blocks on which the participants in the Istanbul Summit will focus...
Between hopes and fears: what Africa expects from the World Humanitarian Summit
Africa will certainly be at the heart of the discussions in the World Humanitarian Summit not only because it is the region that has been the most affected by an...
New models of working and partnership in development: the example of Friendship, a Bangladeshi organisation
Founded by Runa Khan, Friendship began its activities in 2002 with a floating-hospital to ensure access to health care for ultra-poor communities in Bangladesh. Since then, Friendship has extended its...