Health Crisis

Focus

One health and planetary health in humanitarian settings

Considering the growing interconnection between climate and health crises, two complementary conceptual frameworks are emerging in the humanitarian field. The “One health” approach integrates human, animal and ecosystem health into...

Davide Ziveri - Isabelle Bolon - Rafael Ruiz de Castañeda

Focus

Treating mental health in conflict zones in Burkina Faso with Traumatic Stress Relief (TSR)

In the particularly degraded context of Burkina Faso, two non-governmental organisations have joined forces to provide mental health care. A look back at an experience of transposing a method used...

Adeline Pupat - Dodo Ilunga Diemu - Harouna Yacoubou - Jean-Pierre Alley - Victoire Hubert

Forum

One year after the Russian invasion of Ukraine: humanitarian needs are as great as ever

Published on February 27, 2023 To quote this article: Sara Germain, Janyck Beaulieu, Stéphanie Maltais, and François Audet, “One year after the Russian invasion of Ukraine: humanitarian needs are as...

Sara Germain - François Audet - Janyck Beaulieu - Stéphanie Maltais

Focus

Communicating and convincing: a humanitarian perspective on the French response to the coronavirus epidemic

In this paper, the two authors examine certain aspects of the French response to the epidemic in the light of the experience of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in that field,...

Emmanuel Baron - Michaël Neuman

Perspectives

Managing dedication, risk and emotions: the experiences of French Red Cross volunteers during the Covid-19 emergency

In direct contact with beneficiaries, the volunteers of the French Red Cross provide aid despite the risk to their physical and mental health. How did they cope during this unprecedented...

Olivia Nevissas

Perspectives

Changes in our environment and epidemics are linked to human activity

The global health crisis caused by the coronavirus epidemic has confirmed that most modern epidemics are caused by cross-species virus transmission between wildlife and humans. According to Jean-François Mattei, since...

Jean-François Mattei

Perspectives

Engaging with National Authorities: Médecins Sans Frontières’s experience in Guinea during the Ebola epidemic

The Ebola epidemic continues to be instructive. This was indeed the conclusion of the “Focus” on this subject in our inaugural issue: the magnitude of this unprecedented crisis, its failures...

Marc Poncin

Ethics

Humanitarian ethics and international relations: Contradictions or (re)conciliations?

Continuing the theme developed by Jean-François Mattei and Pierre Le Coz in the last two issues of our review, Virginie Troit attempts here to clear the way for ethics in...

Virginie Troit

Focus

Learning the hard way: how the Ebola virus experience can help Guinea deal with Covid-19

Resilience can emerge from fragility. This is what Stéphanie Maltais observed from her research conducted in the aftermath of the Ebola crisis in Guinea between 2013 and 2016. Lessons that...

Stéphanie Maltais

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What the Covid-19 crisis tells us about our ability to learn

The ability to learn from previous crises and adapt those lessons to any new context is one of the keys to disaster management, including health disasters. François Grünewald’s article seeks...

François Grünewald

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An unhealthy combination: War, Covid-19 and the politics of metaphor

At a time when multilateralism is collapsing and populism rising, Norah Niland highlights the new fragilities that Covid-19 has revealed in local and international systems of governance. If the pandemic...

Norah Niland

Focus

Tale of a mission to Liberia, unlike any other

In his story of his field experiences Jean-Pierre Veyrenche brings us close to people by giving us the opportunity to get a feel for the atmosphere that pervaded Liberia during...

Jean-Pierre Veyrenche