Population science working hand-in-hand with humanitarian workers?
Vincent Léger is co-pilot of this issue’s Focus.
World demographic prospects: between certainties and uncertainties
To open this “Focus”, Gilles Pison offers us an overall vision based on past developments to help us to better understand those to come. While the world’s population should continue...
Sub-Saharan Africa: worrying clouds on the horizon
Having long been condemned to pessimism, Africa has unquestionably picked itself up, confronting considerable challenges – such as the recent Ebola crisis –, displaying encouraging economic growth and exporting its numerous talents....
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...
Demographics in the service of Universal Health Coverage: examples in West Africa
Health interventions typically favour pregnant women and children under 5 years of age. A prism that does not take into account other ever-growing vulnerable populations: the indigents and the elderly. The...
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...
Cameroon: reception areas for displaced people, between socio-demographic reconfiguration and managing Persons with Specific Needs
This article builds on the results of two studies: one carried out in the Far North region on the demographics of the people displaced by the Boko Haram crisis, and...
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....