“Where is home?”—“Doctors Without Borders”, doctors without a homeland?

Are “Doctors Without Borders” (MSF) doctors without a homeland? Based on fifty interviews, statistical data and a participatory observation, this articledescribes humanitarian mission conditions limiting local integration and suggests three forms of attachment: home (“break expatriates”), elsewhere (“multi‑homeland expatriates”) or nowhere (“duty‑free expatriates”). For the latter, MSF plays, until their departure from the organization, the role of substitute homeland. Son los “Médicos sin Fronteras” (MSF) médicos sin patria? Basado en cincuenta entrevistas, datos estadísticos y una observación participante, este artículo describe condiciones de misión humanitaria que limitan la integración local y propone tres formas de apego: en casa (“expatriados paréntesis”), en otros lugares (“expatriados multipátridos») o en ninguna parte (“expatriados duty‑free”). Para estos últimos, MSF desempeña el papel de patria sustituta hasta que dejen la organización. Les « Médecins Sans Frontières » (MSF) sont‑ils des médecins sans patrie ? Basé sur une cinquantaine d’entretiens, des données statistiques et uneobservation participante, cet article décrit des conditions de mission humanitaire limitant l’intégration locale et dégage trois formes d’attachement : chez soi (« expatriés parenthèse »), ailleurs (« expatriés multipatrides ») ou nulle part (« expatriés duty‑free »). Pour ces derniers, MSF joue, jusqu’à leur départ de l’organisation, le rôle de patrie de substitution.

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Care for victims of sexual violence, an organization pushed to its limits: The case of Médecins Sans Frontières

International Review of the Red Cross ◽

10.1017/s1816383115000107 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 96 (894) ◽

pp. 601-624

Author(s):

Françoise Duroch ◽

Catrin Schulte-Hillen

Keyword(s):

Medical Care ◽

Sexual Violence ◽

The Other ◽

The Past ◽

Medecins Sans Frontieres ◽

Médecins Sans Frontières ◽

General Assistance ◽

Multiple Challenges ◽

The One

AbstractOver the past ten years, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has provided medical care to almost 118,000 victims of sexual violence. Integrating related care into MSF general assistance to populations affected by crisis and conflicts has presented a considerable institutional struggle and continues to be a challenge. Tensions regarding the role of MSF in providing care to victims of sexual violence and when facing the multiple challenges inherent in dealing with this crime persist. An overview of MSF's experience and related reflection aims to share with the reader, on the one hand, the complexity of the issue, and on the other, the need to continue fighting for the provision of adequate medical care for victims of sexual violence, which despite the limitations is feasible.

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Assessing Antimalarial Efficacy in a Time of Change to Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapies: The Role of Médecins Sans Frontières

PLoS Medicine ◽

10.1371/journal.pmed.0050169 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 5 (8) ◽

pp. e169 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Jean-Paul Guthmann ◽

Francesco Checchi ◽

Ingrid van den Broek ◽

Suna Balkan ◽

Michel van Herp ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Combination Therapies ◽

Medecins Sans Frontieres ◽

Médecins Sans Frontières

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Psychiatric Médecins Sans Frontières: Child Temperament as Theoretical TraversePsychiatric Médecins Sans Frontières: Child Temperament as Theoretical Traverse

PsycCRITIQUES ◽

10.1037/a0036121 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 5959 (1313) ◽

Author(s):

Ian M. Evans ◽

Mallory J. Klaunig

Keyword(s):

Child Temperament ◽

Medecins Sans Frontieres ◽

Médecins Sans Frontières

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Working with Medecins Sans Frontieres Psycho-Social Care Unit

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e556442013-004 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Sam Farmer

Keyword(s):

Social Care ◽

Medecins Sans Frontieres ◽

Médecins Sans Frontières

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Statistical Data as a Source of Information on the Great Patriotic War

Voprosy statistiki ◽

10.34023/2313-6383-2020-27-6-105-113 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 27 (6) ◽

pp. 105-113

Author(s):

T. G. Nekhaeva

Keyword(s):

World War Ii ◽

Information Sources ◽

Statistical Data ◽

Logical Structure ◽

The Body ◽

Information Warfare ◽

Great Patriotic War ◽

Historical Truth ◽

Great Victory

The article examines publication of statistical data commemorating the anniversaries of the USSR Victory in the Great Patriotic War as the most important information sources for an objective analysis of historical events. The reason for writing this article was the release of the statistical handbook of Rosstat, dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory. In the introduction, the author argues the current urgency of issues addressed in the article caused by information warfare aimed at distorting the historical truth about the role of our country in the anti-Hitler coalition and the defeat of fascism in the World War II. The body of the article describes the concept and content of the anniversary edition. An important point of the article is the analysis of data sources used in the preparation of the handbook. The author reviews the anniversary handbook structure that includes a preface and the following sections: Population, Economic, Living conditions, Mobilization of population, Partisan movement, Evacuation during the war, Casualties and losses during the war, Military memorials and cemeteries, State awards, References. It is noted that the handbook maintains the tradition of previous statistical publications dedicated to the anniversaries of the Great Victory. Lastly, the author substantiates the novelty of data presented in the anniversary handbook and the logical structure of statistical materials in it. The author draws conclusions about the paramount importance of, and need to continue popularization of data on the great exploits of the Soviet people during the war and to introduce new statistical information into scientific circulation, which is causing further comprehension of primary information sources about the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.

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Role of Rasayana in Geriatric Care - A Review

Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences (JAIMS) ◽

10.21760/jaims.v1i1.3636 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Yagyik Mishra ◽

Negalur Vijay ◽

Thakor Krunal ◽

Bhat Nagaraj ◽

Shubhasri B.

Keyword(s):

Older People ◽

Old Age ◽

Statistical Data ◽

Geriatric Care ◽

The Body ◽

Psychological Improvement

The growth of any country or society depends on the number of youth dwelling in that country but according to recent statistical data we soon will have older people more than children and more people at extreme old age than ever before. The number of people aged 65 or older is projected to grow from an estimated 524 million in 2010 to nearly 1.5 billion in 2050. Geriatrics (Jarachikitsa) is the branch of medicine dealing exclusively with the problems of aging and the diseases of elderly. The term Rasayana (rejuvination) refers to nourishment or nutrition. Rasayana therapy act essentially on nutrition dynamics and rejuvenate the body on both physical and mental levels. The problems of health due to modernization can be solved by increasing resistance against diseases and psychological improvement by implementing Rasayana therapy. Aging (Jara) is one among the Swabhavika Vyadhis. Jara Chikitsa is one among the Astanga of Ayurveda which is specifically dedicated for geriatric care. As per estimation, India currently has around 75 million persons over 65 years. By proper administration of Rasayana therapy as preventive tool one can delay Jara Janita Vyadhis to occur. This paper highlights the role of Rasayana in geriatric care.

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What matters? The role of values in transformations toward sustainability: a case study of coffee production in Burundi

Sustainability Science ◽

10.1007/s11625-021-00974-3 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Milda Nordbø Rosenberg

Keyword(s):

Vital Role ◽

Ecological Systems ◽

New Materialism ◽

Discursive Practices ◽

Coffee Production ◽

Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽

Dynamic Relations ◽

Participatory Observation

AbstractThis paper examines the role of values in transformations toward sustainability. Values, generally defined as what people deem to matter, are increasingly gaining interest in and outside of academia. For example, sustainability aligns with specific values such as dignity, equality, safety, and harmony for people and nature. However, current approaches to values are mind-matter dualistic, and therefore failing to honor the inherently dynamic relations of socio-ecological systems. Drawing on new materialism, I explore values as part of the relations that make this world and propose to consider values as material-discursive practices. Ethnographic fieldwork was done in 2017 with coffee producers in Burundi who aimed to transform production by caring for the coffee and people that grow it. Based on interviews and participatory observation, I present how values were integral to transforming the relational aspects of coffee production. In this study, values of togetherness, care, dignity, and faith were dominant and were found to reconfigure the socio-ecological system of coffee production. I argue that values are inseparable from, and hence co-productive of, the material world that we experience and play a vital role in sustainability transformations.

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