Medical Innovations in Humanitarian Situations: The Work of Médecins Sans Frontières

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Release: 2011-05-25
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 1461105951
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Medical Innovation in Humanitarian Situations explores how the particular style of humanitarian action practiced by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has stayed in line with the standards in scientifically advanced countries while also leading to significant improvements in the medical care delivered to people in crisis. Through a series of case studies – from the development of logistical capacities and satellite organizations to adapting innovative treatments for diseases such as cholera, sleeping sickness, HIV/AIDS, malaria, and malnutrition in war-torn or impoverished settings – the authors reflect on how medical aid workers dealt with the incongruity of practicing conventional evidence-based medicine in contexts that require unconventional approaches. These reflections show how humanitarian medicine does not need to be second-rate, and that innovations in medicine are possible in the most unlikely of contexts. Examining medical innovations of the past ca Download Medical Innovations in Humanitarian Situations for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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Humanitarian Crises: The Medical and Public Health Response

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Edition: 1
Release: 1999-07-15
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN/ASIN: 0674155157
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Since the late 1980s the international relief community has seen its resources and personnel stressed beyond capacity by humanitarian crises--large-scale, man-made catastrophes such as the conflicts in Somalia, Bosnia, Rwanda, Chechnya, Zaire, and elsewhere. Waged within collapsing states, political and ethnic strife targets civilians, causes mass population dislocation and widespread human rights abuses, and impedes the efforts of relief organizations to respond effectively. Covering topics ranging from emergency public health measures to the psychological trauma of relief workers, this volume presents both a seasoned assessment of current practice and proposals for improving operational efforts in the future. The discussion also raises important questions relating to the definition and direction of the overall humanitarian mission. Download Humanitarian Crises for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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