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Organochlorine pesticides and salinity in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan: Environmental health risks associated with the Aral Sea crisis

Bartrem C, Kurbanov MI, Keller BD, Fiori A, von Lindern I,  et al.
2025-11-19 • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2025-11-19 • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

The legacy of Soviet-era agricultural practices in Central Asia has contributed to severe environmental degradation through residual organochlorine pesticide contamination, dramatic r...

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Health crisis and good living among the Yanomami: Challenges and community strategies in times of emergency

Serenato G
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
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Impacts of climate change on child health: why does it matter to all of us?

Bhutta ZA
2022-11-30 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
2022-11-30 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
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Ethical dilemmas in population-level treatment of lead poisoning in Zamfara state, Nigeria

Wurr C, Cooney L
2013-04-23 • Public Health Ethics
2013-04-23 • Public Health Ethics
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Planetary health and neglected tropical diseases

McIver L
2022-12-01 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
2022-12-01 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
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A crise de saúde e o bem-viver entre os yanomami: Desafios e estratégias comunitárias em tempos de emergência

Serenato G
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024
2024-11-05 • MSF Scientific Days Latin America 2024

INTRODUÇÃO

Atualmente, segundo dados do governo, mais de 30,4 mil habitantes vivem no território indígena Yanomami, a maio...

Analysis of dry and wet season water quality in the municipality of La Gomera, Guatemala

Caballero A, Garcia M, Pérez-Sabino F, Lickes S, Guzmán-Quilo C,  et al.
2024-03-29 • Water Practice & Technology
2024-03-29 • Water Practice & Technology

There is a need for access to clean potable water worldwide. However, almost every source of surface water in Guatemala is contaminated. This study assesses the potential exposure to ...

Evaluating cigarette butt pollution: Insights from Cox's Bazar Sea beach of Bangladesh

Howlader M, Selim A, Shuvo SNA, Islam MM, Sultana T,  et al.
2023-12-01 • Current Science
2023-12-01 • Current Science

Cigarette butts (CBs) have serious harmful effects on the environment and living organisms despite their sm...

What cannot be mitigated or adapted to, will be suffered. Loss and damage in health and humanitarian terms

Schwerdtle PN, Devine C, Guevara M, Cornish S, Christou C,  et al.
2023-09-09 • The Journal of Climate Change and Health
2023-09-09 • The Journal of Climate Change and Health

Ethics, climate change and health – a landscape review

Sheather J, Littler K, Singh JA, Wright K
2023-08-14 • Wellcome Open Research
2023-08-14 • Wellcome Open Research
Anthropogenic climate change is unequivocal, and many of its physical health impacts have been identified, although further research is required into the mental health and wellbeing effe...

Impact of healthcare access and livelihood support on deforestation rates in Kalimantan, Borneo

Hopkins S, Hazel A, Pourtois J, Chamberlin A, Gajewski Z,  et al.
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
INTRODUCTION
An undervalued role of rural healthcare provision is its impact on forests and carbon balance. In addition to the effects of healthcare provision and livelihood programm...

Mapping air pollution exposure risk in Port-au-Prince

Post N, Boobier L, Vyncke J, Tremblay LL
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023

Impact of healthcare access and livelihood support on deforestation rates in Kalimantan, Borneo

Hopkins S, Hazel A, Pourtois J, Chamberlin A, Gajewski Z,  et al.
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023

Investigating outbreaks of initially unknown aetiology in complex settings: Findings and recommendations from 10 case studies

Perrocheau A, Jephcott F, Asgari-Jirhanden N, Greig J, Peyraud N,  et al.
2023-01-11 • International Health
2023-01-11 • International Health
BACKGROUND
Outbreaks of unknown aetiology in complex settings pose challenges and there is little information about investigation methods. We reviewed investigations into such outbre...

Avoiding catastrophes: seeking synergies among the public health, environmental protection, and human security sectors

Stoett P, Daszak P, Romanelli C, Machalaba C, Behringer R,  et al.
2016-10-04 • Lancet Global Health
2016-10-04 • Lancet Global Health

Assessment of dietary exposure to some persistent organic pollutants in the Republic of Karakalpakstan of Uzbekistan

Muntean N, Jermini M, Small I, Falzon D, Fürst P,  et al.
2003-08-01 • Environmental Health Perspectives
2003-08-01 • Environmental Health Perspectives
A 1999 study heightened long-standing concerns over persistent organic pollutant contamination in the Aral Sea area, detecting elevated levels in breast milk and cord blood of women in K...

Association of blood lead level with neurological features in 972 children affected by an acute severe lead poisoning outbreak in zamfara state, northern Nigeria

Greig J, Thurtle N, Cooney L, Ariti C, Ahmed AO,  et al.
2014-04-16 • PLOS One
2014-04-16 • PLOS One
In 2010, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) investigated reports of high mortality in young children in Zamfara State, Nigeria, leading to confirmation of villages with widespread acute seve...

Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: policy brief for Médecins Sans Frontières 2021

Smiley S, McIver L, Schwerdtle PN, Lugli M, Claire A,  et al.
2021-10-21
2021-10-21
This brief details MSF’s experiences providing humanitarian assistance in contexts heavily affected by climate change; adapting our operations to climate-related threats; and working to ...

Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: policy brief for Médecins Sans Frontières 2022

Baxter LM, Cowan K, Devine C, Guevara M, Kalub D,  et al.
2022-10-27
2022-10-27
As an independent international medical humanitarian organisation responding to health crises in more than 70 countries, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is seeing ...

Trauma in the Kashmir Valley and the mediating effect of stressors of daily life on symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety

Housen TSS, Lenglet AD, Shah SK, Sha H, Pintaldi G,  et al.
2019-12-12 • Conflict and Health
2019-12-12 • Conflict and Health
Background
The negative psychological impact of living in a setting of protracted conflict has been well studied, however there is a recognized need to understand the role that non-...