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Poster

A biodegradable, sustainable, body personal protective equipment (PPE) with germicidal properties, made of soap paper and gauze

Mehta A
2024-11-08 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024
2024-11-08 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024
Technical Report
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Policy Brief

Joint brief: The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change & Médecins Sans Frontières

Voûte C, Baker H, Baidjoe AY, Bartrem C, Charrier M,  et al.
2024-10-29
2024-10-29

At the time of writing, many people around the world are feeling the pain, disruption, and devastating health consequences driven by climate change. The world has been shocked by the ...

Conference Material
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Video

A biodegradable, sustainable, body personal protective equipment (PPE) with germicidal properties, made of soap paper and gauze

Mehta A
2024-10-24 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024
2024-10-24 • MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024
Journal Article
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Letter

Environmental changes in South Sudan are changing the fabric of people’s lives and steering humanitarian operations

Wait E
2024-10-23 • British Medical Journal (BMJ)
2024-10-23 • British Medical Journal (BMJ)
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Research

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 ...

Journal Article
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Research

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...

Technical Report
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Policy Brief

Lancet Countdown on Climate Change and Health: Policy brief from Médecins Sans Frontières 2023

Blume C, Dallatomasinas S, Devine C, Goikolea I, Guevara M,  et al.
2023-11-15
2023-11-15
Most of the over 70 countries Médecins Sans Frontières /Doctors Without Borders (MSF) works in are in lower-income regions. They are facing not only humanitarian crises but also the most...
Journal Article
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Commentary

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
Journal Article
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Review

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...
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Video

Time for action: Climate change in the humanitarian sector

Issa R
2022-11-30 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
2022-11-30 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
Technical Report
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Policy Brief

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 ...
Technical Report
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Policy Brief

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 ...
Conference Material
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Slide Presentation

The Environmental Impact Toolkit: futureproofing MSF through measurement and mitigation

Smiley S, Devine C
2021-05-20 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Innovation
2021-05-20 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Innovation
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Video

The Environmental Impact Toolkit: futureproofing MSF through measurement and mitigation

Smiley S
2021-05-20 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Innovation
2021-05-20 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Innovation
Journal Article
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Research

Acting on an environmental health disaster: the case of the Aral sea

Small I, van der Meer J, Upshur R
2001-06-01 • Environmental Health Perspectives
2001-06-01 • Environmental Health Perspectives
The Aral Sea area in Central Asia has been encountering one of the world's greatest environmental disasters for more than 15 years. During that time, despite many assessments and million...
Journal Article
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Commentary

Meeting the health needs of migrant workers affected by the tsunami

Wilson D
2005-06-01 • PLOS Medicine
2005-06-01 • PLOS Medicine
David Wilson of Médecins Sans Frontières, Thailand, discusses how the tsunami excacerbated the health status of Burmese migrants.
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Abstract

The Environmental Impact Toolkit: futureproofing MSF through measurement and mitigation

Devine C, Smiley S, Willett B, Blundell A, Christie WT,  et al.
2021-05-20 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Innovation
2021-05-20 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Innovation
WHAT CHALLENGE OR OPPORTUNITY DID YOU TRY TO ADDRESS? WERE EXISTING SOLUTIONS NOT AVAILABLE OR NOT GOOD ENOUGH?
The environmental impacts of MSF operations risk unintentionally under...
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Poster

Kadamjay Area Biomonitoring (KAB) study, Kadamjay, Kyrgyzstan. A cross-sectional study

Aiylchiev S, Sharshenova A, Nascarella M, Sulaimanov E, Inagbe D,  et al.
2022-05-09 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
2022-05-09 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
Technical Report
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Policy Brief

Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: policy brief on humanitarian impacts

Devine C, Guevara M, Belliveau LB, Jobanputra K, Serafini M,  et al.
2019-11-01
2019-11-01
KEY MESSAGES:

• Apply a cross-sector and interdisciplinary approach to humanitarian and global health responses and local, regional and international collaborations
• Identi...
Journal Article
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Research

Extreme weather-driven disasters and children's health

Garcia DM, Sheehan MC
2015-12-30 • International Journal of Health Services
2015-12-30 • International Journal of Health Services
Extreme weather events such as heat waves, extreme precipitation, and storm surges are likely to become more frequent and intense with climate change. Extreme weather-driven disasters (E...