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'Attacks on healthcare providers must stop': MSF Canada's Stephen Cornish on the Kunduz bombings

October 08, 2015

This article, by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Canada executive director Stephen Cornish, first appeared in the Globe and Mail newspaper:
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Sustainable Development Goals: Don't leave people’s health missing in action

September 24, 2015

From September 25 to 27, 193 world leaders will gather at the United Nations in New York City to bid farewell to the Millenium Development Goals and adopt the Sustainable Development Goals, the next 15-year blueprint for international development, which includes health. Governments, global institutions, funders, civil society and the private sector will set their health priorities and agenda and determine health policies and plans based on this new 15-year blueprint that will affect the health needs of our patients and vulnerable population’s across the world.
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The Ebola fight isn't over: MSF international president Dr. Joanne Liu on what it will take to cross the finish line

August 13, 2015

This essay was first published on Time.com on August 12, 2015.

By Dr. Joanne Liu, international president of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
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How the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal will put essential medicines out of reach for millions

July 22, 2015

Negotiations around the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal are taking place this week in Hawaii. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply concerned that without transparency or public consultation, the TPP will create damaging trade-agreement precedents that will further restrict access to life-saving medicines for millions of people.
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MSF Canada's Stephen Cornish: Beyond rescuing migrants, we must recognize and share their humanity

June 16, 2015
By Stephen Cornish, Executive Director of Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Canada. Originally published in the Globe and Mail, June 10, 2015
 
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Blurred Lines: MSF Canada's Stephen Cornish on why humanitarian aid and military action cannot coexist

April 21, 2015

This article was previously published by the Huffington Post.

By Stephen Cornish, Executive Director of Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Canada
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It's too early to declare victory in fight against Ebola: MSF Canada's Stephen Cornish

March 24, 2015

By Stephen Cornish, Executive Director, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Canada

This op-ed was originally published in The Toronto Star newspaper on March 22, 2015.
Op-ed

MSF's Dr. Joanne Liu on Syria: An unacceptable humanitarian failure

March 11, 2015

The conflict in Syria is about to enter its fifth year and the situation facing millions of Syrians trapped by the conflict is dire. MSF International President Dr. Joanne Liu looks at the horrendous impact of the war so far, and the challenges facing humanitarian actors in an environment where the most vulnerable are often completely cut off from humanitarian assistance. 

By Dr. Joanne Liu
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Ukraine: MSF Canada's Stephen Cornish on the escalating human toll of the crisis

March 11, 2015

By Stephen Cornish, Executive Director, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Canada

This op-ed was originally published in The Globe and Mail newspaper on March 9, 2015.