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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.
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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.
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Double victims: In conflict zones, people with HIV/AIDS are twice as vulnerable

December 01, 2014

Today is World AIDS Day. In the editorial below, Cecilia Ferreyra, an HIV/tuberculosis advisor with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), describes how people who live in areas affected by conflict can be doubly at risk when infected with HIV.

 

By Cecilia Ferreyra
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Ebola: The failure of the international response to the outbreak

August 29, 2014

This op-ed, by Bruno Jochum and Dr. Thomas Nierle was first published on August 27 in the Swiss newspaper Le Temps.
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'Meaningful action is needed': MSF International President Dr. Joanne Liu on Ebola

August 22, 2014

This editorial by MSF International President Dr. Joanne Liu was originally published in TIME Magazine on August 21, 2014. 

Entire families are being wiped out. Health workers are dying by the dozens. The Ebola outbreak raging in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone has already killed more people than any other in history, and it continues to spread unabated.
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Avoiding a dangerously simplistic approach to humanitarian aid

August 18, 2014
By Clémentine Olivier, humanitarian affairs advisor, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Canada.
 
Originally published in the Ottawa Citizen, August 18, 2014
 
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'A job on this scale requires a coordinated global response': Stephen Cornish on Ebola

August 07, 2014

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

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