It has been argued that much of international medical volunteering is done for the wrong
reasons, in that local people serve as a means to meet volunteers' needs, or for the right …

Humanitarian health workers operate in dangerous and uncertain contexts, in which
mistakes and failures are common, often have severe consequences, and are regularly …

A hallmark of complex humanitarian emergencies is the collective exposure, often over
extended periods of time, to political violence in the forms of war, terrorism, political …

Lauren Carruth's Love and Liberation tells a new kind of humanitarian story. The
protagonists are not volunteers from afar but rather Somali locals caring for each other …

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a critical global health problem. The World Health
Organization (WHO) has recently developed a global elimination strategy for HBV infection …

Most research on diabetes has taken place in cities or in high-income countries, even
though most diabetes deaths occur in low and middle-income countries, and diabetes …

Chronic pain is a major global health problem. Untreated pain causes particular suffering in
marginalized communities. Most studies investigating chronic pain in sub-Saharan Africa …

Background Human and animal health are deeply intertwined in livestock dependent areas.
Livestock health contributes to food security and can influence human health through the …

In recent years, anthropologists have become increasingly present in medical humanitarian
situations as scholars, consultants, and humanitarian practitioners and have acquired …

Background COVID-19 has caused worldwide fear and uncertainty. Historically, the
biomedical disease paradigm established its dominance in tackling emerging infectious …