"A call to safeguard sexual and reproductive health information and services during #Ebola outbreak" Sadly a good time to re-read this article from 2021 by Nguyen Toan Tran et al. as an urgent reminder why access to #SRH care needs to be ensured scienceportal.msf.org/api/assets/7...
"So ein Ausbruch zeigt immer wie schwach die Gesundheitsversorgung in der Region ist" Interview mit @msf.de Dr. Maximilian Gertler zu den #Ebola Fällen im #Kongo und in #Uganda, wo die @who.int den Notstand ausgerufen hat. www.zdfheute.de/wissen/ebola...
Still one of my many favourite Janet Benshoof stories when at an ICRC meeting, she looked at the large picture of Henry Dunant on the wall and cried out “Where is your picture of Florence Nightingale?!” #IHL #WomensRights bsky.app/profile/glob...
#ICYMI Watch this insightful discussion on the state of #SRHR in emergency settings at the #HumanitarianCongressBerlin, featuring voices from @ipas.org, @unfpa.org, @euinemergencies.ec.europa.eu, @msf.de and the Reproductive Health Network Kenya #WomensRights #IHL www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymC_...
„Humanitarian action is not a substute for accountabilty and certainly not for justice.“ Dr. Fatou Bensouda, High Commissioner, The Gambia Commission at #HCB2026 speaking on humanitarianism in times of declining norms @roteskreuz.bsky.social @odi.global @aerzte-ohne-grenzen.at
WHO, ICRC, MSF denounce rise in attacks on health services
"The campaign to restrict gender-affirming care follows a well-worn and ultimately successful playbook designed by anti-abortion advocates." @guttmacher.org
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Ebola: To bring the situation under even partial control, there must be immediate expansion of testing capacity.
As WHO chief visits DR Congo, we call for urgent action to respond to the needs. https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/rapid-spread-ebola-disease-outbreak-dr-congo-deeply-alarming
“Outbreaks increase the risk of violence..income loss, movement restrictions, reduced access to schools and clinics, fear of infection as a tool of control, and mistrust of health systems that persists from prior outbreaks” www.statnews.com/2026/05/26/e...
Hopeful news for human rights in Hungary.
Incoming Tisza party, led by Péter Magyar, should take immediate steps to restore democratic institutions, dismantle abusive laws and institutions, and protect fundamental rights. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Today, we’re marking what would have been GJC founder Janet Benshoof’s 79th birthday by remembering one of her most enduring achievements: securing FDA approval of emergency contraception in the United States exactly 30 years ago.
