This attack can only be considered deliberate. It was probably carried out by the Syrian government-led coalition that is predominantly active in the region.

Joanne Liu

Categorized in : Healthcare

The existing atmosphere can only be described as toxic.

Ebola still has the upper hand.

They see their relatives sprayed with chlorine and wrapped in plastic bags, buried without ceremony. Then they see their possessions burned.

Four of the five permanent members of this council have, to varying degrees, been associated with coalitions responsible for attacks on health structures over the last year, these include the NATO-led coalition in Afghanistan, the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, the Russia-backed, Syrian-led coalition.

A new rainy season is approaching fast, promising new outbreaks as well as complicated logistics, failure to come together will put the lives of thousands in jeopardy.

We say a probability because we don't have more facts than the accounts from our staff, the only thing predominantly in the region is the Syrian government-led coalition.

We would like the facts to be established, we are open for other mechanisms for an independent investigation.

We say probability because we don't have more facts than the accounts from our staff, the only thing predominantly in the region is the Syrian government-led coalition.

The reality today is if Ebola were to hit on scale it did in August and September, we would hardly do much better than we did the last time around.

You have the legitimacy and the authority to label it an emergency, you need to step up to the plate.

People inspire me. Every day, I meet amazing individuals in the field. When I see a mother who has walked for three weeks to come to a MSF clinic, with two kids on her back and her belongings on her head, facing intimidation and physical abuse on her way, I am inspired by her resilience - her desire for life.

day me mother life

Sometimes in your career, you are at the right place at the right moment. But you have to be aware that eventually you may no longer be the right person for that position. So build your succession and foster for it while you are still at the peak of you career.

moment you right-person sometimes

Our humanitarian aid system is sick and needs to be fixed. It needs to get a reality check and get back humanity.

back sick humanity reality

You need a balance in life. You just cannot be all the time on an adrenalin peak. You need to recharge.

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The unspoken thing, the elephant in the room, is the war against terrorism, it's tainting everything.

elephant everything terrorism war

People say I'm tough and too blunt. I'm a product of my organization. MSF is a blunt, tough, no-nonsense organization.

people-say tough organization people

I'm completely allergic to being politically correct.

being politically-correct allergic

When I was young, and I wouldn't eat, my parents would say, 'Eat, or else you're going to become a little Biafran.'

eat say parents you

Somehow we got used to death, and then we dehumanised it. We account for conflicts in figures. Ebola is 13,500 infected, 5,000 people have died... People are losing their sense of empathy, their sense of wanting to do something.

empathy losing death people

I find myself a bit boring because I somehow always wanted to be MSF.

find myself always boring