The MSF team in Kano, Nigeria were already providing free, high-quality maternity care. But how could they ensure that the service was tailored to the women who needed it? The answer was simple: to ask the women themselves.
Communities in Bangassou were still scarred from violent clashes in 2017 when violence erupted again just a few weeks ago. Anthropologist Dale shares his account.
Our principles of neutrality, impartiality and independence have been at the heart of Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) for nearly 50 years. But what does that look like in a conflict zone? Anthropologist Dale writes…
MSF researcher Emilie Venables has spent several weeks conducting in-depth interviews with patients at MSF’s AIDS unit in Kinshasa, as well as care-givers and health staff.
When I was working as an anthropologist and operational researcher in KwaZulu Natal, I conducted a lot of interviews with local ‘stakeholders’ and community members.
