Search

This is a problem that needs to be emergently disscussed, but it doesn't reference emergency response.

The MSF is very active in the production of worker based stories and articles. Workers under the MSF have a "See something, Say something" policy. A current example is The malnutrition currently being assessed in Chad. They have their staff share their stories with the world.  

This article discusses the health and living inequalities faced by individuals housed in Rikers correctional facilities. It discusses that when individuals are housed there they live in subpar conditions with very little representation in legislature. The infrastructure is crumbling and residences prone to flooding. It also touches on the life lived by post-incarceration individiuals. The end tells of the hardships faced by those because it leaves them without a steady home, very little financial assistance, and a sense of self destruction. 

The article uses personal anecdotes from individuals that were there during Katrina and data obtained from the NIH and FEMA.

The article’s argument is supported through statistical analysis of health care services available to citizens and personal anecdotes of physicians and other health care workers that were affected by radiation while providing care. Like much of history, looking at the effects of Chernobyl on government and education formation, can provide many ideas on how to improve the system, and create more options if it has to happen again. 

This article has only been cited in one other paper entitled "Documenting Attacks on Health Workers and Facilities in Armed Conflicts".