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The object of this study was to see if there was an increase in tyroid cancer after the Fukushima nuclear disaster. 

This article focuses on the increased attention on gender-based violence, and subsequent attempts to alter humanitarian guidelines, hindered efforts to address sexual violence and politicizes the issues. 

"So as Haiti approaches the fifth anniversary of its cholera epidemic later this year, the main hope for eradication rests on political and legal pressure on the U.N. to come up with the money."

"With few exceptions, donor nations and nongovernmental organizations insist on keeping control of their projects, which are set according to their own priorities."

The arguement is supported through research findings, current facts, and interviews with those in the field. 

The author of the article seemed to conduct their research from NPR reporters in Haiti, interviews with various organizations (U.N, Center for Economic Policy and Research, and the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti), and other reports (one from the  U.S. Government Accountability Office was referenced). 

The aim of this organization is to provide emergency medical care and relief supplies to those who need it. They also work to provide medical care for those trying to escape violence or war. 

MSF published this report a year after the largest Ebola outbreak that happened in West Africa in 2014.

To make this argument Knowles used various other academic papers, public and private reports from investigations, past and current government policies, and news articles and reports.