The article uses historical references to provide context to the problems faced and information gained. Through each event it evaluates the individual which they, and the general public considers at fault.
They have a lovely list on their website
Financially: Securing funding during unstable economic climate. Maintaining and improving their programs that rely on international funding. Having reserves to respond to new emergencies.
Human Resources: Finding experienced and committed staff, and qualified medical staff.
Operations: Security in areas of conflict. Balancing speaking out with accessing populations. Accessing appropriate medical treatments.
Conflict in the DRC
MSF's response to sex crimes
Hamanitarian organisations more slated towards sexual crimes
The article contains many referneces mostly for its diagrams and data, that pull information from government studies. Unfortunately there is not a Bibliogrpahy in the reading, but I am assuming that it would contain many government sources.
I think it can both bring the public to better understand first response and disaster response better as well as serve as a great film for other first responders to better understand what happened and how that day was handled.
"Today, people interact with private equity when they dial 911, pay their mortgage, play a round of golf or turn on the kitchen tap for a glass of water."
"Supervisors regularly paid for supplies out of their own pockets and hoped for reimbursement, emails show. Some workers said the ambulances carried expired medications. Others went “E.R. shopping.” "
The article discusses the need for emergency medical responders to be able to have a healthy and productive de-brief session. This is imparitive because, as the article discusses, responders are one of the first individuals to be affected by disasters because their diverse involvement in the clean up.
Emergency response is not directly addressed in the article, but addressing the welfare of endangered citizens helps to ensure good public health. The policies formulated addressing illness in the undocumented workers speaks to the overall care given to citizens.
This article emphasizes that in existing research which concerns violence against health care workers in politically and culturally complex environments. This lack of research is primarily noted to be caused by the discrepancies between public opinion and government opinion. The suggestion put forth by the article is that aid organizations make their data easily accessible and are provided with greater funding when researching or assisting with violence against health workers.