Public Health Ethics
Volume 7 Issue 2 July 2014
http://phe.oxfordjournals.org/content/current

Justifying the initiation and continued provision of public health interventions in humanitarian settings
A. M. Viens*
Southampton Law School, University of Southampton and Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto
Maxwell J. Smith
Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Cécile M. Bensimon
Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto
Diego S. Silva
Author Affiliations
Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto and Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St. Michael’s Hospital
First published online: September 4, 2014
Abstract
Médecins Sans Frontières is not morally required to continue providing the same therapeutic and preventative interventions for lead poisoning in Nigeria in the face of conditions that negatively impact on the achievement of their objectives. Nevertheless, Médecins Sans Frontières may have reasons to revise their objectives and adopt different interventions or methods.