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Marine Buissonnière

Marine Buissonnière works as an independent researcher and consultant in the fields of humanitarian action, global health and human rights. In this capacity, she currently supports Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)’s efforts to address attacks against medical services on the front lines of conflict zones and elsewhere. Until December 2015, Buissonnière was director of the Open Society Public Health Program, where she worked to improve access to healthcare for marginalized members of society, including people who use drugs, sex workers, transgender persons, people with mental disabilities, the Roma and those in need of palliative care. From 2003 to 2007, Buissonnière served as Secretary-General of MSF International. She worked with MSF in the field between 1995 and 2003 (including in China, the Palestinian Territories, Japan and the two Koreas).