Former U.N. Official Paul Spiegel Speaks With NPR About How To Fix ‘Broken’ Humanitarian Aid System

NPR: Humanitarian Aid Is ‘Broken,’ Says Former U.N. Official
“The humanitarian aid system is broken. That’s the message of a new paper by Paul Spiegel, a former senior official at the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The piece was part of a special series on health and humanitarian crises published by the British medical journal The Lancet in early June. … Spiegel, a physician and a professor at Johns Hopkins University, explains what the humanitarian system needs to do to fix itself…” (Gharib, 6/22).

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