Paul Bouvier works on health and ethical issues in humanitarian action with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and with the University of Geneva, as lecturer in public health at the Institute of Global Health. He is a medical doctor specialized in paediatrics and public health and has been working in the field of mother and child health in Africa and in child public health and social paediatrics in Switzerland. He has worked as a medical delegate of the ICRC in assistance operations and in visits to detention facilities in various contexts of conflict. As Senior Medical Advisor of the ICRC since 2007, his responsibility encompasses health and ethical issues in humanitarian operations to assist and protect victims of armed conflicts. Since 2012, he has been the coordinator of the Health Emergencies in Large Populations (HELP) courses, organized in 12 countries, to train humanitarian professionals on public health and ethical approaches to responding to humanitarian emergencies.

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