Rudi Coninx Papers
Date range: 1983-1998
Medium: Archive
Dr Rudi Coninx is a retired humanitarian doctor who has worked extensively in the field since 1983, including in Afghanistan and Bangladesh for Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) and in Thailand for the United Nations Border Relief Operation (UNBRO).
This collection was accumulated by Dr Coninx over the course of his career and consists of medical guidelines, policies, internal papers, articles, notes, correspondence, grey literature and reports. It primarily covers his work on the Thai/Cambodian border for UNBRO, where he was a health coordinator for Cambodian people displaced by conflict during the 1980s. This part of the collection covers the programmes set up to support refugees in the camps, particularly those relating to health and nutrition, but also includes political materials produced by factions present in the camps, including the Khmer Rouge.
This collection also covers Coninx’ work in Afghanistan, first as part of an MSF medical team in the 1980s, and then leading cross border operations for WHO in the 1990s, including his work with mine clearance and health programmes. It also includes some correspondence and reports from an MSF exploratory mission for a medical assistance program in Bangladesh following the 1985 cyclone.
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