image: A resident wades through flooded farmlands after the onslaught of the southwest monsoon coupled by a super typhoon in Pangasinan, Philippines, among the areas in the country with high exposure to multiple hazards such as typhoon winds and flooding.
Credit: Center for Disaster Preparedness, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Ethical considerations for closing projects "well" in the context of withdrawal of USAID are explored by researchers and members of an affected Philippines disaster-preparedness project.
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Article URL: https://plos.io/45tYSNr
Article Title: Thinking through abrupt closure in humanitarian assistance: Key ethical considerations in seemingly impossible conditions
Author Countries: Canada, Philippines, United States
Funding: This work was supported by the Social Sciences and Research Council of Canada (4330-220-00743 to LE; 4330-220-00743 to IMB; 4330-220-00743 to ML; 4330-220-00743 to SRH; 4330-220-00743 to LS; 4330-220-00743 to MH). The funder had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Journal
PLOS Global Public Health
Article Publication Date
4-Jun-2025
COI Statement
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.