Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to Renaud Colson for comprehensive review and constructive criticism, to Laury Renard, Willem Scholten, Gilles Forte, and Christopher Hallam for helpful references, and to Shomi Malik for proofreading. This study would never have been possible without the assistance and guidance from Jacques Oberson, Lee Robertson (LoN archives), Reynald Erardt, and Thomas Allen (WHO Library). The authors declare no conflict of interest; research was conducted in total independence thanks to support received on patreon.com/teluobir and from the non-profits FAAAT think & do tank and DRCNet Foundations.

Supplemental materials

Supplemental materials have been posted on Researchgate at this link: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360541027