Post conflict states
Health care provision in post-conflict states is achieved in two discrete stages, firstly via humanitarian aid (delivered in emergency situations) and then via development aid (delivered in peace-time to a legitimate government through a specific financing mechanism). However, in practice, the boundaries between these forms of aid are frequently blurred, since violence can occur post-conflict and the political and economic dynamics of war continue in peace-time.
Consensus has still not been reached on the sequencing of post-conflict interventions such as rebuilding infrastructure, strengthening of the state, security provisions and macro-economic interventions. The key issue is how to deliver aid, including service delivery and relief, in a way that supports the dynamics of peace.
- Iraq Health Update
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This update reviews the Iraq health situation since 2005. The paper highlights the following health related consequences of the war: The author argues that the disastrous security situation has paralysed the Iraqi health sector.
Recommended readings
- Dilemmas of post-conflict transition: lessons from the health sector
- ( J. Macrae / Overseas Development Institute, London , 1995)
- This paper, published by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), examines the experience of the health sector in situations of post-conflict transition in Cambodia, Ethiopia, and Uganda. It argues ...
- HIV/AIDS and humanitarian action
- ( P. Harvey / Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI , 2004)
- Whether you label HIV/AIDS as an emergency or as a long-term crisis, it clearly requires both a humanitarian response to suffering and a long-term perspective. This research report, produced by the Hu...
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Arguments for and against cost sharing in developing countries
- ( T. Poletti / London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine , 2003)
- There is considerable interest in the introduction of cost-sharing as an element of health care financing in emergency and post-emergency situations, but many questions remain. This paper from the Lon...
- Is civil war a failure of development?
- ( P. Collier;V.L. Elliott;H. Hegre / World Bank , 2003)
- Civil war conflict is a core development issue. The existence of civil war can dramatically slow a country's development process, especially in low-income countries, which are more vulnerable to civil...
- Delivering health services in fragile states
- ( L. Zivetz / BASICS fragile and post-conflict states publications , 2006)
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The past decade has been marked by a global concern with the number of countries that are unwilling or unable to adequately ensure their people’s security and development needs. This case stu...
