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...
Latest Additions
- Strengthening health service delivery in fragile states
- ( Merlin , 2007)
- This report highlights the findings from a conference on health service delivery in fragile states that took place in October 2007, organised by Merlin and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Me...
- Assessing the quality of support given to the Iraqi health system after the 2003 invasion
- ( Medact , 2008)
- This Medact report describes how the war in Iraq and its aftermath continue to have a disastrous impact on the physical and mental health of the Iraqi people and sets out the measures that are needed ...
- The benefits and problems of NGOs providing health services in Afghanistan
- ( N. Palmer; L. Strong; A. Wali; E. Sondorp / London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine , 2006)
- This paper, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical medicine, discusses the benefits and challenges to contracting out health services to NGOs (non-governmental organisations) in fragile states...
