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  Post-tsunami aid effectiveness in Aceh: proliferation and coordination in reconstruction

  Brookings Institution, 2008

  This paper discusses the aftermath of Tsunami of December 26, 2004, where an earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale struck off the northeast coast of Aceh . The influx of aid and assistance into the province in the weeks and months that followed was unprecedented and surpassed all expectations.
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  Advances in monitoring have not translated into improvements in humanitarian health services

  Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 2007

  The field of humanitarian relief is relatively promising. Methods for documenting basic health measures on the local level have been developed and general health priorities have been documented. This paper in Prehospital and Disaster Medicine reviews the advances and shortfalls in data collection and use of health data that have occurred during health emergencies in recent decades.
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  Round Table 7 on situations of fragility and conflict: discussion note – session 3: improving the delivery of international assistance for the reduction of fragility and conflict

  United Nations Development Group, 2008

  Over the past ten years United Nations’ (UN) peacekeeping operations have largely increased in number and importance. This short discussion note from the 3rd High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness highlights discussions from Round Table 7 on how to strengthen common approaches and improve division of labour among donor countries.
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  Public health in crisis-affected populations: a practical guide for decision-makers

  Humanitarian Practice Network, ODI, 2007

  A considerable proportion of humanity is currently living in crisis conditions. This paper by the Humnitarian Practice Network argues that never before has it been clearer what interventions must be implemented to mitigate the adverse health consequences of wars and natural disasters, and what standards those interventions must strive to achieve.
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  Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation: closing the gap

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008

  There is significant overlap between the practice and theory of disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation. However, there is limited coherence and convergence in institutions, organisations and policy frameworks.
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  Improving the safety of civilians: a protection training pack

  Oxfam, 2009

  In 1991 during the first Iraq war, a destitute little girl in the holy city of Safwan stood in the middle of a crowd of displaced people with a placard around her neck: ‘We don’t need food, we need safety.’ She epitomised a shift in the understanding of what civilians expect from the international community and the role of humanitarian agencies in securing it.
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  Guidance on profiling internally displaced persons

  Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2008

  Obtaining reliable data on internally displaced persons (IDPs) is challenging. In most countries affected by internal displacement, existing data on IDPs and the conditions of their displacement is incomplete, unreliable, out of date or inaccurate. This presents a key obstacle to effective advocacy, the improvement of IDP protection and the design of targeted assistance programmes.
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  The use of private security providers and services in humanitarian operations

  Center on International Cooperation, New York University, 2008

  Humanitarian action and security have an uneasy relationship. Some agencies, notably the Red Cross and Medecins Sans Frontieres, pointedly do not employ security escorts in order to ensure the ‘integrity’ of their operations. However many humanitarian organisations feel it necessary to protect their staff in conflict-affected field operations by employing such personnel.
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  Integrating older people: a training of trainers manual for successful mainstreaming of age-friendliness in the Canadian Red Cross' programme in Aceh, Indonesia

  HelpAge International Asia, Pacific Regional Development Centre, 2009

  This training of trainers manual was developed for use in by the Canadian Red Cross, but is suitable for other organisations to adapt for their own purposes.  The manual consist of six units that can be treated as sessions which can make up a three day intense workshop, or can be individually selected to provide topic specific training.
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  Natural hazards and disasters: drawing on the international experiences from disaster reduction in developing countries

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2006

  Natural hazards turning into disasters have increased dramatically, both in terms of frequency, complexity, scope and destructive capacity. This report provides comprehensive background information about natural hazards, why hazards can turn into disasters, and the impacts they have.

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