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  Assessing the impact of humanitarian assistance in the health sector

  Emerging Themes in Epidemiology, 2004

  Published in the journal Emerging Themes in Epidemiology, this paper argues that the health impact of programmes in emergency settings is too often assumed. There is now a substantial body of knowledge about public health interventions in emergencies, due to pressure for improved scrutiny and accountability in aid spending.
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  Profile of internal displacement : Rwanda

  Norwegian Refugee Council, 2004

  Almost five years after the UN stopped counting internally displaced people (IDPs) in Rwanda, this report finds that there are still 180,000 relocated families living under plastic sheeting, in damaged shelters or temporarily occupying other people's homes.
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  Gender mainstreaming in disaster reduction

  United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, 2002

  This paper examines the gender dynamics of disasters, and advocates gender sensitive planning and programming to prevent and respond to disasters. The authors propose that a balanced and equal participation of both women and men in formulating and implementing policies and programmes will facilitating utilising the maximum talent available.
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  Gender- and conflict-sensitive program management

  Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, 2004

  The Conflict Prevention and Transformation division of the Swiss Development Agency has launched a process called Conflict Sensitive Programme Management. (CSPM) This is meant to help SDC programmes to contribute more consciously and effectively towards non-violent conflict resolution and peacebuilding.
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  Bridging the gap: involuntary population movement and reconstruction strategy

  Oxford Brookes University, UK, 2003

  This paper aims to bridge the gap between refugee research and resettlement research; and between displacement and reconstruction.
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  Financing of income generation activities in the wake of conflict

  Network Learning, 2003

  This paper provides guidelines for NGOs working in post-conflict situations on how to finance income generating activities.
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  Resilience and high performance amidst conflict, epidemics and extreme poverty : the Lacor Hospital, northern Uganda

  European Centre for Development Policy Management, 2004

  This case study describes how the Lacor hospital has grown into a 474-bed centre of medical excellence, setting an example for the rest of the health system and helping to build health care capacity for the whole country.
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  Coping with hunger and poverty in Ethiopia

  ESRC Research Group on Wellbeing in Developing Countries . University of Bath, 2004

  This paper is an examination of how people in Ethiopia are faring, twenty years after a major famine. The paper is comprised of interviews with individuals in different communities, interwoven with the authors’ conclusions and narrative.
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  Profile of internal displacement: Nepal

  Norwegian Refugee Council, 2004

  This paper reports on information from the global internally displaced database (IDP), compiled by the Norwegian Refugee Council as of September 2004.
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  Profile of internal displacement: Nigeria

  Norwegian Refugee Council, 2004

  This paper reports on information from the global internally displaced database, compiled by the Norwegian Refugee Council as of October 2004.

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