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- Title
Emerging issues and future needs in humanitarian assistance.
- Authors
VanRooyen MJ; Hansch S; Curtis D; Burnham G; VanRooyen, M J; Hansch, S; Curtis, D; Burnham, G
- Abstract
During the past two decades, there has been tremendous investment in the ability to intervene in disaster settings, and significant barriers remain to providing appropriate services to populations affected by natural and man-made calamities. Many of the barriers to providing effective assistance exist within the NGO community, and illustrate emerging needs for international agencies. These emerging needs include improving methods of recipient participation to promote the local health system, developing improved methods for quality assurance, enhancing options for personnel development, and addressing long-term needs of reconstruction and rehabilitation. Relief agencies face challenges on all levels to develop sound practices in providing humanitarian assistance that can lead to long-term benefits to populations affected by disaster.
- Publication
Prehospital & Disaster Medicine, 2001, Vol 16, Issue 4, p216
- ISSN
1049-023X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1017/s1049023x00043338