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Title

Protecting the right to health of internally displaced mothers and children: the imperative of inter-cluster coordination for translating best practices into effective participatory action.

Authors

Bile, K. M.; Hafeez, A.; Kazi, G. N.; Southall, D.

Abstract

Substantive progress has been achieved in advancing emergency response interventions during disasters including assistance of internally displaced persons (IDPs). Explicit operational technical guidelines and management strategies have been successfully applied through the "cluster approach". In 2008-09 armed conflict in several districts of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan resulted in over 2.7 million IDPs. This report describes the response by the Pakistan government, assisted by the hosting populations and humanitarian partners, to deal with the crisis using the cluster approach to ensure the health protection of the IDPs, particularly mothers and children.

Subjects

PAKISTAN; PREVENTION of communicable diseases; EMERGENCY management; GOVERNMENT agencies; CHILD welfare; HEALTH education; HEALTH promotion; HEALTH services accessibility; HEALTH status indicators; HUMAN rights; HUMANITARIANISM; NEEDS assessment; NUTRITIONAL assessment; REFUGEES; SANITATION; WATER supply; MOTHERS; AT-risk people; SOCIAL history

Publication

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 2011, Vol 17, Issue 12, p981

ISSN

1020-3397

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.26719/2011.17.12.981