Saturday, June 4, 2011

From Humanitarian and Post-conflict Assistance to Health System Strengthening in Fragile States: Clarifying the Transition and the Role of NGOs

This policy brief focuses on the transition from emergency assistance and relief to strengthening the health system for the long term, and the role of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and how they can help fragile states to rehabilitate their health systems. There is general agreement on the broad features of state fragility, but as a category it contains significant variation. Thus, transition strategies and interventions need to be contextualized for particular country situations.

Author: Derick W. Brinkerhoff
Published: Nov 1 2008


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Categorization

Topic

Governance and Accountability

Country/Region

Afghanistan
Congo (Kinshasa)
El Salvador
Liberia
Mozambique
Pakistan
Somalia
Sudan

Source: http://www.healthsystems2020.org/content/resource/detail/2153/

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