What are the political, economic, social and security implications of the Ebola crisis, with a particular focus on Sierra Leone?
It is a pressing question for donors and NGOs alike: is funding development and humanitarian work in fragile and conflict-affected states (FCAS) the equivalent of pouring money into a bottomless pit, if achievements are only going to be undone by further cycles of violence? There is, of course, a st...rong humanitarian imperative to meet the needs of those caught up in violence. However, if the long-term aim of humanitarian and development efforts is the reduction of poverty, it begs the question: what contribution can these programmes make to building peace and stability – and thus increase their own effectiveness and sustainability?
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DG Echo Funding Guidelines
Rapport de plaidoyer Mars 2011
303100 03/2011 E 1,000
Paper commissioned for the EFA Global Monitoring Report 2010, Reaching the marginalized
A non-exhaustive reference list of organizations working with and for persons with disabilities world-wide.
Resource Kit for Field workers
Making education more inclusive requires schools and education authorities to remove the barriers to education experienced by the most excluded children - often the poorest, children with disabilities, children without family care, girls, or children from minority groups. Also included in the text a...re examples of children from very remote areas, girls excluded from school, children from ethnic groups, children with language barriers, and children in countries affected by conflict.
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The design of anaesthesia equipment for use in hospitals in the developing world must take intoaccount the local conditions, particularly whether reliable supplies of compressed oxygen andelectricity are available. Designs should ensure that maintenance is feasible locally. Internationalstandards sh...ould encourage the design of suitable equipment to ensure safe anaesthesia for patientsworldwide
Anaesthesia, 2007,62(Suppl. 1), pages 54–60
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Nature | Vol 600 | 2 December 2021 |
BMC Medicine201614:112 DOI: 10.1186/s12916-016-0660-0
This edition of UNICEF’s annual Humanitarian Action for Children highlights UNICEF’s funding appeal, which sets out an ambitious agenda to address the major challenges facing children and young people living through conflict and crisis. It presents the investments needed in 2021 to save their li...ves and protect their futures.
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PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196239 April 23, 2018
Sci Rep. 2016; 6: 25920. Published online 2016 May 16. doi: 10.1038/srep25920