From Humanitarian Assistance to Human Development - Softcover

Macinko, James; Rodriguez-Garcia, Rosalia; Casas, Juan Antonio

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0963636928 ISBN 13: 9780963636928

Publisher: Pan American Health Organization, 1998

Synopsis

Civil, political and military conflict--Natural and man-made disasters--Poverty and human suffering...As the new millennium approaches, the need for humanitarian assistance in response to these global challenges endures. Complex humanitarian emergencies demand human, financial and material resources on an international scale. This presents the global community, and particularly the health sector, with a formidable and daunting task: Faced with limited resources, how can organizations and actors simultaneously meet immediate humanitarian needs while maintaining their commitment to long term human development? More specifically, how can humanitarian relief and sustainable human development efforts be linked?

From Humanitarian Assistance to Human Development responds and reacts to this question by serving as a forum for distinguished members of the health and development arena to present issues, policies and innovative programs in response. Divided into three sections, the book examines the humanitarian assistance-human development continuum within the global-policy context of human development, reviews humanitarian assistance as a social phenomena, highlights country experiences in Rwanda and Bosnia, and discusses means of relieving human suffering and restoring infrastructure and health and social services in the aftermath of conflict.

In this thought-provoking, informative volume, the perspectives, experiences and proposals of specialists from academic institutions, national and international agencies and non-governmental organizations are united to help inform future policy, inspire programmatic action and, ultimately, bridge the gap between humanitarian assistance and human development.

About this title

About the Author:

Rosalia Rodriguez-Garcia, Professor and Chair, The George Washington University Department of International Public Health, School of Public Health and Health Services; Director, the GW Center for International Health, Washington, DC, USA.

James A. Macinko, International Health Associate, The George Washington University Center for International Health, Washington, DC, USA.

Juan Antonio Casas, Director, Division of Health and Human Development, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Pan American Sanitary Bureau, Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO), Washington, DC, USA.

Sir George Alleyne, Director, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Pan American Sanitary Bureau, Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO), Washington, DC, USA.

John H. Bryant, Emeritus Professor of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.

Aleya El-Bindari Hammad, Former Executive Administrator for Health Policy in Development, World Health Organization; Visiting Professor, The George Washington University Department of International Public Health, School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, DC, USA.

Martha Finnemore, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University.

Abdel R. Omran, Adjunct Professor, The George Washington University Department of International public Health, School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, DC, USA.

Harold Seidl, Former Director, Disaster Response, Adventist Development and Relief Agency International, Rockville, MD, USA.

Sara Smith, The George Washington University Department of International Public Health, School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, DC, USA.

Jose Romero Teruel, Special Advisor in International Health, Former Director, Division of Health and Human Development, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, USA.

Anne Tinker, Senior Health Specialist, Human Development Department, The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA.

Octavi Quintana Trias, Member of the Board, Doctors of the World; Deputy Director- General, Ministry of Health, Spain.

William F. Waters, Adjunct Associate Professor and Senior Associate, The George Washington University Center for International Health, Washington, DC, USA.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pan American Health Organization
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0963636928
• ISBN 13: 9780963636928
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 127