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Learning through crisis: development and implementation of a health cluster strategy for internally displaced persons

Authors :
K M Bile
Shadoul Af
Raaijmakers H
Shabib K
Altaf S
Source :
Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 16:82-90
Publication Year :
2010
Publisher :
World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (WHO/EMRO), 2010.

Abstract

Five major disasters in Pakistan affected close to 8 million people from 2005 to 2009. The 2008-09 humanitarian crisis in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan resulted in 2.76 million internally displaced persons (IDPs), of whom 88% were off-camp IDPs hosted by the local population. The service delivery challenges posed by the IDPs, their sparse geographical distribution and phased displacement were managed through a successful health response strategy, which focused on 13 major interventions supplemented by a set of standard guidelines for field implementation. This study evaluates the process and results attained by this coordinated health cluster strategy that has guided the mobilization and implementation of a colossal humanitarian response to an unprecedented crisis in Pakistan's history.

Details

ISSN :
16871634 and 10203397
Volume :
16
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....397e3bb16127c25d9e33dcb7803ec80a
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.26719/2010.16.supp.82