From complex emergencies to terrorism-New tools for health-sector coordination in conflict-associated disasters

David A. Bradt; Christina M. Drummond

doi:10.1017/S1049023X00001151

From complex emergencies to terrorism-New tools for health-sector coordination in conflict-associated disasters

David A. Bradt, Christina M. Drummond

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Abstract

Inter-agency coordination in humanitarian assistance dates as a discipline from the 1960s. The United Nations, Red Cross, governmental, and nongovernmental agencies have evolved different mechanisms to achieve it. Present practices in field-based, inter-agency coordination of the health sector remain variable and non-standardized. International experiences in coordination of humanitarian assistance reveal numerous issues of jurisdiction, authority, capacity, and competency. New tools to help overcome these issues in the health-sector coordination include binding principles of engagement, protocols for the assumption of responsibilities, standardized minimum essential data sets, and health-sector component summaries.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	263-271
Number of pages	9
Journal	Prehospital and disaster medicine
Volume	18
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X00001151
State	Published - 2003

Keywords

complex emergencies
component summary
coordination
disaster
health sector
minimum essential data sets
terrorism

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Emergency Medicine
Emergency

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