PHA-Exchange> Key issues guide on service delivery in difficultenvironments

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From: "Ingrid Young" <I.Young at ids.ac.uk>


> New HRC/Eldis key issues guide on service delivery in difficult
> Environments
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> 
> The HRC/Eldis Health Systems Resource Guide has recently
> launched a new feature.
> 
> 500 million people, including around 200 million people living
> in extreme poverty, live in countries that have been categorised
> as difficult environments, poor performing countries, fragile
> states, or failed states. The international community has in-
> creasingly recognised the human cost of not engaging with these
> countries and that new approaches are needed to meet the needs
> of poor people in these environments. However, most analyses on
> how to address the basic quality of life of poor people say very
> little about the most effective aid instruments and channels
> that support basic social services for the poor.
> 
> This HRC/ELDIS key issues guide provides an in-depth exploration
> of service delivery in fragile states and other difficult envi-
> ronments. Produced in collaboration with subject experts and
> drawing heavily on country case studies, it explores major prob-
> lems in delivering services that benefit the poor, reviews evi-
> dence, and outlines policy and operational recommendations to
> help improve donor interventions. Access the guide at:
> http://www.eldis.org/healthsystems/sdde/index.htm
> 
> 
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> Ingrid Young
> DFID Health Resource Centre
> Institute of Development Studies
> at the University of Sussex, 
> http://www.eldis.org/hivaids/
> http://www.eldis.org/healthsystems/
> http://www.eldis.org/health/