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Violent acts that directly affect the delivery of health care range from indiscriminate violence, to direct attacks against health workers, obstruction and discrimination, as well as damage to health facilities and vehicles. Although violence affects health care in all countries,…
Hazardous asbestos waste can be generated by a disaster and during search and rescue operations, clean-up operations, demolition and transitional settlement and reconstruction activities. Humanitarian organisations involved in any of the above activities need to recognise the risks associated with the…
The GISF Annual Report March 2015 – February 2016 aims to inform members, donors and stakeholders of the impact GISF has had on NGO security management during the reporting period. This is largely examined through the lens of the GISF…
The GISF Member and Network Survey 2016 is a snapshot of GISF member and network-user’s opinions on GISF events and research, as well as more strategic questions about GISF and its future direction. The survey results are comprised of two surveys,…
This Safer Edge brief assess the scope of the current Zika Virus outbreak in Latin America. The brief provides a background to the outbreak and explores the possible organisational implications.
This InterHealth/People in Aid report written by Benjamin Porter and Ben Emmens (2009) argues that staff care across the humanitarian and development sector remains inconsistent and diverse. This is largely due to the various operational models and contexts that INGOs…
The effectiveness of humanitarian action hinges on access: access by humanitarian practitioners to people in need, or by people in need to essential goods and services. New technological advances that have emerged or become more widely available in the past few years…
This policy brief (2016) asserts that the scale and severity of human suffering in current armed conflicts represent a distressing race to the bottom in disregard for the basic rules regulating armed conflict. Civilian deaths and injuries resulting from explosive…
En los últimos años se han producido ataques terroristas contra hoteles en diferentes lugares del mundo que han acabado con un gran elevado número de víctimas entre sus ocupantes. Esta ficha ayudará a identificar y seleccionar hoteles seguros para el…
This document serves to give guidelines for country offices where earthquakes occur in order to give the best opportunity to keep staff and visitors safe during this type of potential disaster.