Protecting the Right to Health of Internally Displaced Mothers and Children: The Imperative of Inter-Cluster Coordination for Translating Best Practices into Effective Participatory Action

• 2011

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• Khalif Mohamud Bile; Assad Hafeez; Ghulam Nabi Kazi; David Southall
PMID: 22355953DOI: https://doi.org/10.26719/2011.17.12.981

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This article highlights the significant progress made in emergency response interventions for disasters, focusing on assisting internally displaced persons (IDPs). It discusses the successful application of operational guidelines and management strategies through the "cluster approach" during the 2008-09 armed conflict in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA, Pakistan, which led to over 2.7 million IDPs. The report details the response efforts by the Pakistan government, supported by hosting populations and humanitarian partners, to address the crisis using the cluster approach to prioritize the health protection of IDPs, especially mothers and children.

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Focus Area: Violence

Audiences: Emergency Managers; EMS Clinicians

Emergency Management Stages: Response; Recovery

Bundles: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Child Welfare; Disaster Planning; Disasters; Emergency Medical Services; Health Services Accessibility; Human Rights; Infant, Newborn, Diseases; Maternal Welfare; Maternal-Child Health Centers; Mothers; Pakistan; Refugees; Relief Work; Needs Assessment; Vulnerable Populations

Institutions: World Health Organization (WHO); Ministry of National Health Services Regulations & Coordination's Islamabad

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