Re:  Australia – Canada Consortium on Health and Conflict
http://healthandconflict.sphcm.med.unsw.edu.au

Dear    Friends,
I am writing to introduce you to the Australia-Canada Consortium on Health
 and Conflict, an AusAID funded project which draws on the experience of
 academics and practitioners from Australia and Canada at the interface
 between health systems and conflict prevention and peace-building,
conflict
 management and reduction, and support for post-conflict recovery.  The
 countries forming part of this study are East Timor, Sri Lanka, Solomon
 Islands, Bougainville/PNG, and Cambodia.

The initial year of the project was largely devoted to exploring the vast
 area of health and conflict, types of conflict situations, and specific
 country situations.  A two-phase approach has been adopted to drive the
 project forward.  The first phase predominantly involved secondary
research
 and concentrated largely on framing the research questions. The two
initial
 papers cover what the team deems essential to introduce the area of
health,
 conflict and peace-building:

I. Health and Peace-building: Securing the Future
This first issues paper sets the scene for contemplating the relationship
 between health and peace-building in humanitarian crises and development,
 specifically focusing on the long-term health and social impact of
 violence.

II.  The Challenge of Human Resource Management in Conflict-Prone
 Situations
This second issues paper explores the characteristics of post-conflict and
 transition periods, and challenges they present to the health workforce.

Additionally, each Issues paper is accompanied by a more comprehensive
 Background paper or brief Considerations for Policy, with the appropriate
 links below.  Alternatively, you can access these documents and further
 information regarding the project from:
http://healthandconflict.sphcm.med.unsw.edu.au.

The second phase of the project will develop and test a peace-mapping tool
 for health programs in conflict-affected countries.  Initial findings from
 the first phase of the project highlighted the need for a combined
conflict
 vulnerability and health impact assessment.  While there are a number of
 conflict vulnerability and impact assessment tools, rarely do they include
 categories measuring health and social well-being.  Equally true, health
 assessments have generally been undertaken separately from the process of
 peace and conflict impact assessments.  Recognising the need to develop
 such a tool in which health actors begin applying a peace and conflict
lens
 to their work, both to evaluate the performance of current activities
 (avoiding contributing to violence and instability) and to recognize and
 act on opportunities to enhance peace in their future work, the team will
 test and validate the tool within the Asia-Pacific region.  The tool will
 contribute to the enhancing the effectiveness of health initiatives in
 unstable or precarious environments.


Issues Paper I: Health and Peace-building: Securing the Future
http://sphcm.med.unsw.edu.au/sphcm.nsf/c2fabb74f3f54c22ca256afc00097c53/ddc68095c9ab62b8ca256f6300760289/$FILE/Issue_Paper_I.pdf


Background Paper I: Health and Peace-building: Securing the Future

http://sphcm.med.unsw.edu.au/sphcm.nsf/c2fabb74f3f54c22ca256afc00097c53/ddc68095c9ab62b8ca256f6300760289/$FILE/Background%20I,%20Health%20and%20Peace.pdf


Considerations for Policy I: Health and Peace-building: Securing the Future

http://sphcm.med.unsw.edu.au/sphcm.nsf/c2fabb74f3f54c22ca256afc00097c53/ddc68095c9ab62b8ca256f6300760289/$FILE/Policy%20I,%20Health%20and%20Peace.pdf


Issues Paper II: The Challenge of Human Resource Management in
Conflict-Prone Situations
http://sphcm.med.unsw.edu.au/sphcm.nsf/c2fabb74f3f54c22ca256afc00097c53/ddc68095c9ab62b8ca256f6300760289/$FILE/Issue_Paper_II.pdf


Background Paper II: The Challenge of Human Resource Management in
 Conflict-Prone Situations
http://sphcm.med.unsw.edu.au/sphcm.nsf/c2fabb74f3f54c22ca256afc00097c53/ddc68095c9ab62b8ca256f6300760289/$FILE/Background%20II,%20HR%20Challenges.pdf


Considerations for Policy II: The Challenge for Human Resource Management
 in Conflict-Prone Situations
http://sphcm.med.unsw.edu.au/sphcm.nsf/c2fabb74f3f54c22ca256afc00097c53/ddc68095c9ab62b8ca256f6300760289/$FILE/Policy%20II,%20HR%20Challenges.pdf




Anne W. Bunde-Birouste

** please take a look at our new site; your  contributions reflexions,
 resources, etc are welcome!
http://healthandconflict.sphcm.med.unsw.edu.au

Senior Lecturer
Coordinator, Health and Conflict Research Project
School of Public Health and Community Medicine
The University of New South Wales
Sydney, NSW 2052 Australia
CRICOS Provider No: 00098G
Tel : (61-2) 9385- 2591; 2517;
fax : (61-2) 9385-1526
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web :http://sphcm.med.unsw.edu.au
Anne W. Bunde-Birouste