Written by Dr Gemma Sou, Lecturer in International Disaster Management.@gemmasouAfter Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico on September 20th 2017, the media kicked into frenzy mode and recounted the devastation brought by the grade 5 Hurricane. This was...
Category: Staff blogs
Broken Bodies: the paradox of improving maternal health in low-middle income countries
Written by Jenna Murray de López, Programme Director of HCRI's MA in Humanitarianism and Conflict Response. jenna.murray@manchester.ac.uk Measuring the quality of maternal health outcomes is not isolated to the moment of birth. As Dr. Princess Nothemba Simelela (WHO...
Views on challenges for disaster management research, policy and practice: a call for new perspectives
Dr Billy Tusker Haworth, Programme Director, MSc Disaster Management: Resilience, Response and Relief (Online), HCRI, University of ManchesterTwitter: @BillyTuskerDisaster management, in theory and in practice, is complex to say the least. While there are many things...
The Oxfam Scandal: Humanitarians and Sexual Exploitation
By Professor Bertrand Taithe (HCRI Executive Director) and Dr Róisín Read (Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies)The guardians of public morality, the British Press, have uncovered events that date from as far back as 2011. They could have found public revelations...
Online DMRRR Master’s Programme: An Introduction from Dr Olivia Fung, HKPU
Greetings from Hong Kong Polytechnic University- PolyU!I am pleased to inform you that the Master of Science in Disaster Management (Resilience, Response and Relief) (DMRRR) is now open for registration. The DMRRR is a joint award programme offered by the School of...
Secondment at World Health Organisation (WHO)
By Dr Hassaan Afzal, HCRI Research Fellow.In August 2017 I joined HCRI as a research fellow to work on the impact of attacks on healthcare. HCRI is a World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Emergency Medical Teams and Emergency Capacity Building, and...
Year in Review 2017
Here is a look back at key events in 2017. We would like to thank you for your continuous support and for contributing to the success of HCRI this past year. January UK-Med, a disaster response charity based at HCRI, verified by the World Health Organization as part...
Policy Brief: Making efforts count after Irma and Maria: household relief and recovery in Puerto Rico
By Dr Gemma Sou and Dr Félix Aponte-González Abstract Hurricane Irma hit Puerto Rico on September 6, 2017. This was soon followed by hurricane Maria on September 20, 2017 causing widespread and devastating impacts in Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands in the...
Bridging the legitimacy gap – why INGOs should have clarity in their legal status as international actors
By Dr Erla Thrandardottir and Dr Vincent Keating Over the past few decades, INGOs have become influential actors in international politics, gaining privileged access to international debates and policy processes. They are by and large accepted by major states and main...
The Manipulation of Aid
By Dr Eleanor Davey.A small but vigorous cottage industry has grown up around the instrumentalisation of humanitarian aid. It sustains both researchers and journalists. Perhaps the most pointed in the latter category is the Dutch writer Linda Polman, whose book...
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