Role of NGOs in Restoring Health Services in Conflict Areas

What is it about?

Armed conflict is a major public health hazard that cannot be ignored. It adversely affects civilians directly, and indirectly, through the resulting complex emergencies. Complex emergencies are usually associated with widespread destruction of property, massive displacement of populations, increasing morbidity, mortality, and high disease outbreaks. Consequently complex emergencies require rapid and coordinated response to deliver essential services to the affected population and reduce the likelihood of high morbidity, mortality, and disease outbreaks. In terms of providing health services in complex emergencies, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) play a very significant role. This research aims at empirically substantiating the successful strategies adopted by the NGOs to run their projects under threats and to know the perceptions of the community toward NGOs and their services in the tribal areas of Pakistan.

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Why is it important?

Based on results, out research found that health care is a highly demanded service in the study area, and the government does not have the capacity nor the resources to ensure decent health coverage for all the people of the region. NGOs indeed have a crucial role not only in building the capacity of the government and the community but also in restoring and providing health services in the region

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