OBJECTIVE To examine the impact of humanitarian aid from the perspectives of local stakeholders in Sri Lanka following the tsunami disaster of December 2004. STUDY DESIGN Qualitative study using key informant and focus group interviews. METHODS Key informant and focus group interviews were conducted with tsunami survivors, community leaders, the local authorities and aid workers sampled pur...

ABSTRACT In the 1960s, farmers pressed trespass charges against aid workers providing assistance to agricultural laborers living on farmers’ private property. Some of first court decisions address these types trespass, such as well-known and frequently taught State v. Shack (1971), limited property rights enabled enter camps where migrants lived. Yet there was a world before Shack, in which wel...

The growth of the humanitarian aid industry has led to the proliferation of relief programs and the rapid rise in the number of relief personnel working in the field. One major necessity in developing successful international programs is appropriately trained field personnel. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the educational practice and training methods for field workers by non-governm...

Asking questions – questioning is a medium through which we clarify our thinking as well others’. Questioning also begin to oppose the current system. An important space for academia. When students ask critical their educators, this practice becomes form of students’ active participation in learning process. Besides, vast majority are future workers (and many them indeed already workers), so de...

BACKGROUND Workplace injuries are common, cause significant morbidity for workers and have considerable economic impact. General practitioners can play an important role in facilitating early return to work, improving outcomes for all parties. OBJECTIVE This article provides guiding principles for the initial assessment and early treatment phase of injury with a primary focus on the rehabilit...

conclusions these findings indicate relatively high prevalence rate of ha infection among nurses and paramedical personnel at this hospital. nevertheless, 30% of the health workers have been seronegative and are still at risk of ha infection development. considering that the disease has more severe course as age increases, improvement of standard hygiene and prevention strategies are recommende...

The development of endophyte inoculants for agricultural crops has been bedevilled by the twin problems of a lack of reliability and consistency, with a consequent lack of belief among end users in the efficacy of such treatments. We have developed a successful research pipeline for the production of a reliable, consistent and environmentally targeted fungal endophyte seed-delivered inoculant f...

BACKGROUND There is currently a lack of reliable information on the exposures of residents and bystanders to pesticides in the UK. Previous research has shown that the methods currently used for assessing pesticide exposure for regulatory purposes are appropriate for farm workers 1. However, there were indications that the exposures of bystanders may sometimes be underestimated. The previous st...

Land degradation is a global problem that particularly impacts the poor rural inhabitants of low and middle-income countries. We improve upon existing literature by estimating the extent of rural populations in 2000 and 2010 globally on degrading and improving agricultural land, taking into account the role of market access, and analyzing the resulting impacts on poverty. Using a variety of spa...