Marilyn A. DeLuca, PhD, RN, is a leader in global health, systems, and workforce. Principal of the consultant practice Global Health-Health Systems-Philanthropy, she works with multilateral organizations, policy makers, nongovernmental organizations, foundations, and donors. Lead editor of the book Transforming the Global Health Workforce (DeLuca and Soucat, 2013), she is a registered professio...

We present an empirical analysis of targeted attacks against a human-rights Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) representing a minority living in China. In particular, we analyze the social engineering techniques, attack vectors, and malware employed in malicious emails received by two members of the NGO over a four-year period. We find that both the language and topic of the emails were highly...

ABSTRACT All organizations related to rural or urban development, whether they are Non-Governmental Organizations (Non-Governmental Organizations) the Government, make joint efforts in various activities. Some NGOs engaged helping weaker sections of society, such as small farmers and marginal farmers, agricultural workers, women reserved castes, while others building schools hospitals areas, be...

Ð International cooperation over the major rivers in South Asia has recently become much closer. Five agreements, signed in 1996 and 1997 against a background of greater regional economic and nongovernmental contact, could facilitate signi®cant progress to mitigate ̄ooding and drought, to provide a basis for greater regional cooperation, and to sustain irrigation expansion and industrial develop...

Members of the 67th World Health Assembly in 2014 were presented with a framework document to guide World Health Organization (WHO) engagement with non-state actors, a key part of WHO reform kick-started in 2011. According to this document, non-state actors include four distinct constituencies: i) nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), ii) private sector entities; iii) philanthropic foundations;...

Field research was conducted to identify the successes and limitations of three income generation projects in South India: a non-governmental organization (NGO) that produced handloom products; an NGO that produced baskets; and a cooperative that produced baskets. Interview data and financial statements were analyzed to determine the financial viability of the projects and benefits to workers. ...

The post-Cold War trend of convergence between military and nonmilitary tasks has accelerated over the past six years as western nations seek to defeat the insurgencies in Afghanistan and Iraq. One result of this convergence is an increased role for military forces in the conduct of humanitarian missions previously viewed as the sole preserve of nongovernmental organizations. This transition is...