Citation

Greenough PG, Nazerali R, Fink S, VanRooyen MJ. Prehosp. Disaster Med. 2007; 22(5): 369-376.

Affiliation

Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA. ggreenou@hsph.harvard.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Cambridge University Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

18087904

Abstract

As the humanitarian health response industry grows, there is a need for technical health expertise that can build an evidence base around outcome measures and raise the quality and accountability of the health relief response. We propose the formation of technical support units (TSUs), entities of health expertise institutionalized within humanitarian non-governmental organizations (NGOs), which will bridge the gap between the demand for evidence-based, humanitarian programming and the field capacity to accomplish it. With the input of major humanitarian NGOs and donors, this paper discusses the attributes and capacities ofTSUs; and the mechanisms for creating and enhancing TSUs within the NGO management structure.

Language: en