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Information as Humanitarian Aid

open access: yes, 2021
For a plethora of decisions we make on a daily basis, we can rely on timely, tailored information delivered via digital services. The technologies and the knowledge needed for the design, development and delivery of digital services have become increasingly accessible.
Kenny Meesters, Yan Wang
openaire   +1 more source

A purchasing portfolio model for humanitarian supply chain resilience: perspectives from a development aid context

open access: yesJournal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 2021
PurposeThe impact of supply disruptions from unplanned events can cause goods shortage, limited responsiveness and high opportunity cost thus compromising development aid programmes' achievement targets.
Narath Bhusiri   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Humanitarian need drives multilateral disaster aid

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021
Significance Threats to human livelihoods resulting from natural hazards are increasing due to climate change. Climate-related disasters such as floods, storms, and droughts have destroyed shelter, reduced crop yields, harmed livestock, and fueled ...
L. Dellmuth   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Moral Dilemmas in Humanitarian Aid Activities

open access: yesNous Academy Journal, 2023
Although humanitarian aid activities aim to relieve suffering and improve the existing situation, in some cases this goodwill can do more harm than good. There are moral dilemmas experienced for various reasons on the basis of this. A humanitarian action
Sedanur Karakoç
doaj   +1 more source

A Rapid Realist Review of Group Psychological First Aid for Humanitarian Workers and Volunteers

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
Humanitarian workers are at an elevated risk of occupational trauma exposure and its associated psychological consequences, and experience increased levels of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) compared to the general ...
Julia Corey   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Blockchain for social good: A review of applications in humanitarian aid and social initiatives

open access: yesInternational Journal of Science and Research Archive
Blockchain technology has emerged as a revolutionary force with the potential to address pressing social challenges and transform traditional paradigms in humanitarian aid and social initiatives.
Rosita Ebere Daraojimba   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Data to the rescue: how humanitarian aid NGOs should collect information based on the GDPR

open access: yesJournal of International Humanitarian Action, 2020
Data collection is valuable before, during and after interventions in order to increase the effectiveness of humanitarian projects. Although the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) sets forth rules for the processing of personal data, its ...
Theodora Gazi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The psychological antecedents of resistance to humanitarian aid

open access: yesGroup Processes & Intergroup Relations, 2020
Victims of natural or humanitarian disasters sometimes resist aid offered to them, resulting in slower recovery among victims, and feelings of rejection among aid offerers.
Ali Mashuri   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Health aid displacement during a decade of conflict (2011–19) in Syria: an exploratory analysis

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2023
Background Syria has been in continuous conflict since 2011, resulting in more than 874,000 deaths and 13.7 million internally displaced people (IDPs) and refugees.
Munzer Alkhalil   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Humanitarian Aid Workers: The Forgotten First Responders

open access: yesPrehospital and Disaster Medicine, 2020
Humanitarian aid workers are an overlooked population within the structure of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) research and assistance. This negligence is an industry-wide failure to address aid workers’ psychological health issues.
R. Macpherson, F. Burkle
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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