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The 2010 cholera outbreak in Haiti: how science solved a controversy. [PDF]
PLoS Pathog, 2014 The article focuses on the genetic basis of the spread of cholera in Haiti which clarifies both the climatic and human transmission hypotheses explaining the origin of the disease after the January 12, 2010 earthquake.
Orata FD, Keim PS, Boucher Y.
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Skilling race: Affective labor and “white” pedagogies in the Chilean service economy
American Anthropologist, Volume 124, Issue 3, Page 536-547, September 2022., 2022 Abstract This article examines the effects of racialization practices in quotidian encounters between migrant Haitian women looking for work and Chilean recruiters in job interviews and skills‐training programs in Santiago. Drawing on ethnographic research, I show how racialized differences are made material and emotional based on a particular history ...
Sofía Ugarte
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The Role of UN Peace Operations in Countering Health Insecurity after COVID‐19
Global Policy, Volume 13, Issue 2, Page 271-280, May 2022., 2022 Abstract This Policy Insight suggests the UN must account for a diverse range of conflict drivers, including health insecurity, and that UN peace operations can play a role in countries of deployment to counter health crises. Insecurity is experienced in a variety of different ways in a complex world where threats are multifaceted.
Alexander Gilder
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Experiencing Time and Space within the United Nations
Global Policy, Volume 12, Issue S7, Page 14-23, December 2021., 2021 Abstract Departing from an objective understanding of time and space, this article investigates time and space together as daily individual and social experiences within the United Nations (UN) system. Focused on both staff members and civil society partners, it explores how experiences of time and space affect the way the UN functions.
Leah R. Kimber, Lucile Maertens
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Social Sciences, 2021 During the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), reports of sexual abuse and exploitation and children fathered by peacekeepers were brought forward to the UN.
Luissa Vahedi +4 more
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Deployment of personnel to military operations: impact on mental health and social functioning. [PDF]
Campbell Syst Rev, 2018 This Campbell systematic review examines the effects of deployment on mental health. The review summarizes evidence from 185 studies. All studies used observational data to quantify the effect of deployment. This review includes studies that evaluate the effects of deployment on mental health. A total of 185 studies were identified. However, only 40 of
Bøg M, Filges T, Jørgensen AMK.
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Minustah's Specialized Police Team to Combat Sexual Violence in Haiti [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016 This paper examines the Norwegian specialized police team (SPT) that has been deployed to the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) since late 2010. The objective of the team is to build the capacity of the Haitian National Police (HNP) to conduct investigations into sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV).
Marina Caparini, Kari Osland
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Stability : International Journal of Security and Development, 2020 The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) has been marred by reports of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) perpetrated against local women/girls.
Carla King, Sabine Lee, Susan A. Bartels
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A Multi‐Transition Approach to Evaluating Peacekeeping Effectiveness
Kyklos, Volume 73, Issue 4, Page 543-567, November 2020., 2020 SUMMARY Past studies of the effectiveness of peacekeeping operations (PKOs) mainly focus on the preservation of peace. If the transitions from peace to conflict or from conflict to peace are correlated based on grievances or war weariness, then a multi‐transition survival analysis provides more efficient estimates and may limit bias.
Wukki Kim +2 more
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Revista de Educação Física, 2019 Introdução: Face a importância do preparo dos militares para o cumprimento de suas atribuições na missão de paz no Haiti (MINUSTAH), os combatentes do Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais da Marinha do Brasil apresentaram diversas dificuldades para realizarem ...
André Luiz da Silva
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