21. Post-Conflict Health Reconstruction: New Foundations for U.S. Policy
- Author:
- Leonard S. Rubenstein
- Publication Date:
- 09-2009
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- United States Institute of Peace
- Abstract:
- The stabilization and reconstruction of states emerging from conflict has gained increasing attention in U.S. foreign policy as means to promote well-governed states, avoid future conflict and alleviate the enduring human suffering from war. Over the last two decades, stabilization and reconstruction initiatives supported by the United States and other donors have sometimes included investments in re-establishing – or in some cases, establishing for the first time – a system of health services for the population. Despite the knowledge generated and the encouraging outcomes of many of these programs, however, and the increasing attention to and financial commitments to global health in U.S. foreign assistance, the place and priority of health reconstruction as part of post-conflict U.S. stabilization initiatives remain undefined.
- Topic:
- Foreign Policy, Development, Humanitarian Aid, and Foreign Aid
- Political Geography:
- United States