Health and Fragile States

Who we are

Providing health services in fragile states and conflict affected settings is a challenge. To help address this challenge, a new Health and Fragile States Network was created in October 2007 by a group of interested agencies and donors. The aim is to stimulate the policy and research agenda around how to best organize and finance health services in these environments. The Steering Committee consists of representatives from the Conflict and Health Programme at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, DFID, European Commission, HealthNet TPO, International Rescue Committee (IRC), Merlin, Save the Children UK, University of New South Wales Sydney, UNICEF, World Bank and WHO. The Secretariat has recently been handed over from the LSHTM to the International Medical Corps (IMC). The Network is aimed at health professionals and others interested in health issues and health system strengthening in fragile states.

News and Events

A Network Roundtable on health and statebuilding was held at DfID on December 10, 2009.

Launches of The Good Practice Report and the Eldis Dossier on Health and Fragile States were held at the IDS in Brighton and at the London International Development Centre in June 2009 in the UK.

Papers on health sector reconstruction and statebuilding, and post-conflict health sectors and transitional funding are now available.

A website on the use of epidemiological tools in conflict has been published.

Network members attended the World Conference on Humanitarian Studies in Groningen, Netherlands, Feb 4-7th, 2009. Papers and presentations on early recovery and health, and humanitarian space are available here.

Sign up to the Network

Please sign up to the Network here. Notification of important events and key documents will be emailed to you occassionally. Signing up will also allow you to post documents, weblinks and calendar events to the website to share with others.