Health and Peacebuilding
Latest from USIP on Health and Peacebuilding
- July 29, 2011 | Publication
From Sudan to Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. Institute of Peace uses the power of its neutrality and its peacebuilding expertise to bring together groups that might not otherwise meet or coordinate in order to resolve and manage conflicts without violence. By conducting educational workshops, facilitating dialogues and other activities, the Institute works to bolster national security goals. The Summer 2011 edition of PeaceWatch looks at how USIP is making a difference in hotspots around the world.
- July 20, 2011 | Publication
Robert Maguire, chairman of the USIP Haiti Working Group and professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, visited Haiti earlier this month to meet with government officials concerning Haiti’s current political impasse. He provides an update on the situation.
- June 14, 2011 | Event
On June 14, USIP and the Institute for Social Policy Understanding convened a discussion tackling the twin challenges of Pakistan's health and education sectors. Panelists identified obstacles and opportunities for Pakistan in building robust social sector infrastructure.
- June 9, 2011 | Event
In spite of the compelling challenges associated with building legitimate governments, health systems development in post-conflict and fragile states has experienced important successes. The conference reviewed the last decade in health programming in post-conflict and fragile states, as well as addressed key questions about the intersection of health in "fragile states" and development, national security policy, and considered a way forward.
- June 2, 2011 | Publication
On May 26, USIP welcomed a Palestinian delegation from the West Bank town of Qalqilya.
- June 1, 2011 | Publication
Pandemics and Peace examines disease surveillance networks of the Mekong Basin, Middle East, and East Africa to answer to interrelated questions: Why is interstate cooperation in an area of national vulnerability occurring among countries with a history of conflict? How do public-private networks deliver transnational public goods (health), and what factors facilitate or impede effective and legitimate transnational governance?
- June 1, 2011 | News Releases
(Washington) – The United States Institute of Peace releases Pandemics and Peace: Public Health Cooperation in Zones of Conflict, a new study revealing lessons in infectious disease control and international health cooperation. Identifying infectious disease as a first-order problem affecting the security and welfare of the international system, author William J. Long explores the extent to which public health cooperation can lead to new and improved forms of transnational political cooperation in a host of important areas, such as counterterrorism, environmental challenges, resource management, human rights protection, and economic assistance.
- January 20, 2011 | PublicationToxic Legacy: Hunger, Oppression, Migration, and Health in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
This Peace Brief explores the current health status of North Korea, initiatives to strengthen the health system, the potential impact of migration and informal markets on health, and prospects for the future health of the population.
- January 12, 2011 | Publication
- December 7, 2010 | Event
Endangered by a cholera epidemic that has claimed thousands of lives, Haiti held elections for president and parliament on November 28. A panel of experts discussed the current situation in a public forum co-hosted by USIP’s Haiti Working Group and USIP’s Working Group on Health and Peacebuilding.
- November 19, 2010 | Event
This event discusses the impact of Climate Change on conflict and sustainable development.
- November 5, 2010 | Publication
This Peace Brief, based on a panel discussion convened by the U.S. Institute of Peace Health and Peacebuilding Working Group on June 29, 2010, was written by Leonard Rubenstein, coordinator of the USIP Working Group and a Senior Scientist at the Center for Public Health and Human Rights at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
- October 22, 2010 | Publication
With the international community’s continued focus on North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, humanitarian concerns for the North Korean people remain largely overlooked. With this in mind, panelists met at the United States Institute of Peace on October 19th to discuss the state of North Korea’s healthcare system and the migration of North Koreans to China and South Korea.
- October 19, 2010 | Event
Kim Jong Un, son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, appears poised to accept a transfer of power from his father. While the nature and timing of that transfer is not known, even more uncertain is the future of the country he would inherit. What can international experts learn from migrants and refugees about health and other conditions in North Korea? A panel of experts discussed these questions at a critical time in North Korea’s history.
- October 15, 2010 | Event
Pakistan is in the midst of the worst natural disaster of its history. On October 15, USIP hosted the event "Relief Efforts in the Wake of the Pakistani Floods," in which experts assessed the relief efforts thus far and analyzed the challenges ahead, the next steps for donors, and implications of relief assistance for the future of the Pakistan-U.S. relationship.