This chapter describes the importance of emergency planning in partnership, the benefits to responding organizations of working in partnership, and the benefits to people caught up in an emergency if organizations work in partnership. It also identifies the key partner organizations for health...

A functioning health system is crucial ucial for maternal health programmes to achieve their goals of improving maternal and perinatal health. The six essential building blocks of a health system are service delivery, health workforce, information, equipment and supplies, financing and leadership...

This chapter draws overall conclusions from the current study as well as the preceding one and to point out directions for future research as well as policy. It is argued that the African Green Revolution might differ from the Asian one: it would involve other crops, be less focused on rice and...

This chapter describes the Canadian strategy used to find solutions to risk management problems such as livestock insurance. Sections discuss: Canada's agricultural policy framework; business risk management programming; and private sector risk management partnerships.