US DARA in the Media
Alertnet: Q+A-How can we make humanitarian aid more effective?
Source: Alertnet LONDON (AlertNet) - For decades experts have been debating how humanitarian aid money donated by governments can be stretched further and provide better assistance to survivors of wars and natural disasters. These questions are becoming [...] Read more...
News Medical: Global health news – preventing natural disasters
Source: News Medical IRIN Examines Plumpy'Nut's Role In RUTF Market IRIN examines how a new ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) from Tabatchnick Fine Foods could challenge the "12-year dominance" of Plumpy'nut. "The patents for Plumpy'nut … are [...] Read more...
Spero News: Mixed scorecard for donors
Source: Spero News The world’s wealthiest donors do not put enough into helping communities prevent and prepare for disaster, says the non-profit DARA International, in its third annual rating of donors on quality and efficacy of humanitarian aid. Using [...] Read more...
New York Times: Crisis preparation vital in recession – aid study
The New York Times published the Reuters article featuring the HRI 2009 and its findings: "Rich nations should do more to help vulnerable countries prepare for natural disasters if they want their stretched humanitarian funds to go further during the economic downturn." Read more...
PR Newswire: Global Index Reveals Gap in Effectiveness of Humanitarian Aid as Economic Crisis Bites
Source: PR Newswire Donor countries are not doing enough to promote humanitarian access and to prevent and reduce the risk of disaster and conflict WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Almost half of the world's main donor governments are not [...] Read more...
Reuters: Crisis preparation vital in recession -aid study
Source: Reuters Rich nations failing to fund disaster prevention * Prevention, mitigation make aid funds go further * Norway best donor, U.S. moves up to 14th place By Olesya Dmitracova LONDON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Rich nations should do more to help [...] Read more...
Foreign Policy: Risk to aid workers goes up in 2009
Source: Foreign Policy Posted By Elizabeth Dickinson Tuesday, November 10, 2009 The world is less safe for aid workers, access to needy communities in conflict is on the decline, and aid is increasingly tied to military or other strategic objectives. These [...] Read more...
Washington Times: Daybook- Humanitarian crisis discussion
Source: The Washington Times 3 p.m. - Humanitarian crises - Brookings Institute hosts discussion on “Humanitarian Response Index 2009: Clarifying Donor Priorities” to launch the Development Assistance Research Associates Humanitarian Response Index 2009 [...] Read more...
