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.

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News and Events

A new paper by Save the Children UK and the Health and Fragile States Network, entitled 'The Role of the Health Sector in Wider State-building',  has just been published.  Previous papers on health sector reconstruction and statebuilding, and post-conflict health sectors and transitional funding are also available. 

A website on the use of epidemiological tools in conflict is now available.

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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.  

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