Learning Resources
Kirsten Johnson, MD, MPH, McGill University and Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
1. Detailed List of Selected North American Masters Degrees in International Development and Humanitarian Assistance
School Location
Length,
Credits
Requirements Website
Application
Deadline
American
Washington
D.C.
Degrees
Offered
M.A. -
International
Development;
M.S. -
Development
Management
42 Units
(14 classes)
A master's thesis; a substantial research paper; and internship/cooperative education; or two substantial research papers. http://www.american.edu/sis/aca demics/graduateprograms/ma/id.
htm
October 1 for
Spring
Jan 15 for Fall
Andrews
Berrien
Springs, MI
MSA International
Development*
39-40
Master’s Thesis; Research
Project http://www.andrews.edu/GRAD/p rograms.cgi
Brandeis
Clark
Cornell
Dalhouse
Waltham,
MA
Worcester,
MA
New York
Halifax, NS
Master of Arts
Degree in
Sustainable
International
Development master’s degree in
International
Development and
Social Change
Master of
Professional
Studies in
International
Development
(MPS ID)
MA International
Development
Studies
One Year on 'accelerated' track
12 graduate courses
1-2 years http://www.heller.brandeis.edu/si d/programs.htm
Application and $50 Application
Fee
Personal Statement
Transcripts
Three Recommendation Letters http://www.clarku.edu/departmen ts/idce/id/grad/index.shtml http://ip.cals.cornell.edu/academi cs/mpsid.cfm http://internationaldevelopmentst udies.artsandsocialsciences.dal.
ca/Graduate/
January 15 for fall
4-6 months in advance of the intended starting date
31-Aug for winter

Duke
Fordham
George
Washington
Harvard
Durham, NC
Bronx, NY
D.C.
Cambridge,
MA
MA International
Development
Policy
MA International
Political Economy and Development
Master of Arts in
International
Development
Studies
Master in Public
Administration in
International
Development
1 year=10 courses
2 years=16 courses
Three or more years of relevant work experience are eligible to apply. Candidates for the oneyear MA must have at least one year of prior graduate level coursework and strong economics http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/cent ers/dcid/pidp.php
Fall: December
31; Spring:
October 1
3 semester http://www.fordham.edu/iped/
No spring start with aid,
January 5.
40 credits
(four semesters)
There are foreign language and economics requirements for admission Crisis and Emergency
Management http://www.gwu.edu/~elliott/acad emicprograms/ma/ids/index.cfm
2 years
Jan-17
Prerequisite courses, including at least one college level course in each Microeconomics and
Macroeconomics, and two college level courses in Calculus, including Multivariate Calculus.
80th percentile in GRE http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/progr ams/mpaid/
Admissions process held once per year for fall. deadline for Fall
January 6,
Johns
Hopkins
SAIS
Washington,
D.C.
Master of Arts in
International
Relations
2 years
New School
U
NY, NY
Master of Science in International
Affairs (MSIA)
30vcredits
Demonstrate knowledge of at least one language other than
English. five years of relevant post-university professional experience. http://www.saisjhu.edu/degree_programs/index.
html
January 15th http://www.nsu.newschool.edu/in ternationalaffairs/
Spring admission,
October 15
Fall admission,
February 15
Ohio
University
Athens, OH
Master of Arts in
International
Affairs in
Development
Studies
70 credits http://www.ohio.edu/development studies/index.cfm
FALL
QUARTER only,
January 1st

Old
Dominion
University
Rutgers-
Camden
Tufts
Tufts
Tulane
Norfolk, VA
Master of Arts
(M.A.) in
International
Studies
33 credits
A GRE total score of 1100, prior international experience
(residence, study, or work) and foreign language training for all
M.A. and Ph.D. applicants.
Evidence of substantial international and foreign language background is highly desirable for applicants.
Camden, NJ
Medford, MA
Boston, MA
MPA International
Public Service and
Development
Master of Arts in
Humanitarian
Assistance
M.S. Food Policy and Applied
Nutrition students in the
Humanitarian
Assistance specialization at the Friedman
School of Nutrition
Science and
Policy.
42 credits
1 year
2 years
Have significant experience in the field of humanitarian assistance http://al.odu.edu/gpis/ http://nutrition.tufts.edu/research/ famine/education/maha/overview
.html www.fic.tufts.edu
New
Orleans, LA
M.S. in
International
Development
36 credit
(30 with a thesis) two years
GRE scores (suggested minimum of 1000 combined verbal/quantitative)
October 15, Feb
15
Online application http://www.payson.tulane.edu/gr aduate/ms-intro.htm
If requesting financial aid
February 1 for fall for admission without financial aid the following deadlines: July
1 for fall Dec 1 for spring

U of Florida
U of Iowa
U of
Pittsburgh
MIT
Princeton
Columbia
Syracuse
U of Denver
FL
Iowa
PA
MA
NJ
NY
NY
CO
M.A. in Poli Sci w/ certificate in
International
Development and
Policy
Administration
M.A. in
Interdisciplinary
Studies
(International
Studies)
Master of
International
Development -
MID
42 hours
(non-thesis)
2 years
48 credits
Masters of
Engineering in
Logistics
Master in Public
Policy (M.P.P.)
Field II -
Development
Studies
MS in Social
Work/Master of
International
Affairs
Master of Arts in
International
Relations; Global
Development
16 months
The MA in
International
Development
2 years http://www.polisci.ufl.edu/progra ms/maintdev.htm http://intlprograms.uiowa.edu/studies/stu_
MA.htm http://www.gspia.pitt.edu/Prospe ctiveStudents/AcademicProgram s/mid.htm http://web.mit.edu/mlog/program/ curriculum.html http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Urba n-Studies-and-Planning/11-
479Spring-2005/CourseHome/
Fall - February
1; Spring -
October 1 http://www.wws.princeton.edu/ac ad-adm/curriculum/fieldii.html http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssw/ students/ddint.html http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/ir/irhome.asp http://www.du.edu/gsis/programs
/ma_professional_development.h
tml deadline of
January 15.
Winter quarter has an October
15 deadline

Georgetown
U
NY
The Master of
Science in Foreign
Service (w/ concentration in
International
Development)
2 years http://www3.georgetown.edu/sfs/ msfs/academics/
For additional resources and lists of schools outside of North America, please consult Walker P. and Russ C. Professionalizing the
Humanitarian Sector: A Scoping Study. Enhancing Learning and Research for Humanitarian Assistance, April 2010. Available at: www.elrha.org
.
2. Humanitarian Training Centers and Programs
Sector
Name of
Training Centre
Comments Address E-Mail Website
Alertnet
News & training info www.alertnet.org/theevents/training/
Reliefweb
News & training info www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwt.nsf/doc211?Op
enForm
General info
Humanitarian Aid /
Relief
IRIN (Regional
News)
People in Aid
Regional NEWS
UK www.irinnews.org www.peopleinaid.org resources, info and links resources, info and links www.aidworkers.net
Aid Workers
Network
OSCAR (UK information service for
World Mission) resources, training and links
UK www.oscar.org.uk
Security and
Safety
RedR
Security short courses
1 George
Street, London,
SW1P 3AA, UK training@redr.org www.redr.org

Medical
Bioforce
Security courses
(French)
44 Boulevard
Lénine,
Vénissieux, F stages@bioforce.asso.fr www.bioforce.asso.fr
Centre for safety
Centurion Risk
Assessment
Services
On Course
Essential Field
Training
Merlin (often in partnership with
RedR)
International
Health
Exchange (IHE)
Centre for international
Child Health
Liverpool school of tropical medicine
Leeds
Metropolitan
University
Christian
Medical
Fellowship
London School of Hygiene and
Tropical
Medicine
Mine awareness
Hostile environment and first aid (NGO and diplomats)
Security, Driving courses
Security courses
(French)
Security short courses link for short courses
MSc and short courses prostgraduate, short courses,
MSc
Msc Public
Health, Health
Promotion short courses, preparation for field work short courses,
MSc
Nieuwegein, NL
Hants, UK
Uganda, Kenya
Switzerland
UK
134 Lower
Marsh, London
SE1 7AE, UK
London, UK
Liverpool, UK
Leeds, UK
London, UK
London, UK e.brons@centreforsafety.org main@centurionsafety.net tech@oncourse4wd.com info@essentialfieldtraining.or
g info@ihe.org.uk cichcour@ich.ucl.ac.uk robbinsv@liverpool.ac.uk health-promotion@lmu.ac.uk healthserve@cmf.org.uk shortcourses@lshtm.ac.uk www.centreforsafety.org www.centurion-riskservices.co.uk www.oncourse4wd.com www.essentialfieldtraining.org www.merlin.org.uk www.ihe.org.uk www.cich.ich.ucl.ac.uk www.liverpool.ac.uk/lstm www.lmu.ac.uk www.cmf.org.uk or www.healthserve.org/events/ www.lshtm.ac.uk

Nutrition
Prince Leopold
Institute of
Tropical
Medicine
Queen Matgaret
University
College
Swiss Tropical
Institute
Deutsches
Institut für
Ärztliche
Mission
Uppsala
University
Universitätsklini kum und
Medizinische
Fakultät
Heidelberg
Interhealth short courses,
MSc prostgraduate, short courses,
MSc prostgraduate, short courses,
MSc short courses, preparation for field work,
German only courses mother
& child & nutrition short courses services
International
Rescue
Commetee (IRC)
ICRC, Help
Courses
TALC short courses short courses
Merlin teaching resources same courses as
IHE
Action against hunger
Centre for international
Child Health
Nutritiongate short courses
Antwerp,
Belgium
Edinburgh, UK int-health@qmuc.ac.uk
Basel,
Switzerland
Tübingen,
Germany
Uppsala,
Sweden
Heidelberg,
Germany
London, UK short.courses@urz.uniheidelberg.de
New York, USA shortcourse@theirc.org
Geneva,
Switzerland
Herts, UK
London, UK
London, UK blepage@itg.be. courses-sti@unibas.ch info.difaem.de imch.education@kbh.uu.se info@interhealth.org.uk ideslarzens.gva@icrc.org info@talcuk.org s.wright@aahuk.org cich@ich.ucl.ac.uk www.itg.be www.qmuc.ac.uk www.sti.ch www.difaem.de www.kbh.uu.se/imch www.hyg.uniheidelberg.de/ithoeg/teaching/short/short
.htm www.interhealth.org.uk www.theirc.org/phce www.icrc.org/helpcourse www.talcuk.org/ www.merlin.org.uk www.aahuk.org www.cich.ich.ucl.ac.uk www.nutritiongate.com

The Emergency
Nutrition
Network
RedR Training
Department short courses, onsite courses, resources
Loughborough
University
International
Water &
Sanitation
Center (IRC)
NETWAS
MSc shor courses and resources
Water & Sanitation
Agriculture
SKAT
SANDEC - Dep.
Of WatSan in developing coutries
UN World bank -
WatSan programme
Kenya Water for
Health organisation
Water Supply adn Sanitation
Collaborative
Council
Cranfield
University at
Silsoe
International
Agriculture
Centre
Logistics
RedR Training
Department short courses, onsite courses resources short courses
(english adn german) resources, short cources resources, short cources resources short courses, onsite courses, resources
Dublin, Ireland fiona@ennonline.net
1 George
Street, London,
SW1P 3AA, UK
Loughborough,
UK
The
Netherlands
Nairobi, Kenya
Switzerland training@redr.org wedc@loboro.ac.uk koppen@irc.nl training@netwas.org hauser@eawag.ch
Nairobi, Kenya egicheru@worldbank.org
Nairobi, Kenya info@kwaho.org
Silsoe, Bedford,
MK45 4DT, UK
Netherlands
1 George
Street, London,
SW1P 3AA, UK
StudentEnquiries.silsoe@cra nfield.ac.uk iac@iac.agro.nl training@redr.org www.ennonline.net www.redr.org www.loboro.ac.uk www.irc.nl/page/15630 www.netwas.org www.skat.ch www.sandec.ch www.wsp.org www.kwaho.org www.wsscc.org www.silsoe.cranfield.ac.uk www.iac-agro.nl www.redr.org

Merlin short courses, onsite courses, resources
IPC
Bioforce short courses,
Lgistics studies
(French)
Management &
Leadership
Humanitarian Aid,
Relief &
Development
Centre for
Health planning and management
University of
Wolverhampton
, Centre for rural development and training
CRDT
Brunel
University
Centre for development and Emergency
Practice
(CENDEP)
NOHA, Joint
European
Master's in
International
Humanitarian
Action
Programme mgt
& dev.
IPC Ede,
POBox 32,
6710 BA Ede,
Netherlands
44 Boulevard
Lénine,
Vénissieux, F
Universty of
Wolverhampton,
Groway Road,
Walsall, WS1
3BD, UK
Middx present in
France,
Germany,
Ireland,
Belgium,
Netherlands,
Spain, Sweden jw.verwoert@ipc-training.nl stages@bioforce.asso.fr hma17@keele.ac.uk crdt@wlv.ac.uk veronica.johnson@brunel.ac.
uk rwastill@brookes.ac.uk general address: noha@relint.deusto.es www.merlin.org.uk www.ipc-training.nl www.bioforce.asso.fr www.keele.ac.uk www.wlv.ac.uk/crdt www.brunel.ac.uk www.brookes.ac.uk www.noha.deusto.es/Contact.asp

University of
Geneva, MS in
Humanitarian
Action
CIHCInternation al diploma in
Humanitarian
Assistance
(IDHA)
Centre for
Development studies (CDS)
Centre for
Health
Economics
Christian
Community
Development
IDART
Univ. Liverpool
Customized trainings
Diploma in
Humanitarian
Assistance
Mango
Administration &
Finances
PDTI
Programme plurifacultaire
Action
Humanitaire
(ppAH), Uni-
Mail, 40, bd du
Pont d'Arve,
1211 Genève 4,
Switzerland
Michel Veuthey,
Academic
Director, CIHC
Geneva, 14
Pierre Longue,
CH-1212 Grand
Lancy/Geneva,
Switzerland pppah@unige.ch cihc.gva@span.ch
Swansea, UK h.lewis@swansea.ac.uk www.cihc.org www.swansea.ac.uk
York, UK
Korntal-
München,
Germany
Austin, TX
USA
Loverpool, UK lhw1@york.ac.uk smf@aem.de info@training2go.org
Central London,
UK
Mbabane,
Kingdom of
Swaziland bjohnstone@mango.org.uk profdevtrin@yahoo.com www.york.ac.uk www.aem.de http://www.training2go.org/ www.liverpool.ac.uk/lstm www.mango.org.uk

International
Institute of
Rural
Reconstruction education&training@iirr.org www.iirr.org/
Monitoring &
Evaluation RedR
1 George
Street, London,
SW1P 3AA, UK training@redr.org www.redr.org
Overseas
Development
Group
Norwich, UK odg.train@uea.ac.uk www.odg.uea.ac.uk
RedR
Bioforce
Security short courses
Security courses
(French)
1 George
Street, London,
SW1P 3AA, UK
44 Boulevard
Lénine,
Vénissieux, F training@redr.org stages@bioforce.asso.fr www.redr.org www.bioforce.asso.fr
Centre for safety
Mine awareness Nieuwegein, NL e.brons@centreforsafety.org www.centreforsafety.org
Security and
Safety
Centurion Risk
Assessment
Services
On Course
Hostile environment and first aid (NGO and diplomats)
Security, Driving courses
Security courses
(French)
Hants, UK main@centurionsafety.net
Uganda, Kenya tech@oncourse4wd.com www.centurion-riskservices.co.uk www.oncourse4wd.com
Essential Field
Training
Merlin (often in partnership with
RedR)
Security short courses
Switzerland
UK info@essentialfieldtraining.or
g www.essentialfieldtraining.org www.merlin.org.uk
For additional resources and lists of humanitarian programs, please consult Walker P. and Russ C. Professionalizing the
Humanitarian Sector: A Scoping Study. Enhancing Learning and Research for Humanitarian Assistance, April 2010. Available at: www.elrha.org
.

3. International Emergency Medicine Fellowship Programs
1) Loma Linda
International Emergency Medicine Fellowship
Phone: (909) 558-4344
Fax: (909) 558-0121
Email: tthomas@ahs.llumc.edu
11234 Anderson Street, Room A108
Post Office Box 2000
Loma Linda, California 92354 http://www.uscdem.org/pages3-136/IEMFellowships
2) Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California
Billy Mallon, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine
1200 North State Street
Room 1011
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Phone: (323) 226-6667 Fax: (323) 226-6454
Email: wkmallon@yahoo.com
3) Stanford University
S. V. Mahadevan, MD, FACEP
Assistant Professor & Medical Director
Division of Emergency Medicine
Stanford University
701 Welch Rd. Bldg C
Palo Alto, CA 94304
(650) 723-6576 s.mahadevan@stanford.edu
4) George Washington University
Girish Bobby Kapur, MD, MPH
2150 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
2B-417
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: (202) 741-2911 Fax: (202) 741-2921
11) Harvard University / Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Philip D. Anderson, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine
One Deaconess Road, W/CC -2
Boston, MA 02215
Phone: (617) 754-2324 Fax: (617) 754-2350
Email: pdanders@bidmc.harvard.edu
12) The Johns Hopkins University
Alexander Vu, DO, MPH
Center for International Emergency, Disaster & Refugee Studies
1830 E. Monument Street, Suite 6-100
Baltimore, MD 21205
Phone: (410) 614-5665 Fax: (410) 502-8881
Email: avu3@jhmi.edu
13) Rhode Island Hospital
Lawrence Proano, MD, FACEP, DTM
Rhode Island Hospital
University Emergency Medicine Foundation
593 Eddy Street
Providence, RI 02903
Phone: 401-444-5826 Fax: 401-444-4307
Email: Lproano@Lifespan.org
14) University of Maryland
Bob Corder, MD
School of Medicine
Division of Emergency Medicine
110 S. Paca Street, 6th Floor, Suite 200
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: (410)328-8025 Fax: (410)328-8028
Email: bobcorder@comcast.net
15) Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Email: gkapur@mfa.gwu.edu
5) Emory University
Scott Sasser, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine
531 Asbury Circle - Annex
Suite N - 340
Atlanta, GA 30322
Phone: 404-778-5975 Fax: 404-778-2630
Email: ssasser@emory.edu
6) Medical College of Georgia
Hartmut Gross, MD, FACEP
1120 15th Street
Augusta, Georgia 30912
Phone: (706) 721-4412 Fax (706) 721-7718
Email: hgross@mail.mcg.edu
7) Cook County
Jamil D. Bayram MD
Rush University Medical Center
Department of Emergency Medicine
1653 West Congress Parkway, 177 Murdock
Chicago, Illinois 60612
Phone: 312.942.4978
Fax: 312.942.4021
Voicemail: 312.942.5018
Email: jamil_bayram@rush.edu
8) University of Illinois at Chicago
Janet Lin, MD, MPH
Director, International Emergency Medicine Fellowship
Department of Emergency Medicine
808 S. Wood CME 470
Chicago, IL 60612
Office: 312-996-4160
Fax: 312-413-0289
Kumar Alagappan, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine
270-05 76th Ave
New Hyde Park, NY 11040
Phone: (718) 470-7501 Fax: (718) 470-9113
Email: kalagapp@lij.edu
16) University of Rochester
Katherine OHanlon, MD
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
University of Rochester Medical Center
601 Elmwood Avenue Box 655
Rochester, NY 14642
Email: katherine_ohanlon@urmc.rochester.edu
585.463.2905
17) Duke International Emergency Medicine Fellowship/Global
Health Residency Program
Ian B. K. Martin, MD
Duke University
DUMC 3096
Durham, NC 27710
Phone: 919-684-5537 / 919-681-2257
Fax: 919-668-6115 email: ian.martin@duke.edu
18) University of Pittsburgh
Allan B. Wolfson, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine
230 McKee Place, Suite 500
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: (412) 647-8265 Fax:
Email: wolfsonab@upmc.edu
19) UT Southwestern International Emergency Medicine
Fellowship
Robert E. Suter, DO, MHA, FACEP

Email: jlin7@uic.edu
9) New York - Presbyterian
The University Hospitals of Columbia and Cornell
Rachel T. Moresky, MD, MPH, FACEP
Columbia University Medical Center - Center for Emergency Medicine
622 West 168th Street; PH 1-137
New York, NY 10032
Phone: (212) 305-2995
Email: rtm2102@columbia.edu
10) Harvard University / Brigham and Women's Hospital
Stephanie Rosborough, MD, MPH
Department of Emergency Medicine
75 Francis Street
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: (617) 732-5813 Fax: (617) 713-3060
Email: iem@partners.org
UT Southwestern
5323 Harry Hines
Dallas, TX 75390-7208 US
214-648-4838
Email: robert.suter@utsouthwestern.edu
4. Websites
CDC http://www.cdc.gov/
ICRC http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/home!Open
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative www.hhi.harvard.edu
Humanitarian Information Center http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/
IFRC Handbook for Delegates http://www.ifrc.org/publicat/catalog/autogen/3779.asp
MSF www.refbooks.msf.org
MSF Epicentre http://www.epicentre.msf.org/
Relief Web http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc100?OpenForm
Sphere Project http://www.sphereproject.org/
UN Interagency Standing Committee http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/iasc/pageloader.aspx?page=content-about-default&print=1
UNHCR Handbook for Emergencies http://www.unhcr.org/publ/PUBL/471db4c92.html
USAID Disaster Assistance http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/humanitarian_assistance/disaster_assistance/resources/

WHO Rapid Health Assessment Protocols for Emergencies http://apps.who.int/bookorders/anglais/detart1.jsp?sesslan=1&codlan=1&codcol=15&codcch=463
5. Human Rights Resources and Links
POGAR www.pogar.org
The Human Rights Index for Arab Countries www.arabhumanrights.org/countries/humanrights.asp#sub1
Arab Human Rights Guide www.arabhumanrights.org/dalil/index.htm
Human Rights Watch www.hrw.org
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights www.ohchr.org
The Islamic Human Rights Commission www.ihrc.org.uk/index.php
The Institute for Human Rights www.humanrightslebanon.org
The University of Minnesota Human Rights Library www1.umn.edu/humanrts
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies www.cihrs.org/english/default.aspx
The UN website’s Human Rights Page www.un.org/rights/index.shtml
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees www.unhcr.org
United Nations Children Fund www.unicef.org
Forced Migration Online www.forcedmigration.org
6. Recommended Reading: Books
Asher, Jana., Banks, David., and Scheuren, Fritz J. (eds.), Statistical Methods for Human Rights., Springer Science and Business
Media, 2008.
Beah, Ishmael., A Long Way Gone – Memoirs of a Boy Soldier., Douglas and McIntyre Publisher, Toronto, 2007.
Bortolotti, Dan., Hope in Hell: Inside the World of Doctors Without Borders., Firefly Books, Buffalo, New York, 2004.
Bouchet-Saulnier, Francoise., The Practical Guide to Humanitarian Law., Rowman and Littlefield Publishers Inc., Lanham, Boulder,
New York, Oxford, 2002.

British Medical Association., The Medical Profession and Human Rights: Handbook for a Changing Agenda., ZED Books and the
British Medical Association, London, New York, 2001.
Cahill, Kevin M., A Framework for Survival: Health, Human Rights and Humanitarian Assistance in Conflicts and Disasters.,
Routledge Publishers and the Center for International Health and Cooperation, New York, London, 1999.
Cahill, Kevin M. (ed.), Emergency Relief Operations., Fordham University Press and the Center for International Health and
Cooperation, New York, 2003.
Castles, Stephen and Miller, Mark J., The Age of Migration – International Population Movements in the Modern World., 3 rd Edition,
The Guilford Press, New York, London, 2003.
Center for the Study of Human Rights., 25+ Human Rights Documents., Columbia University, New York, 2001.
Chalk, Frank and Jonassohn, Kurt., The History and Sociology of Genocide: Analyses and Case Studies., The Montreal Institute for
Genocide Studies, Yale University Press, New Haven, London, 1990.
Crisp, Jeff., Ronday-Cao, Marina., Reilly, Rachael and Van Hear, Nicholas (eds.), The State of the World’s Refugees – A
Humanitarian Agenda, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997-98.
Dallaire, Romeo, Lt. Gen., Shake Hands With the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda., Carroll and Graf Publishers, New York,
2005.
Davis, Jan and Lambert, Robert., Engineering in Emergencies: A Practical Guide for Relief Workers., Second Edition, Practical
Action Publishing, UK, 2007.
D’Adesky, Anne-Christine., Moving Mountains: The Race to Treat Global AIDS., Verso Publishers, London, New York, 2004.
De Temmerman, Els., Aboke Girls: Children Abducted in Northern Uganda., Fountain Publishers, Kampala, Uganda, 2001.
Eddleston, Michael., Davidson, Robert., Wilkinson, Robert., and Pierini, Stephen (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Tropical Medicine., 2 nd
Edition, Oxford Medical Publications, University Press, Oxford, 2006.

Farmer, Paul., AIDS and Accusation: Haiti and the Geography of Blame., University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles,
London, 2006.
Farmer, Paul., Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights and the New War on the Poor., University of California Press, Berkeley,
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