Overview
Elucidates the problem of conflict and public health in the North Eastern Region of India
Connects readers to the impact of violence and its long-term consequences, from the perspective of communities
Provides a useful reference point in developing strategies for public health in conflict and disaster situations
Sheds light on the dynamics of aid providers and the experience of the aid-receiving communities
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Dr. Samrat Sinha is a Professor at the Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA), O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU), India. He is the Executive Director of the Centre for Border Studies- a research centre within JSIA. He has earlier taught at the Jamsteji Tata Centre for Disaster Management (JTCDM), Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai. He has been collaborating with civil society organizations in the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR), Assam since 2012. He has been involved in conducting humanitarian assessments, applied research and peace-building projects in the region. At JSIA, he teaches courses on Peacebuilding, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief. He, in collaboration with the ant and NERSWN, also teaches an immersive field-based course on community development in the Indo-Bhutan borderland regions. His publications include books and research papers in the fields of peacebuilding, conflict and health. He holds a Ph.D. and a Masters Degree in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Delaware, USA. He also has a Masters in Politics (International Studies) from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi and an undergraduate degree in History from the University of Delhi.
Jennifer Liang completed her Masters in Social Work from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, and has since been working in the area of health, organisational development and women’s issues. She is Program Lead and Trainer at IDeA—the Institute of Development Action—and Consultant to the Paul Hamlyn Foundation (UK). She is a co-founder of the Action Northeast Trust (the ant), a non-profit working on rural development in Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR), Assam, since the year 2000. She has also served on the boards of various development organisations in the Northeast region of India. She was awarded the United Kingdom’s Chevening Gurukul Scholarship in 2013. She was also selected as one of 50 emerging women leaders in 2014 by the Women in Public Service Project, an initiative of the U.S. State Department. She directs her academic and social change activities in the following themes: gender equality, the development and rights of children, peacebuilding and organization development.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Health Inequities in Conflict-affected Areas
Book Subtitle: Armed Violence, Survival and Post-Conflict Recovery in the Indo-Bhutan Borderlands
Authors: Samrat Sinha, Jennifer Liang
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0578-9
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-0577-2Published: 20 March 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-0580-2Published: 20 March 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-0578-9Published: 19 March 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 344
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 62 illustrations in colour
Topics: Public Health, International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict, Social Structure, Social Inequality