The Responsibility to Protect: Inequities in International Aid Flows to Myanmar and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and their Impact on Maternal and Child Health

被引：3

作者：

Grundy, John ^{[1
]}

Bowen, Kathryn ^{[2
]}

Annear, Peter ^{[5
]}

Biggs, Beverley-Ann ^{[3
,4
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Melbourne, Cambodia Off, Nossal Inst Global Hlth, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

[2] Australian Natl Univ, Natl Ctr Epidemiol & Populat Hlth, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia

[3] Univ Melbourne, Int & Immigrant Hlth Grp, Dept Med, Melbourne, Vic 3010, Australia

[4] Royal Melbourne Hosp, Victorian Infect Dis Serv, Parkville, Vic, Australia

[5] Univ Melbourne, AusAID Hlth Policy & Hlth Finance Knowledge Hub, Nossal Inst Global Hlth, Melbourne, Vic 3010, Australia

来源：

ASIAN STUDIES REVIEW | 2012年 / 36卷 / 02期

关键词：

Myanmar; North Korea; maternal and child health; responsibility to protect; DIPLOMACY; SYSTEM;

D O I：

10.1080/10357823.2012.685449

中图分类号：

K9 [地理];

学科分类号：

0705 ;

摘要：

The Union of Myanmar and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) are the most disadvantaged aid recipients in Asia. In this paper we describe and analyse the inequities in international aid flows to these countries from a health equity and "responsibility to protect" perspective. Review of public health and health systems literature and examination of international aid flows reveals that countries with a comparable gross national income receive total aid flows 11 to 12 times larger than do Myanmar (Burma) and DPR Korea (North Korea). Although the issue of aid effectiveness in these governance contexts remains a significant challenge, there is nonetheless a joint national and international responsibility to protect women and children through the careful targeting of health humanitarian aid and development programs.

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