The People\u27s Republic of China and The Law of the Sea: Caracas 1974 and Geneva 1975

A review of the key elements that determine maritime strength—naval forces, overseas trade, merchant tonnage, and fishing, for example—would indicate that the People\u27s Republic of China (PRC) has the potential to be a third superpower

Human resources for health through conflict and recovery: Lessons from African countries

A protracted conflict affects human resources for health (HRH) in multiple ways. In most cases, the inflicted damage constitutes the main obstacle to health sector recovery. Interventions aimed at healing derelict human resources are however fraught with difficulties of a political, technical, financial and administrative order. The experience accumulated in past recovery processes has made some important players aware of the cost incurred by neglecting human resource development. Several transitions from conflict to peace have been documented, even if largely in unpublished reports. This paper presents condensed descriptions of some African HRH-related recovery processes, which provide useful lessons. The technical work demanded to resuscitate a derelict health workforce is fairly well understood. In most situations, the highest hurdles lie outside of the health domain, and are of a political and administrative nature. Success stories are rare. But useful lessons are taught by failure as well as by success. © 2011 The Author(s). Disaster