Medical Peace Work Glossary
Terms are from the Medical Peace Work | Course 1 Health Workers, conflict and peace.
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ImpartialIn the context of humanitarian aid, this refers to assistance that is ‘guided solely’ by the needs of individuals. | |
IndependenceIn the context of humanitarian aid this has been defined by Joanna Macrae as the ‘endeavour not to act as instruments of government foreign policy’. | |
InequityInequities are inequalities that can be avoided through directed human action, most notably the application of government policy. | |