[Overview and suggestion about Chinese health-related non-governmental organization's participation in global health governance].

Non-governmental organization (NGO) is one of the important non-state actors in global health governance. The importance of NGO's participation in the global health governance tend to be more prominent due to its flexibility, professionalism, voluntariness and autonomy. The World Health Organization (WHO) established a Civil Society Commission (CSC) in 2023 aiming at strengthening dialogue, facilitating collaboration so as to play its bigger role in the global health governance. This paper is to make analysis to the importance of NGO in global health governance, WHOCSC's organizational structure and operational mechanism, current status and problem of Chinese health-related NGO's participation in the global health governance, and to provide policy suggestions for strengthening Chinese health-related NGOs' participation in global health governance, including incubating Chinese NGOs into national strategy for global health, strengthening resources mobilization and coordination, as well as advocating transparency and society involvement, emphasizing international humanitarian, public welfare and propaganda.

Assessing the role of non-state actors in health service delivery and health system resilience in Myanmar.

BACKGROUND: Due to the weaknesses of the public health system and its low reach, especially in border areas, provision of health services by non-state actors (NSAs) has historically played an important role in Myanmar. NSAs include local and international NGOs and civil society organisations (CSOs), but also Ethnic Health Organisations (EHOs) in the border areas, as well as the private (for profit) sector. This study aims to understand the changing role of NSAs in the shifting political environment of Myanmar between 2010 and 2022, and to explore their contribution to health system resilience. METHODS: Our study includes three main components: a documentary review (n = 22), key informant interviews (KIIs) at central level (n = 14) and two township-level case studies (13 KIIs, 4 FGDs). Mostly qualitative data were collected in 2022 and synthesized, using a health system resilience framework to structure the analysis. RESULTS: During the transition period (2010-2014) and the new political era (2015-2020), while the country gradually transitioned to a democratic system, the government increasingly recognized NSAs. Initially, engagement with NSAs remained focused on disease-specific activities and government oversight was limited, but later it expanded to health system strengthening, including the start of a "convergence" with ethnic health systems. Progress was relatively slow, but defined by a clear vision and plans. The military coup of February 2021 brought a halt to this progress. Collaboration between government and NSAs was interrupted, and NSAs restored previous practices and parallel systems. Initially, most health service provision stopped, but with time coping strategies emerged, which showed the capacity of NSAs to absorb the shocks (focusing on basic services; using informal communication channels; maintaining buffer stocks of supplies) and adapt (changing modes of delivery and supply chains, and adjusting HRH training). CONCLUSIONS: The study highlights the role of NSAs during crises, and provides insights on how the resilience capacities built over time by NSAs to provide services in adverse circumstances have informed the response to the latest crisis. While strategies of absorption and adaptation are noted in the study, we did not identify any transformation strategy - which might indicate the difficulty of NSAs to introduce radical changes when subjected to multiple shocks and a hostile political environment.

Engaging with older people about digital technologies through nongovernmental organizations: A scoping review.

INTRODUCTION: This scoping review investigates the extent and nature of existing evidence on the role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and related mechanisms of engagement and challenges in issues of caring for older persons through digital technologies. We map research and practice gaps, contributing factors and best practices in NGOs. The rising use of digital technology in health care and the role that NGOs have in supporting older people in this context is relevant to nurses and service development leaders, particularly in the context of a rapidly changing care in the 21st century. METHODS: A three-stage systematic and comprehensive search strategy based on the JBI methodology for scoping reviews was employed across multiple databases and grey literature sources. RESULTS: In this review, 8,348 abstracts were retrieved. After deduplication, 7,099 titles and abstracts were reviewed. A total of 263 publications were selected for full-text review and 50 included for analysis. NGOs use digital tools to directly engage older adults in programs (e. g., information delivery) and indirectly to collaborate with other organizations (e.g., training programs) to promote digital inclusion. Factors such as individual capabilities, trust and access, technological factors (accessibility and user-friendliness of technology), and socio-cultural and system-wide factors affect how NGOs engage with older adults. CONCLUSION: Our findings are summarized in the key domains: key organizations, mode of engagement, interorganizational process and digital technology are discussed and offer current insights into the varied engagement of NGOs with older people and its challenges concerning technology. Many interrelated factors, along with barriers and facilitators that influence older persons' engagement with technology, have been identified.

Professionalisation experiences of a 'business-minded' HIV targeted intervention NGO in India: An organisational ethnography.

This paper contributes to the literature on the professionalisation of NGOs in the context of the rise of 'business-minded' approaches whereby donors establish a market environment in which NGOs compete for funding by demonstrating their achievement of targets and implementing globally recognised management models. Theoretically, we use the distinction between 'economies of performance' and 'ecologies of practice' to explore how NGOs simultaneously 'perform' themselves publicly as meeting expected professional standards while simultaneously producing themselves practically through 'unprofessional' means. Limited global health and development literature addresses professionalisation as an empirical practice and experience. We report on an ethnography of a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-funded, HIV-targeted intervention NGO in western India, drawing on six months of participant observation and 17 interviews with NGO workers. The organisation meets 'business-minded' success criteria but does so through informal, personal, hierarchical arrangements at odds with the professionalisation model. Frontline workers are demotivated by their professionalisation experience, are suspicious of the performance of success, and find ways of achieving their vocation despite a system which they feel does not recognise the value of human relationships. Showing that 'business-minded' approaches do not necessarily rule out informal, potentially 'corrupt' ways of working, we argue against the 'professional-unprofessional' binary.

Vicarious trauma and the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of organisations.

Vicarious trauma (VT) is an occupational challenge incurred through hearing about traumatic experiences of others such as child maltreatment, mass casualties, and others while serving in helping professions. Without sufficient resources and support, long-term exposure can lead to symptoms such as intrusion, avoidance, arousal, emotional numbing, anxiety, and decline in one's ability to work. Organisations can mitigate VT's impact by addressing the needs of staff through 5 evidence-informed areas of occupational health. This project explored the impact of VT-informed practices on organisational responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. We compared responses from 50 organisations on strengths and weaknesses in core areas of being VT-informed to how those organisations responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. Subscales of the VT Organizational Readiness Guide (VT-ORG) were utilized as the exposure variables and 4 new COVID-19 questions served as the outcome. We ran a series of multilevel linear regression models with clustering controlled for at the organisational level. Staff ratings on 4 of the 5 pillars of the VT-ORG were positively associated with the organisation's responsiveness to the pandemic. Various demographic factors of the employees were negatively associated with organisations' responsiveness to the pandemic. While this study contributes to the growing research on VT, it also provides justification for helping organisations to become VT-informed; it provides evidence that being prepared for VT can also be useful to support workers and their communities during emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

Guardian of society: Civil society in Nigeria's response to COVID-19 pandemic.

The rapid breakout and dissemination of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection from the city of Wuhan, China, to the rest of the countries of the world in December 2019 triggered a situation that led the World Health Organization to report it as a global public health emergency. The pandemic resulted in abrupt and significant loss of lives, disruption of economies, loss of livelihoods, and severe hardship across the nations of the world. Nigeria encountered the COVID-19 reality following the discovery of the first case of the infection in the country on February 27, 2020, prompting the government to swing into action to contain its spread. However, the government's response to the pandemic benefited from the support of nonstate actors from the profit and nonprofit sectors. This study, thus, specifically examined the role of civil society organizations (CSOs) in Nigeria's response to the coronavirus crisis. Using data obtained through secondary sources and analysis of thematic and descriptive-interpretive methods, the study found that CSOs impressively contributed to the government's fight against COVID-19, particularly in view of their roles in creating awareness about the virus and rebutting disinformation regarding the disease, among others. Yet, CSOs encountered some problems while undertaking these roles, prominently the closure of the civic space, noninclusion of CSOs in government's pandemic response architecture, and loss of funding. The study recommends, among other things, that in the case of any future public health emergencies of COVID-19 magnitude, the Nigerian Government should make CSOs an integral part of its response structure, while concluding that the application of these measures would incentivize better contributions from CSOs.

Fonoaudiologia empresarial: revisão de dissertações defendidas entre 2002-2022 / Corporate speech therapy: review of dissertations and theses defended between 2002-2022 / Fonoaudiología corporativa: revisión de disertaciones y tesis defendidas entre 2002-2022

Introdução: o presente estudo visa mapear e avaliar a produção registrada sobre Fonoaudiologia Empresarial, a fim de identificar as temáticas mais pesquisadas, bem como as temáticas pouco exploradas em dissertações e teses na área. Objetivo: analisar a produção científica brasileira defendida entre 2002-2022, considerando nível de produção, ano, rede de ensino, instituição de ensino superior (localização geográfica), tipo de pesquisa, descritor registrado (primeiro), local, temática, total da amostra pesquisada e áreas de conhecimento. Método: revisão realizada na Biblioteca Digital Brasileira de Teses e Dissertações, em 05 de maio de 2023, considerando os termos "Fonoaudiologia" e "Empresa", pesquisados no período 2002-2022, segundo as variáveis anteriormente descritas, analisados de forma descritiva. Resultados:dentre 30 fontes registradas, 24-80,0% são dissertações, sendo 2007 o ano mais produtivo (6-20,0%). A Região Sudeste liderou a pesquisa (20-66,7%), representada pela PUC-SP (10-33,3%) e o destaque foi de pesquisas do tipo observacional (22-73,3%), sendo Empresas os locais mais pesquisados (20-66,7%) e o descritor "saúde do trabalhador" o mais utilizado (03-10,0%). A área de conhecimento (CNPq) que mais pesquisou foi Ciências da Saúde (25-83,3%) por meio da subárea Fonoaudiologia (20-66,7%%), sendo a Audiologia a temática mais pesquisada (16-53,3%). Conclusão: foram encontrados 16,53,3% registros na área de Audiologia e as pesquisas realizadas na área de Voz (7-23,3%) abordam os temas relacionados a qualidade vocal, comunicação e expressividade, no entanto, não abordam liderança. Tal dado sugere esforços em pesquisas científicas e atuação profissional, já que a Fonoaudiologia tem como objeto de estudo e atuação, a comunicação humana.(AU)

Introduction: this study aims to explore the Speech-Therapy's literature and its contribution to identify the most researched and few explored themes in dissertations and theses in the area. Objective:to analyze the Brazilian scientific production submitted between 2002 and 2022, considering production level, publication year, institution of defense, geographical location, research methodology, the first descriptor, research location, the thematic focus, total sample size and knowledge areas. Method: the review analysis was conducted using data obtained from the Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations on May 5, 2023, using the terms: "Speech-Therapy" and "Company" to retrieve theses and dissertations from 2002 to 2022 according to the variables described above. Data were analyzed descriptively. Results: among the 30 entries retrieved, 24-80,0% were dissertations, most of which defended in 2007 (6-20,0%). The majority of the studies were from the Southeast region (20- 66.7%), represented by Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo: PUC-SP (10-33.3%) and the highlight was observational researches (22-73.3%) and the majority of the research was conducted at business companies (20-66,7%). In addition, "worker's health" was the most used descriptor (3-10,0%). The knowledge area (CNPQ) that produced the most studies was Health Sciences (25-83,3%) through the subarea of Speech-Language-Pathology (20-66,7%%), with Audiology being the most researched theme (16-53,3%). Conclusion: Audiology was the area with the highest number of studies found 16,53,3%. Research conducted in the Voice field (7-23,3%) addresses topics related to vocal quality, communication and expressiveness, however, they do not address leadership. The findings suggest a need for future research. Further studies can build upon insights to advance knowledge and promote evidence-based practice in the field of business companies, considering that Speech-Therapy has as its object of study and activity human communication. (AU)

Introducción: este estudio tiene como objetivo mapear y evaluar la producción grabada sobre Fonoaudiología Empresarial, con el fin de identificar los temas más investigados, así como los temas poco explorados en disertaciones y tesis en el área. Objetivo: analizar la producción científica brasileña defendida entre 2002-2022, considerando nivel de producción, año, red educativa, institución de educación superior (ubicación geográfica), tipo de investigación, descriptor registrado (primero), ubicación, tema, muestra total investigada y áreas. del conocimiento. Método: revisión realizada en la Biblioteca Digital Brasileña de Tesis y Disertaciones, el 5 de mayo de 2023, considerando los términos "Fonoaudiología" y "Empresa", investigados en el período 2002-2022, según las variables previamente descritas, analizadas en una manera descriptiva. Resultados: entre 30 fuentes registradas, 24-80,0% son disertaciones, siendo 2007 el año más productivo (6-20,0%). La Región Sudeste lideró la investigación (20-66,7%), representada por la PUC-SP (10-33,3%) y destaque para la investigación observacional (22-73,3%), siendo las Empresas las localidades más investigadas (20-66,7%) y el descriptor "salud del trabajador" el más utilizado (03-10,0%). El área del conocimiento (CNPq) más investigada fue Ciencias de la Salud (25-83,3%) a través de la subárea Fonoaudiología (20-66,7%), siendo la Audiología el tema más investigado (16-53,3%). Conclusión: Se encontraron 16,53,3% registros en el área de Audiología y las investigaciones realizadas en el área de Voz (7-23,3%) abordan temas relacionados con la calidad vocal, la comunicación y la expresividad, sin embargo, no abordan el liderazgo. Estos datos sugieren esfuerzos en la investigación científica y en el desempeño profesional, ya que la Fonoaudiología tiene como objeto de estudio y actividad la comunicación humana. (AU)

Insight Into the Clinical Practices of US-Based Surgical Nongovernmental Organizations.

INTRODUCTION: A growing sector of humanitarian surgical nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) is providing care in low- and middle-income countries. Minimal data exists regarding this extremely heterogeneous community. This study aims to describe the demographics and clinical practices of surgical NGOs. We hypothesize there are identifiable attributes of such organizations which correlate with success. METHODS: A survey was sent to 83 US-based surgical NGOs directly providing general or subspecialty surgical care in low- and middle-income countries. Further information was obtained from organizations' websites. Descriptive statistics were performed to analyze organizational attributes and define protocol-driven practices. RESULTS: Thirty NGOs (36%) responded, averaging 20 ± 11 y of operation. Annually, US humanitarian surgical organizations performed a wide range of operations (10-15,000) with 52% performing fewer than 200 operations per year. Sixty-seven percent of responders were classified as strongly protocol-driven. Only twenty percent reported deviation from standard US practice occurs often or very often, most commonly in pain management (18%), preoperative workup (16%), and operative technique (16%). CONCLUSIONS: To our knowledge, this is the first effort to describe the characteristics and clinical practices of the humanitarian surgical sector. There exists a wide scope of clinical practice among responding surgical NGOs, however mostly consistent with US standards, with a prevalance of protocol-driven clinical approach. Developing consensus-based protocols may help standardize and improve quality of care for surgical NGOs.

Effectiveness of NGOs in mountainous solid waste management: A case study from Healing Himalayas in Rakchham, Himachal Pradesh, India.

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) play a critical role in addressing solid waste management (SWM) challenges in remote mountain communities, including the ecologically fragile Himalayan region. This study evaluates the impact of Healing Himalayas, an NGO, in Rakchham village, Himachal Pradesh, India. The objectives were to evaluate the effectiveness of Healing Himalayas' decentralized SWM model in promoting stakeholder engagement and resource recovery, assess the role of collaborations between local authorities and the NGO in financing waste management practices, investigate the influence of tourism and seasonal variations on solid waste generation patterns and waste management practices in Rakchham, and material recovery facilities, followed by glass (36.7%), paper/cardboard (18.4%) and metal (4.1%). A fee-based system involving the local village council funded waste operations. Waste generation exhibited significant seasonal fluctuations, with tourism influxes driving increased volumes. Healing Himalayas' initiatives promoted community participation, with over 15 awareness workshops conducted. Key challenges included limited financial resources, inadequate infrastructure, lack of advanced treatment facilities and need for context-specific solutions like efficient wet waste management in cold climates. The study highlights Healing Himalayas' decentralized model's success in fostering stakeholder engagement, behavioural change and resource recovery. The findings inform effective strategies for NGO-led waste management initiatives tailored to remote Himalayan communities.

The varied perspectives of organisational effectiveness: What's at stake for early childhood development programmes in Rwanda?

Within global health and development, dissatisfaction with nongovernmental organisations' effectiveness (NGOs) is an increasingly pervasive aspect of programming. Today, the international community no longer accepts that NGOs are doing what they claim. This change in expectations has emphasised the importance of measuring organisational effectiveness for improved health and development impact. Using New Institutionalism as a theoretical framework, we investigated how institutional norms and expectations influence the adoption of structures and processes by NGOs, and Early Childhood Development (ECD) programming effectiveness in Rwanda - since little research connects these concepts. We employed qualitative methods: 45 in-depth interviews and 6 focus group discussions. Findings revealed a misalignment of 'organizational effectiveness' across scales, from global to local. Findings stress that, effectiveness, though an expectation of the institutional environment, may not be a valid construct for NGOs, generating implications for ECD programming. Findings also indicate measurement of global health interventions generally and the notion of effectiveness specifically can yield adverse implications for ECD programming. These findings are relevant for researchers and practitioners trying to better understand organisational effectiveness for ECD programmes because they suggest that effectiveness is socially constructed and measured differently across the different scales.

Industries, citizens, and non-governmental organizations' positioning and arguments used in European Union initiatives for alcohol taxation and cross-border regulation.

BACKGROUND: The European region has the highest daily alcohol consumption per capita and a high alcohol-related burden of disease. Policymaking at the European Union level is open to participation by interest groups, from public health organizations to alcohol industry representatives. This study aimed to map the interest groups present in the alcohol taxation and cross-border regulation initiatives and identify which arguments were used to support positions in favor or against them. METHODS: We used qualitative content analysis on the comments submitted on the official European Commission website during the 2017, 2018, 2020, and 2022 participation periods. Interest groups were characterized considering their positioning, and arguments were identified and compared by position and type of initiative. RESULTS: Opponents of changes to the structures of alcohol excise duties and cross-border regulations were mostly representatives of the alcohol and agricultural industries, and the proponents were mostly health-related nongovernmental organizations. Opponents of these initiatives used a wide variety of arguments, from economic and trade to health arguments, while proponents focused mainly on health arguments, such as the effectiveness of alcohol taxation in preventing alcohol-related morbidity and mortality. CONCLUSION: This study highlights the wide range of arguments used by opponents around alcohol control policies, contrasting with the health-centered arguments of proponents. It further shows that there is a lobbying network at the European Union level, combining national and international representatives of industry and non-governmental organizations. These findings provide an opportunity for better preparation for upcoming discussions on alcohol control at national and regional levels.

The role of project management office in the implementation of strategic plans in project-based organisations.

The role of the project management office (PMO) in improving project execution has recently been acknowledged and is gaining popularity in project-based organizations to furnish various options for project-solving approaches. This study aims to identify and test the ability of PMO roles in implementing the strategic plan of the organization. This research adopted survey-based quantitative research. The questionnaire was shared with 450 staff members working in 19 project-based organizations. 268 usable questionnaires were received. The methodologies for the development of project management, monitoring and controlling project performance, organizational learning, monitoring and controlling project performance, and improving organization structure and communication were the top five PMO roles involved in the execution of strategic plans, according to the results. At the same time, the criteria of twelve top metrics were recognized to determine the effectiveness of the PMO department. This study has research implications for the researchers involved in the exploration of the specific benefits of PMO.

" because the social work never ends": a qualitative study exploring how NGOs responded to emerging needs while upholding responsibility to HIV prevention and treatment during the war in Ukraine.

INTRODUCTION: Since the onset of the Russian invasion on 24 February 2022, the health system in Ukraine has been placed under tremendous pressure, with damage to critical infrastructure, large losses of human resources, restricted mobility and significant supply chain interruptions. Based on a longstanding partnership between the Ukrainian Institute for Social Research after Oleksandr Yaremenko (UISR after O. Yaremenko) and the Institute for Global Public Health at the University of Manitoba, we explore the impact of the full-scale war on non-governmental organizations (NGOs, including charitable organizations) providing services for key population groups in Ukraine. METHODS: We conducted in-depth qualitative interviews with key representatives from NGOs working with key population groups (i.e., people living with HIV, sex workers, men who have sex with men, people who inject drugs and transgender people) throughout Ukraine. Members of the UISR after O. Yaremenko research team recruited participants from organizations working at national, regional and local levels. The research team members conducted 26 interviews (22 with women and four with men) between 15 May and 7 June 2023. Interviews were conducted virtually in Ukrainian and interpretively analysed to draw out key themes. RESULTS: Applying Roels et al.'s notion of "first responders", our findings explore how the full-scale war personally and organizationally impacted workers at Ukrainian NGOs. Despite the impacts to participants' physical and mental health, frontline workers continued to support HIV prevention and treatment while also responding to the need for humanitarian aid among their clients and the wider community. Furthermore, despite inadequate pay and compensation for their work, frontline workers assumed additional responsibilities, thereby exceeding their normal workload during the extraordinary conditions of war. CONCLUSIONS: NGOs play a vital role as responders, adapting their services to meet the emergent needs of communities during structural shocks, such as war. There is an urgent need to support NGOs with adequate resources for key population service delivery and to increase support for their important role in humanitarian aid.

Community Power-Building Groups And Public Health NGOs: Reimagining Public Health Advocacy.

Public health frameworks have grappled with the inequitable distribution of power as a driver of the social conditions that determine health. However, these frameworks have not adequately considered building community power as a strategy to shift the distribution of power. Community power-building organizations build and organize a base of affected people to take collective action to transform their material conditions, using advocacy and other tactics. We conducted qualitative interviews with representatives of twenty-two national nongovernmental public health organizations (public health NGOs) and thirteen community power-building organizations to explore the nature and potential of partnerships between public health and community power-building organizations. Our findings suggest ways to close advocacy gaps within the public health ecosystem and ways in which public health can strategically leverage its power, resources, and expertise to support social justice campaigns and movements.

Ruturas no lazer feminino em Portugal: o caso do futebol na união recreativa de cultura e desporto de Coina (1981-1990) / DIscontinuity in female leisure in Portugal: the case of football in the união recreativa de cultura e desporto de Coina (1981-1990)

A observação da adoção do futebol feminino na União Recreativa de Cultura e Desporto de Coina entre 1981 e 1990 mostra como qualquer abordagem à triangulação entre lazer, paisagem e natureza deverá ser efetuada com alguma meticulosidade, tomando as características peculiares da instituição em causa como primordiais, e nem sempre equiparáveis a outros territórios. A adoção do futebol em Coina acabou por moldar todo um território regional e elevou um pequeno topónimo periférico da Grande Lisboa ao mapa mental dos seguidores nacionais deste desporto. Este case study mostra como o futebol entrou nas estratégias de implementação do direito ao lazer feminino em Portugal e assumiu diferentes formas e variáveis díspares no tempo e no espaço.

The observation of the adoption of femalefootball at the União R.C.D.de Coina(Portugal) between 1981 and 1990 shows how the triangulation between leisure, landscape and nature has to be carryout with some meticulousness, taking the innercharacteristics of eachinstitution. Onceanalyzed as primordial, probably it would not bealways comparable to the rest of the country. The adoption of football inthe village ofCoina ended up shaping an entire regional territory and placed a small peripheral placeof Lisbon' outskirtson the mental map of the nationalfollowers of this sport. This case study shows how football entered into the strategies for implementingwomen's right to leisure in Portugal,and it had different forms and variables throughtime and space.

The delivery and challenges of Pediatric Anesthesia within the humanitarian sector: Médecins Sans Frontières and Mercy Ships.

Access to healthcare is inequitable. Poverty, natural disasters and war disproportionally effect those most vulnerable, including children. Non-governmental organizations (NGO) hold a vital role in providing pediatric care in these contexts. Here we describe the delivery and challenges of Pediatric Anesthesia with two such non-governmental organizations; Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Mercy Ships. Descriptions of both are followed by case studies.

The program efficiency of environmental and social non-governmental organizations: A comparative study.

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are becoming increasingly significant stakeholders in global governance and business operations. However, measuring their efficiency is a challenging task due to their mission-driven nature. While previous research has proposed financial and non-financial indicators to measure NGO efficiency, none of them has compared the differences between environmental and social NGOs. This study aims to investigate the factors influencing the program efficiency of NGOs in China and compare the differences between environmental and social NGOs. 12 indicators are employed and tested using data collected from the Chinese Research Data Services (CNRDS) platform. The study employs multiple regression analysis to examine the influential factors identified in the dataset. The findings demonstrated different influential factors of program efficiency among environmental and social NGOs. The results of the analysis provide valuable insights for NGO operators, policymakers, and researchers in the field of NGOs.

Examining primary healthcare services following earthquake shocks in Turkiye: A critical analysis of the initial 3 months and the vital role of humanitarian policy transfer for rapid response.

The purpose of this article is to discuss the importance of policy transfer by humanitarian NGOs to post-disaster regions and the effectiveness of mobile Primary Health Care (PHC) services immediately after disasters. This study also focused on analysing the first 3 months aftermath of the earthquake and assessed the changes in the access and needs of vulnerable groups in emergency response creation and systematic interventions after disasters. In disasters that require urgent response such as earthquakes, the importance of the existing NGOs (Such as MdM) capacity in the countries has emerged in terms of rapid response and experience sharing. During the field work, it is observed that MdM Mobile Medical Units (MMU) teams had played a key role in terms of tracking PHC needs, functioning as early warning system for epidemics, and prevention of communicable diseases in the EQ effected areas. In this aspect, the changes in diagnoses in the first trimester is examined using the comparative analysis methods. This study used a cross-sectional mixed-method approach in terms of objective evaluation. The results from a quantitative needs assessment were complemented by qualitative data. Herein, the data were collected in two stages: First, primary data was collected through the field activities of MMU, and second field-based assessments was conducted with health professionals who have been working in the MMU teams since the first moments of the earthquake.

Employee Grievance Redressal and Corporate Ethics: Lessons from the Boeing 737-MAX Crashes.

Two Boeing 737-MAX passenger planes crashed in October 2018 and March 2019, suspending all 737-MAX aircraft. The crashes put Boeing's corporate practices and culture under the spotlight. The main objective of this paper is to use the case of Boeing to highlight the importance of efficient employee grievance redressal mechanisms and an independent external regulator. The methodology adopted is a qualitative analysis of statements of various whistleblowers and Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stakeholders. It suggests that employee feedback flowing up the chain of command should be more flexible and dealt with more seriousness. It recommends that companies adopt a cooling-off period or a lifetime restriction for employees who have gone through the revolving door between regulators and the industry. The Boeing 737-MAX case, which emphasizes the ethical obligations of the job, can offer value to engineers, engineering educators, managers, ombudsmen, and human resource professionals.