The Cyclone Nargis response in Myanmar 2 Negotiating humanitarian access to cyclone- affected areas of Myanmar: a review 5 ASEAN’s role in the Cyclone Nargis response: implications, lessons and opportunities 8 The Village Tract Assessment in Myanmar, July 2008: lessons and implications 10 Nargis and beyond: a choice between sensationalism and politicised inaction? 13 Responding to Cyclone Nargis: key lessons from Merlin’s experience 16 HAP and Sphere focal points in Myanmar: early lessons 19 Support to local initiatives in the Nargis response: a fringe versus mainstream approach 23 Helping the heroes: practical lessons from an attempt to support a civil society emergency response after Nargis 26 HIV programming in Myanmar 30 Protracted crisis in eastern Burma 33 Anti-personnel landmines in Myanmar: a cause of displacement and an obstacle to return
Practice and policy notes 35 Targeting humanitarian assistance in DRC 39 Does humanitarian space exist in Chad? 41 Aravanis: voiceless victims of the tsunami 43 Including chronic disease care in emergency responses 46 MSF and accountability: from global buzzwords to specific solutions 49 In praise of dependency