Ex-combatants and post-liberal peacebuilding in Northern Ireland: challenging cultures of militarism

Conflict, transition and education for ‘political generosity’: learning from the experience of ex-combatants in Northern Ireland

Cooperation Project: Reintegration of Ex-combatants in Sierra Leone - Ex-post evaluation 2010 – Main Report

Post-transfusion hepatitis: a problem in Northern Ireland?

A retrospective analysis of post-transfusion hepatitis reported to us from 1980 through 1984 revealed 16 patients. We believe that this apparently low incidence is due to lack of notification and make a case for direct notification to us of any suspected cases. Disqualification of implicated blood donors is of prime importance in prevention of transfusion-associated hepatitis.

Medicines optimisation in Northern Ireland - scope and results of a challenging project

In Northern Ireland (NI), a Medicines Optimisation (MO) project has been successfully implemented by the Northern Health and Social Care Trust (NHSCT) over the last few years and continues to be developed. Historically, the approach taken to reduce medicine expenditure has been to focus almost exclusively on costs and cost-cutting initiatives. This methodology has had only limited success, as i...

Child combatants in northern Uganda: Reintegration myths and realities

At a recent Paris conference on child soldiering, the keynote speaker, French foreign minister Philippe Douste-Blazy, warned that the use of child soldiers is “a time bomb that threatens stability and growth in Africa and beyond.” They are “lost children,” he argued, “lost for peace and lost for the development of their countries.” (BBC, 2007) This lost generation metaphor has become a commonpl...