Landmine Casualty Data: Best Practices Guidebook

Authors

CISR, Center for International Stabilization and Recovery

Document Type

Article

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

Publication Date

2008

Keywords

Victim Assistance, Landmine, Casualty, Data, Best Practices, Mine Action Information Center, MAIC, Center for International Stabilization and Recovery, CISR, JMU, James Madison University

Abstract

This Landmine Casualty Data: Best Practices Guidebook reports on advances being made in casualty data collection and management and offers lessons learned that countries can reflect upon as they undertake the challenging task of building mine/ ERW victim information systems that meet their needs for data to use in planning and implementing their comprehensive mine action programs, including mine clearance, mine risk education and victim assistance. While the Guidebook is premised on the advances being made in some countries, much more progress is needed before effective landmine/ERW victim information systems will be operating in all mine-affected countries. It is important to share the successes and benefit from the lessons learned.