What is new about the 2004 edition of the Sphere Handbook?
This new edition of the handbook (2004) has been thoroughly revised and updated, taking into account recent developments in humanitarian practice in wat/san, food, shelter and health, together with feedback from practitioners in the field, research institutes and cross-cutting experts in protection, gender, children, older people, disabled people, HIV/AIDS and the environment. The revised handbook is the product of an extensive collaborative effort that reflects the collective will and shared experience of the humanitarian community, and its determination to improve on current knowledge in humanitarian assistance programmes. The 2004 edition features revisions from focal groups of representatives from national an international NGOs, the Red Cross & Red Crescent Movement, UN agencies, academic institutions and donor and government ministries.
