Written by: Jodi Morris, Mark van Ommeren, Myron Belfer, Shekhar Saxena and
Benedetto Saraceno

Disasters, 2007, 31(1): 71−90. © 2007. Journal compilation © Overseas Development Institute, 2007.
This paper offers a child-focused review of the evidence for the intervention indicators described in the Sphere minimum standard on mental and social aspects of health for use in acute emergencies. This piece of policy was chosen for review because the Sphere Handbook presently represents, across disciplines, perhaps the most widely distributed, basic humanitarian aid text.