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Following the 2021 military coup in Myanmar, adolescent girls and young women have faced a multitude of threats to their health and wellbeing. Beyond direct exposure to armed combat, injuries and loss of life,...
Armed conflict in Sudan since April 2023 has led to the widespread disruption of health care services, the destruction of public and private health care infrastructure nationwide, and the targeting of health c...
The original article was published in Conflict and Health 2024 18:1
Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) remains a critical public health challenge in conflict-affected settings, where children face heightened vulnerability. Dual deficiencies in weight-for-height z-score (WHZ < -3)...
Universal health coverage (UHC) is a key component of Afghanistan’s health plan, but the country faces challenges due to decades of conflict and instability. Concurrently, healthcare successes have been achiev...
The association between witnessing intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) and experiencing violence against children (VAC) has received limited attention in humanitarian settings. We examined the prev...
Experiencing violence and conflict during childhood and adolescence can significantly impact mental health, including affecting young people’s social and economic development. We lack research in conflict-affe...
Sexual violence is widespread in the eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including in the North Kivu province. Moreover, in this region survivors of sexual violence often have limited access...
Conducting research in humanitarian crisis settings poses multiple logistical and ethical challenges. We studied a community-based intervention called ‘Living Peace Initiative’, collecting household-based data...
Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) presents a significant public health challenge for refugee women and girls in Africa. Displaced populations often lack access to menstrual products, adequate Water, Sanitatio...
Disease and non-battle injuries (DNBI) often account for more military casualties than those from combat wounds. The February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine has severely limited access to care in areas with ...
The original article was published in Conflict and Health 2024 18:73
Humanitarian emergencies are postulated to increase rates of early marriage and early childbearing, as drivers of both are heightened or exacerbated in crisis settings. There is a critical need for research th...
This pilot study explored the challenges experienced by Syrian and Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and the role of resilience in general health and mental wellbeing.
Armed conflict can be described as human development in reverse. In addition to the direct consequences of violence, there are numerous ways in which armed conflict may have indirect effects on people’s health...
The original article was published in Conflict and Health 2024 18:73
Contact tracing remains a pillar public health strategy for containing Ebola virus disease (EVD). During the 2018–2020 EVD outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), contact tracing was implemente...
The ongoing war in Sudan has triggered a massive displacement crisis, leaving internally displaced people (IDP) struggling to access healthcare services. This study aimed to investigate healthcare access, util...
An explosion at a fuel depot in the region of Berkadzor, around 6 km near Stepanakert in Nagorno-Karabakh, happened on September 25, 2023 resulting in more than 220 lost lives and around 300 injuries. The Mini...
Effective parenting can mediate the negative impact of complex humanitarian emergencies (CHEs) on child mental health, however many caregivers struggle to parent effectively in these settings. Parenting interv...
Access to safe abortion care (SAC) should be improved in fragile and humanitarian settings, and the implementation of interventions in that regard are currently limited. This is especially true for self-manage...
In the shadow of Israel’s ongoing genocide throughout occupied Palestine, this article examines the moral, political, and epistemic responsibilities of humanitarian, public health, global health, medical and r...
Russian’s invasion of Ukraine has seriously disrupted perinatal care. In a humanitarian initiative, emergency obstetric and neonatal equipment and drugs were provided by Maternal and Childhealth Advocacy Inter...
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death globally, and many humanitarian crises occur in countries with high NCD burdens. Peer support is a promising approach to improve NCD care in thes...
Students in Lebanon are facing the devastating impact of multiple national crises, including an unprecedented economic collapse and the Beirut port explosion that killed hundreds, injured thousands, and displa...
Uganda has been confronted with a sustained influx of refugees for decades. This prompted the government to explore opportunities to integrate refugees into local service structures including its national heal...
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The evolving nature of irregular warfare and the increasingly frequent violations of human rights law and international humanitarian law pose unique challenges for humanitarian actors delivering trauma care in...
Humanitarian crises bring unique, and potentially growing challenges to people with type 1 diabetes (T1D). We aimed to determine, in youth with T1D (mean age (± 1SD) 0–17.9 years) within and coming from humani...
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is the most common form of gender-based violence affecting women and girls worldwide and is exacerbated in humanitarian settings. There is evidence that neighborhood social proc...
Children, particularly those who have received no routine vaccinations (zero-dose children), are at high risk of vaccine-preventable diseases in humanitarian crisis settings. However, the decision-making proce...
Globally, 21 million children were un- or under-vaccinated with Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis (DTP)-containing vaccines in 2023. Around 20% of zero-dose children, those who had not received any DTP doses, live ...
Around the world, a maternal death occurs approximately every two minutes—most of these deaths are preventable. The maternal mortality ratio is a key indicator for the Sustainable Development Goals, yet we hav...
While balanced blood component therapy (BCT) is pivotal in trauma patient damage control resuscitation in well-resourced settings, disasters, and mass casualty incidents (MCIs) pose significant challenges, esp...
The convergence of global demographic changes and rising humanitarian crises in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) has raised the number of affected older people (OP). These individuals face the challeng...
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In the face of escalating health emergencies globally, the need for timely rehabilitation services has become increasingly evident. However, deficiencies in the provision of early rehabilitation interventions ...
IOM piloted the use of Ag RDTs for COVID-19 in Iraq, in collaboration with FIND, the Global Alliance for Diagnostics, to facilitate access to testing and understand barriers and opportunities for testing in a ...
Attacks on healthcare have been committed throughout the Syrian conflict in violation of International Humanitarian Law (IHL), contributing to the devastation of the country’s healthcare system. The conflict h...
In outbreak-prone settings, community-based surveillance (CBS) systems can alert health authorities to respond in a timely manner where suspected cases of disease are being reported. After the 2014–2016 Ebola ...
Poverty is a key social determinant of mental health among forcibly displaced persons. This study aimed to design and pilot test a strategy to integrate existing mental health and economic inclusion interventi...
Maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity in conflict-affected northeastern areas of Nigeria, such as Yobe State, are disproportionately higher than those in the rest of the country. There is limited eviden...
The ongoing armed conflict in Sudan has caused mass displacement, affecting mental health. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and trauma among refugees, internall...
Supportive social connections are a crucial determinant of the mental health and adjustment of youth in conflict-torn regions. Conflict-affected youth face particular risks to their well-being due to high leve...
The western province of Anbar, and the district of Hadeetha, have suffered direct impacts from the second United States led invasion (2003) through the ISIS invasion (2014–2017). With the primary health care c...
On 5 November 2021, a fire incident following a tanker explosion occurred in the Wellington PMB Junction east of Freetown, Sierra Leone, injuring and killing people. WHO facilitated the deployment of internati...
Real-time disease surveillance is an important component of infection control in at-risk populations. However, data on cases or from lab testing is often not available in many low-resource settings. Rapid diag...
Conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) is a significant health and human rights issue in humanitarian contexts, but there is a need of further research on differences between sexes in terms of severity of sym...
This study examines the experiences of diabetic patients who were displaced during the Israel–Hamas conflict, highlighting the substantial challenges they face in managing their health under these circumstances.
This commentary explores the intersection between climate, conflict, and child nutrition, highlighting the severe child nutrition crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa exacerbated by climate change and ongoing conflict...
The ongoing conflict in Gaza has led to severe destruction of the health system and eventually its collapse. Moreover, multiple attacks on health workers were reported which led to obstacles in service deliver...
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