An analytic perspective of a mixed methods study during humanitarian crises in South Sudan: translating facility- and community-based newborn guidelines into practice
In South Sudan, the civil war in 2016 led to mass displacement in Juba that rapidly spread to other regions of the country. Access to health care was limited because of attacks against health facilities and wo... (Source: Conflict and Health)
Source: Conflict and Health - January 12, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Samira Sami, Ribka Amsalu, Alexander Dimiti, Debra Jackson, Kemish Kenneth, Solomon Kenyi, Janet Meyers, Luke C. Mullany, Elaine Scudder, Barbara Tomczyk and Kate Kerber Tags: Research in practice Source Type: research
Dynamics of non-communicable disease prevention, diagnosis and control in Lebanon, a fragile setting
Non-communicable diseases (NCD) present an increasing global health challenge, particularly for settings affected by fragility where access to care may be disrupted, and where high-quality continuous care deli... (Source: Conflict and Health)
Source: Conflict and Health - January 11, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Nadine Zablith, Karin Diaconu, Farah Naja, Maria El Koussa, Giulia Loffreda, Ibrahim Bou-Orm and Shadi Saleh Tags: Research Source Type: research
Exploring resource scarcity and contextual influences on wellbeing among young refugees in Bidi Bidi refugee settlement, Uganda: findings from a qualitative study
Contextual factors including poverty and inequitable gender norms harm refugee adolescent and youths ’ wellbeing. Our study focused on Bidi Bidi refugee settlement that hosts more than 230,000 of Uganda’s 1.4 m... (Source: Conflict and Health)
Source: Conflict and Health - January 7, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Carmen H. Logie, Moses Okumu, Maya Latif, Daniel Kibuuka Musoke, Simon Odong Lukone, Simon Mwima and Peter Kyambadde Tags: Research Source Type: research
A case analysis of partnered research on palliative care for refugees in Jordan and Rwanda
This case analysis describes dilemmas and challenges of ethical partnering encountered in the process of conducting a research study that explored moral and practical dimensions of palliative care in humanitar... (Source: Conflict and Health)
Source: Conflict and Health - January 6, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sonya de Laat, Olive Wahoush, Rania Jaber, Wejdan Khater, Emmanuel Musoni, Ibraheem Abu Siam and Lisa Schwartz Tags: Research in practice Source Type: research
In the era of humanitarian crisis, young women continue to die in childbirth in Mali
Maternal mortality occurs mostly in contexts of poverty and health system collapse. Mali has a very high maternal mortality rate and this extremely high mortality rate is due in part to longstanding constraint... (Source: Conflict and Health)
Source: Conflict and Health - January 3, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Pierre Coulibaly, Cl émence Schantz, Brehima Traoré, Nanko S. Bagayoko, Abdoulaye Traoré, Fanny Chabrol and Oumar Guindo Tags: Commentary Source Type: research
Publisher Correction to: Challenges and strategies in conducting sexual and reproductive health research among Rohingya refugees in Cox ’s Bazar, Bangladesh
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article. (Source: Conflict and Health)
Source: Conflict and Health - December 30, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Rushdia Ahmed, Bachera Aktar, Nadia Farnaz, Pushpita Ray, Abdul Awal, Raafat Hassan, Sharid Bin Shafique, Md Tanvir Hasan, Zahidul Quayyum, Mohira Babaeva Jafarovna, Loulou Hassan Kobeissi, Khalid El Tahir, Balwinder Singh Chawla and Sabina Faiz Rashid Tags: Publisher Correction Source Type: research
A graphic elicitation technique to represent patient rights
A patient charter is an explicit declaration of the rights of patients within a particular health care setting. In early 2020 the Save the Children Emergency Health Unit deployed to Cox ’s Bazar Bangladesh to s... (Source: Conflict and Health)
Source: Conflict and Health - December 14, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Catherine R. McGowan, Nora Hellman, Louisa Baxter, Sonali Chakma, Samchun Nahar, Ahasan Ud Daula, Kelly Rowe, Josie Gilday, Patricia Kingori, Rachel Pounds and Rachael Cummings Tags: Methodology Source Type: research
Country and gender differences in the association between violence and cigarette smoking among youth
This study examined cigarette smoking in two middle-income areas with different levels and types of exposure... (Source: Conflict and Health)
Source: Conflict and Health - December 14, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Niveen M. E. Abu-Rmeileh, Ethel Alderete, Abdullatif Husseini, Jennifer Livaudais-Toman and Eliseo J. P érez-Stable Tags: Research Source Type: research
Knowledge of cervical cancer risk factors and symptoms among women in a refugee settlement: a cross-sectional study in northern Uganda
In this study, we sought to determine the awareness and knowledge of cervical cancer... (Source: Conflict and Health)
Source: Conflict and Health - December 3, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Winnie Adoch, Christopher Orach Garimoi, Suzanne E. Scott, Geoffrey Goddie Okeny, Jennifer Moodley, Henry Komakech, Fiona M. Walter and Amos Deogratius Mwaka Tags: Research Source Type: research
“Having more women humanitarian leaders will help transform the humanitarian system”: challenges and opportunities for women leaders in conflict and humanitarian health
It is estimated that over 40% of the half a million humanitarian workers who provide frontline care during emergencies, wars and disasters, are women. Women are at the forefront of improving health for conflic... (Source: Conflict and Health)
Source: Conflict and Health - December 2, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Preeti Patel, Kristen Meagher, Nassim El Achi, Abdulkarim Ekzayez, Richard Sullivan and Gemma Bowsher Tags: Research Source Type: research
Challenges and strategies in conducting sexual and reproductive health research among Rohingya refugees in Cox ’s Bazar, Bangladesh
Rohingya diaspora or Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMNs), took shelter in the refugee camps of Cox ’s Bazar, Bangladesh due to armed conflict in the Rakhine state of Myanmar. In such humanitarian crise... (Source: Conflict and Health)
Source: Conflict and Health - December 1, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Rushdia Ahmed, Bachera Aktar, Nadia Farnaz, Pushpita Ray, Abdul Awal, Raafat Hassan, Sharid Bin Shafique, Md Tanvir Hasan, Zahidul Quayyum, Mohira Babaeva Jafarovna, Loulou Hassan Kobeissi, Khalid El Tahir, Balwinder Singh Chawla and Sabina Faiz Rashid Tags: Research in practice Source Type: research
A telephone based assessment of the health situation in the far north region of Cameroon
In 2017, Field access was considerably limited in the Far North region of Cameroon due to the conflict. M édecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in collaboration with Ministry of health needed to estimate the health situat... (Source: Conflict and Health)
Source: Conflict and Health - November 30, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Etienne Marc Hugues Gignoux, Olivier Tresor Donfack Sontsa, Ayoola Mudasiru, Justin Eyong, Rodrigue Ntone, Modeste Tamakloe Koku, Dalil Mahamat Adji, Alain Etoundi, Yap Boum, Christine Jamet, Jean-Cl ément Cabrol and Klaudia Porten Tags: Research Source Type: research
Considerations for planning COVID-19 treatment services in humanitarian responses
The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to cause high morbidity and mortality in crisis-affected populations. Delivering COVID-19 treatment services in crisis settings will likely entail complex trade-offs bet... (Source: Conflict and Health)
Source: Conflict and Health - November 25, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sylvia Garry, Nada Abdelmagid, Louisa Baxter, Natalie Roberts, Olivier le Polain de Waroux, Sharif Ismail, Ruwan Ratnayake, Caroline Favas, Elizabeth Lewis and Francesco Checchi Tags: Research in practice Source Type: research
Integrating sexual and reproductive health into health system strengthening in humanitarian settings: a planning workshop toolkit to transition from minimum to comprehensive services in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bangladesh, and Yemen
Planning to transition from the Minimum Initial Service Package for Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) toward comprehensive SRH services has been a challenge in humanitarian settings. To bridge this gap, a w... (Source: Conflict and Health)
Source: Conflict and Health - November 25, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Nguyen Toan Tran, Alison Greer, Brigitte Kini, Hassan Abdi, Kariman Rajeh, Hilde Cortier and Mohira Boboeva Tags: Research in practice Source Type: research
COVID-19 in humanitarian settings: documenting and sharing context-specific programmatic experiences
Humanitarian organizations have developed innovative and context specific interventions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic as guidance has been normative in nature and most are not humanitarian specific. In ... (Source: Conflict and Health)
Source: Conflict and Health - November 19, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Neha S. Singh, Orit Abrahim, Chiara Altare, Karl Blanchet, Caroline Favas, Alex Odlum and Paul B. Spiegel Tags: Commentary Source Type: research
