Conflict and Health

Article	Citations
Decision-making for childhood vaccination in crisis settings: a survey of practice & barriers	73
Fresh whole blood: A feasible alternative in disasters and mass casualty incidents? a systematic review and meta-analysis	64
Exposure to conflict and child health outcomes: evidence from a large multi-country study	59
Health-seeking behavior in conflict-affected settings: a cross-sectional study of internally displaced persons in Somalia	57
The political economy of expedience: examining perspectives on military support to Sierra Leone’s Ebola response	56
What works and who knows? The importance of community and health worker perspectives in defining solutions to attacks on healthcare	46
Mental health and structural injustice: a qualitative investigation of interlocking patterns of disadvantage among displaced populations in Nairobi, Kenya	43
Provision of mental health and psychosocial support services to health workers and community members in conflict-affected Northwest Syria: a mixed-methods study	42
The evolution of facility-based deliveries at primary healthcare centres during an insecurity and conflict crisis in Burkina Faso: a geospatial analysis	40
Family formation among adolescent Rohingya refugees; trajectories into adolescent marriage and childbearing in Cox’s Bazar Bangladesh	36
Identifying transferable lessons from cholera epidemic responses by Médecins Sans Frontières in Mozambique, Malawi and the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2015–2018: a scoping review	33
Developing an integrated model of care for vulnerable populations living with non-communicable diseases in Lebanon: an online theory of change workshop	33
Disruption to water supply and waterborne communicable diseases in northeast Syria: a spatiotemporal analysis	32
Resilient health systems appraisal model. whole-of-system approach to health system resilience in fragile contexts: a best-fit framework synthesis	31
The impact of conflict on infectious disease: a systematic literature review	29
Assessing gender responsiveness of COVID-19 response plans for populations in conflict-affected humanitarian emergencies	28
The impact of armed conflict on vaccination coverage: a systematic review of empirical evidence from 1985 to 2025	26
Exploring opportunities to strengthen maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response: a landscape analysis of surveillance and health information systems in the Eastern Democratic Republic of	25
Did aid to the Ebola crisis divert aid for reproductive, maternal, and newborn health? An analysis of donor-reported data in Sierra Leone	23
“With mental health and land, we have enough to live”—social determinants of mental health in fifteen conflict-affected municipalities of Montes de María, Colombia: a convergent parallel mixed methods	22
Community-based surveillance programme evaluation using the platform Nyss implemented by the Somali Red Crescent Society—a mixed methods approach	22
War and chronic illness: a health center-based study of Palestinians with non-communicable diseases in Gaza	21
Measurement of perceived needs in humanitarian contexts using the HESPER scale: a scoping study with reflections on the collaboration between researchers and humanitarian actors	20
Uptake of COVID-19 vaccine among female healthcare workers in Syria: results from a 2022 cross-sectional survey	20
Health systems resilience in fragile and shock-prone settings through the prism of gender equity and justice: implications for research, policy and practice	19

A mediation model on how PTSD symptoms are related to psychotic experiences in survivors of the ongoing Gaza war 2023–2024	19
Factors associated with health-seeking patterns among internally displaced persons in complex humanitarian emergency, Northeast Nigeria: a cross-sectional study	18
Real ethics has dirty feet – data collector perspectives on risk exposure during data collection in conflict-affected Eastern DRC	18
Feasibility and challenges in sustaining a community based surveillance system in post-Ebola Sierra Leone	18
Transactional sex work and HIV among women in conflict-affected Northeastern Uganda: a population-based study	18
Childhood exposure to intimate partner violence against women and its association with violence against children in refugee settlements in Uganda	18
Assessing the integration of refugee health data into national health information systems in Jordan, Lebanon, and Uganda	17
Access to care in Afghanistan after august 2021: a cross-sectional study exploring Afghans’ perspectives in 10 provinces	17
Exploring maternal and neonatal health in a conflict-affected setting: cross-sectional findings from Gaza	16
“There is a fear that you will be attacked just for the act of working in health”: a survey of experiences of violence against healthcare in Colombia	16
Translating, contextually adapting, and pilot testing of psychosocial and mental health assessment instruments for Congolese refugees in Rwanda and Uganda	16
Correction: Rebuilding the health sector in Gaza: alternative humanitarian voices	16
The lived experience of patients with conflict associated injuries whose wounds are affected by antimicrobial resistant organisms: a qualitative study from northwest Syria	15
Childhood exposure to armed conflict and nutritional health outcomes in Nigeria	15
School violence, depression symptoms, and school climate: a cross-sectional study of Congolese and Burundian refugee children	15
Under-five mortality during the war in Tigray: A community-based study	15
Navigating challenges, solutions and requirements in the provision of trauma care in conflict settings by humanitarian actors: a scoping literature review	15
Impact of periodic intensification of routine immunization within an armed conflict setting and COVID-19 outbreak in Cameroon in 2020	15
Not only vaccine hesitancy, but also vaccination campaign hesitancy drives measles epidemics in conflict-torn eastern DR Congo	15
Correction to: The crisis of maternal and child health in Afghanistan	15
Challenges faced by internally displaced diabetes patients in managing their health during a conflict: a qualitative study	15
Providing healthcare under the threat of gang-violence: a survey of Haitian healthcare providers	14
Post-migration stressors, mental health and well-being in resettled refugees from Syria: Do individuals’ coping strategies matter?	14
Armed actor interventions in humanitarian and public health crises: examining perspectives of crisis-affected community members	14
The Red Cross Red Crescent Health Information System (RCHIS): an electronic medical records and health information management system for the red cross red crescent emergency response units	13
Conflict, epidemic and faith communities: church-state relations during the fight against Covid-19 in north-eastern DR Congo	13
Exploring factors that shaped Syrian refugees integration into Lebanon’s national health system using Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Framework	13
Telemedicine interventions in six conflict-affected countries in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean region: a systematic review	13
Public knowledge, attitudes, practices, and key influencing factors regarding cancer screening in Yemen	13
Opportunities and challenges in preventing violence against adolescent girls through gender transformative, whole-family support programming in Northeast Nigeria	12
The implications of the Sudan war on healthcare workers and facilities: a health system tragedy	12
Shifting to Tele-Mental Health in humanitarian and crisis settings: an evaluation of Médecins Sans Frontières experience during the COVID-19 pandemic	12
How structural and symbolic violence during resettlement impacts the social and mental wellbeing of forced migrant women: the lived experiences of Arabic speaking survivors of IPV resettled in Melbour	12
The association between perceived neighborhood social cohesion and intimate partner violence in a refugee camp in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia	12
How are hygiene programmes designed in crises? Qualitative interviews with humanitarians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Iraq	11
Handwashing with soap and influencing factors in crisis-affected refugee populations in Kenya and Uganda	11
The impact of childhood maltreatment on treatment outcomes for posttraumatic stress symptoms and aggression in male former combatants using narrative exposure therapy [NET] - results from a RCT in Eas	11
How is the implementation of empirical research results documented in conflict-affected settings? Findings from a scoping review of peer-reviewed literature	11
A scoping review of epidemics of substance misuse and suicide in Syria: casualties of protracted conflict and political instability	11
The functional impact of middle Eastern political conflict on mental health and coping behaviors among Egyptian citizens: cross sectional study	10
Global health diplomacy in humanitarian action	10
Community-based surveillance programs in Cameroon, Chad, Niger and the DRC: a comparative assessment of integration in humanitarian crisis contexts	10
A chronicle of crises and emergencies: (dis)continuity of care for Syrian refugee children with neglected non-communicable diseases in Lebanon	10
Conducting public health surveillance in areas of armed conflict and restricted population access: a qualitative case study of polio surveillance in conflict-affected areas of Borno State, Nigeria	10
Setting research priorities for sexual and reproductive health in humanitarian settings: a global, stakeholder-informed agenda	10
Integrating mental health and psychosocial support into economic inclusion programming for displaced families in Ecuador	10
Evolution and lessons from an integrated service delivery network in North West Syria	10
Destruction, disruption and disaster: Sudan’s health system amidst armed conflict	9
World AIDS Day 2023: time to prioritize perilous HIV medicine	9
Impact of the armed conflict in Colombia: consequences in the health system, response and challenges	9

Strengthening community-based surveillance: lessons learned from the 2018–2020 Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Ebola outbreak	9
Burial workers’ perceptions of community resistance and support systems during an Ebola outbreak in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: a qualitative study	9
The management of cholera in populations affected by conflict in Africa and the Middle-East: a scoping review	9
Does inter-border conflict influence the views of task sharing among community health volunteers in Nigeria? A qualitative study	9
Correction: Participatory approaches and methods in gender equality and gender‑based violence research with refugees and internally displaced populations: a scoping review	9
Evaluation of public health surveillance systems in refugee settlements in Uganda, 2016–2019: lessons learned	8
Facilitating hand hygiene in displacement camps during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative assessment of a novel handwashing stand and hygiene promotion package	8
Close relationships with caregivers as protective factor for the mental health and functioning of war-affected Congolese youth	8
Exposure to wartime sexual violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina: nationally representative prevalence 30 years after the 1992–1995 war	8
Exploring the use of COVID-19 antigen rapid diagnostic tests among displaced populations in Iraq: findings from a pilot project in four IDP camps	8
War’s youngest victims: a descriptive cross-sectional study on injury distributions, severity patterns, and outcomes among paediatric trauma patients in Kharkiv, Ukraine	8
Healthcare workers’ experiences of workplace violence: a qualitative study in Lebanon	8
Attitudes, motivators, and barriers toward influenza vaccination for children: a study from a conflict-ridden country	8
Correction: Have attacks on healthcare become the new normal? A public health call to action for armed conflicts before it is too late	8
Alcohol and other drug use patterns and services in an integrated refugee settlement in Northern Zambia: a formative research study	8
Social determinants of student mental health before and after the Beirut port explosion: two cross-sectional studies	8
Perceptions and attitudes of Rohingya community stakeholders to pregnancy termination services: a qualitative study in camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh	8
COVID-19 vaccination in the Gaza Strip: a cross-sectional study of vaccine coverage, hesitancy, and associated risk factors among community members and healthcare workers	8
Examining the integration of refugees into the national health system in Uganda: an analysis using the policy triangle framework	8
Correction to: Challenges and opportunities for infection prevention and control in hospitals in conflict-affected settings: a qualitative study	8
Adult mortality patterns in Yemen before and during armed conflict: evidence from a web survey of the global diaspora	7
Healthcare accessibility, utilization, and quality of life among internally displaced people during the Sudan war: a cross-sectional study	7
Self-managed abortion as a humanitarian revolution: accounts of a telehealth pilot in the Middle East	7
Correction: Health and well-being of older populations affected by humanitarian crises in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review of peer-reviewed literature	7
Five recommendations to advance implementation science for humanitarian settings: the next frontier of humanitarian research	7
‘They were just enjoying love and she was making money’: A qualitative analysis of UN peacekeeper sexual interactions in the Democratic Republic of Congo	7
Strengthening event-based surveillance (EBS): a case study from Afghanistan	7
Violence against health care workers in a crisis context: a mixed cross-sectional study in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo	7
Physical injuries and burns among refugees in Lebanon: implications for programs and policies	7
Prevalence and correlates of anxiety, depression, and symptoms of trauma among Palestinian adults in Gaza after a year of war: a cross-sectional study	7
Integrating Syrian refugees into Lebanon’s healthcare system 2011–2022: a mixed-method study	7
The enduring consequences of conflict-related sexual violence: a qualitative study of women survivors in northern Uganda	7
An analysis of humanitarian and health aid alignment over a decade (2011–2019) of the Syrian conflict	7
“Older people tend to be invisible”: a qualitative study exploring the needs and inclusion of older Syrian refugees in the context of compounding crises in host country, Lebanon	7
Experiences of armed conflicts and forced migration among women from countries in the Middle East, Balkans, and Africa: a systematic review of qualitative studies	7
Associations of psychological distress, alcohol and substance use, and HIV risk behaviour in forcibly displaced persons and migrants in Nigeria	7
Impacts of attacks to female health care workers in three territories of Colombia	7
Dealing with difficult choices: a qualitative study of experiences and consequences of moral challenges among disaster healthcare responders	7
Inferring the impact of humanitarian responses on population mortality: methodological problems and proposals	6
Addressing recall bias in (post-)conflict data collection and analysis: lessons from a large-scale health survey in Colombia	6
Ageism, an invisible social determinant of health for older Syrian refugees in Lebanon: a service providers’ perspective	6
Determinants of health among people who use illicit drugs in the conflict-affected countries of Afghanistan, Colombia and Myanmar: a systematic review of epidemiological evidence	6
Correction: Impact of Ebola and COVID‑19 on maternal, neonatal, and child health care among populations affected by conflicts: a scoping review exploring demand and supply‑side barriers and solutions	6
Healthcare accessibility in yemen’s conflict zones: comprehensive review focused on strategies and solutions	6
Feasibility and acceptability of phone-delivered psychological therapy for refugee children and adolescents in a humanitarian setting	6
Towards universal health care coverage in low- and middle- income countries: integrating refugees into national health systems	6
“How can we talk about our struggles?” reflections on researcher wellbeing and recommendations for psychosocial support for researchers in conflict-affected areas	6
The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in humanitarian settings: epidemiology, health service utilization, and health care seeking behavior in Bangui and surrounding areas, Central African Republic	5
A qualitative assessment of Ukraine’s trauma system during the Russian conflict: experiences of volunteer healthcare providers	5
Post-quake call for action: developing core competencies matrix for Syrian health workers in emergency time	5
Gender based violence (GBV) coordination in a complex, multi-crisis context: a qualitative case study of Lebanon’s compounded crises (2019–2023)	5
Ensuring equity in mental health and psychosocial support during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond	5
A qualitative assessment of disease and non-battle injuries in Ukraine since the Russian invasion	5
Pathways to food insecurity in the context of conflict: the case of the occupied Palestinian territory	5
Implementation of lockdown, quarantine, and isolation measures in the context of COVID-19 among internally displaced persons in Burkina Faso: a qualitative study	5
Woman-centred care during crisis: a qualitative study of women’s experiences seeking and receiving intrapartum care during acute phase of the armed conflict in Khartoum, Sudan	5
I don't leave my people; They need me: Qualitative research of local health care professionals' working motivations in Syria	5
Gender-based violence (GBV) coordination in humanitarian and public health emergencies: a scoping review	5
Maternal health outcomes in the context of fragility: a retrospective study from Lebanon	5
Evaluating an e-learning program to strengthen the capacity of humanitarian workers in the MENA region: the Humanitarian Leadership Diploma	4
Inclusive education in a refugee camp for children with disabilities: How are school setting and children’s behavioral functioning related?	4
“I will take part in the revolution with our people”: a qualitative study of healthcare workers’ experiences of violence and resistance after the 2021 Myanmar coup d’etat	4
A literature review exploring how health systems respond to acute shocks in fragile and conflict-affected countries	4
Implementation of maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) in humanitarian settings: insights and experiences of humanitarian health practitioners and global technical expert mee	4
Expanding the evidence on integration of cash assistance in gender-based violence case management in humanitarian settings: lessons learned from multi-country evaluations	4
The impact of armed conflicts on HIV treatment outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
The hidden toll of war: a comprehensive study of orthopedic injuries in Yemen	4
Deferral of elective surgeries during the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on Palestinian patients: a cross-sectional study	4
A qualitative study of cultural concepts of distress among Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh	4
Research and conflict: mapping research trends and gaps in Ukrainian Emergency Medical Services− a scoping review	4
Perilous medicine in Tigray: a systematic review	4
Rebuilding child health in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): evaluating the Asili social enterprise program	4
Understanding the organization and delivery of health services following the repatriation of South Sudanese refugees from the West Nile districts in Uganda	4
How integration of refugees into national health systems became a global priority: a qualitative policy analysis	4
Underestimating attacks: comparing two sources of publicly-available data about attacks on health care in 2017	4
A review of the response and the emergency medical team (EMT) deployment following a tanker explosion in Freetown, Sierra Leone	4
Correction: Health and well-being of older populations affected by humanitarian crises in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review of peer-reviewed literature	4
Health system governance cooperation with unrecognised health authorities: a political economy analysis in Afghanistan and Northwest Syria	4
A descriptive analysis of a medical humanitarian aid initiative for quality perinatal management in war-torn Ukraine	4
Exploring the youth perceptions of factors contributing to victims’ silence during the armed conflict in Ethiopia	4

Provider-initiated HIV testing uptake and socio-economic status among women in a conflict zone in the Central African Republic: a mixed-methods cross-sectional study	4
Consistency of reports of violence from northern Rakhine state in August 2017	4
Realising health justice in Palestine: beyond humanitarian voices	4
The impact of decentralisation on health systems in fragile and post-conflict countries: a narrative synthesis of six case studies in the Indo-Pacific	4
Epidemiological investigation of a cholera outbreak and its socioeconomic determinants in southwest state, Somalia, January − August, 2024	4
Reproductive health risks of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in humanitarian settings of Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4