Conflict and Health

Article	Citations
Decision-making for childhood vaccination in crisis settings: a survey of practice & barriers	104
What works and who knows? The importance of community and health worker perspectives in defining solutions to attacks on healthcare	74
Developing an integrated model of care for vulnerable populations living with non-communicable diseases in Lebanon: an online theory of change workshop	73
Fresh whole blood: A feasible alternative in disasters and mass casualty incidents? a systematic review and meta-analysis	72
The evolution of facility-based deliveries at primary healthcare centres during an insecurity and conflict crisis in Burkina Faso: a geospatial analysis	69
Mental health and structural injustice: a qualitative investigation of interlocking patterns of disadvantage among displaced populations in Nairobi, Kenya	63
Exposure to conflict and child health outcomes: evidence from a large multi-country study	54
Resilient health systems appraisal model. whole-of-system approach to health system resilience in fragile contexts: a best-fit framework synthesis	46
Provision of mental health and psychosocial support services to health workers and community members in conflict-affected Northwest Syria: a mixed-methods study	43
Health-seeking behavior in conflict-affected settings: a cross-sectional study of internally displaced persons in Somalia	41
Family formation among adolescent Rohingya refugees; trajectories into adolescent marriage and childbearing in Cox’s Bazar Bangladesh	41
Unplanned pregnancy and contraceptive use in humanitarian settings: the case of Syrian refugee women in Lebanon	37
The impact of conflict on infectious disease: a systematic literature review	36
Disruption to water supply and waterborne communicable diseases in northeast Syria: a spatiotemporal analysis	36
The political economy of expedience: examining perspectives on military support to Sierra Leone’s Ebola response	35
“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	28
The impact of armed conflict on vaccination coverage: a systematic review of empirical evidence from 1985 to 2025	27
Did aid to the Ebola crisis divert aid for reproductive, maternal, and newborn health? An analysis of donor-reported data in Sierra Leone	27
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
War and chronic illness: a health center-based study of Palestinians with non-communicable diseases in Gaza	24
Beyond survival: how social support and psychological security protect war-disabled individuals from post-traumatic stress in Yemen	24
Community-based surveillance programme evaluation using the platform Nyss implemented by the Somali Red Crescent Society—a mixed methods approach	23
Uptake of COVID-19 vaccine among female healthcare workers in Syria: results from a 2022 cross-sectional survey	23
Real ethics has dirty feet – data collector perspectives on risk exposure during data collection in conflict-affected Eastern DRC	22
Measurement of perceived needs in humanitarian contexts using the HESPER scale: a scoping study with reflections on the collaboration between researchers and humanitarian actors	22

A mediation model on how PTSD symptoms are related to psychotic experiences in survivors of the ongoing Gaza war 2023–2024	22
Factors associated with health-seeking patterns among internally displaced persons in complex humanitarian emergency, Northeast Nigeria: a cross-sectional study	21
Feasibility and challenges in sustaining a community based surveillance system in post-Ebola Sierra Leone	21
Childhood exposure to intimate partner violence against women and its association with violence against children in refugee settlements in Uganda	20
Trauma and post-traumatic stress symptoms among internally displaced populations in Yemen: evidence from a mixed-methods study	20
Correction: Rebuilding the health sector in Gaza: alternative humanitarian voices	19
Assessing the integration of refugee health data into national health information systems in Jordan, Lebanon, and Uganda	18
Access to care in Afghanistan after august 2021: a cross-sectional study exploring Afghans’ perspectives in 10 provinces	18
Under-five mortality during the war in Tigray: A community-based study	18
The lived experience of patients with conflict associated injuries whose wounds are affected by antimicrobial resistant organisms: a qualitative study from northwest Syria	18
“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	18
Exploring influence and knowledge on family planning among internally displaced men: a qualitative exploration of attitudes, norms and beliefs in Twic, South Sudan	18
Women’s perceptions of person-centered comprehensive abortion care and associated factors in Northern Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study in a humanitarian setting	18
Navigating challenges, solutions and requirements in the provision of trauma care in conflict settings by humanitarian actors: a scoping literature review	17
Childhood exposure to armed conflict and nutritional health outcomes in Nigeria	17
Impact of periodic intensification of routine immunization within an armed conflict setting and COVID-19 outbreak in Cameroon in 2020	17
Exploring maternal and neonatal health in a conflict-affected setting: cross-sectional findings from Gaza	16
Not only vaccine hesitancy, but also vaccination campaign hesitancy drives measles epidemics in conflict-torn eastern DR Congo	16
Longitudinal serological response to SARS-CoV-2 among Rohingya refugees in cox’s bazar, Bangladesh: implications for pandemic preparedness in humanitarian settings	16
Challenges faced by internally displaced diabetes patients in managing their health during a conflict: a qualitative study	15
Post-migration stressors, mental health and well-being in resettled refugees from Syria: Do individuals’ coping strategies matter?	15
Providing healthcare under the threat of gang-violence: a survey of Haitian healthcare providers	15
Correction: Exploring the role of cash-based interventions in alleviating food insecurity among the forcibly displaced: the case of Rohingya refugees, Bangladesh	15
Correction to: The crisis of maternal and child health in Afghanistan	15
Civilian family members’ deaths and perceived causes in war-torn Tigray, Ethiopia: modified poisson regression	15
Mental health amidst chronic crises: the case of Arab countries from the Middle East	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	14
School violence, depression symptoms, and school climate: a cross-sectional study of Congolese and Burundian refugee children	14
Exploring factors that shaped Syrian refugees integration into Lebanon’s national health system using Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Framework	14
Armed actor interventions in humanitarian and public health crises: examining perspectives of crisis-affected community members	14
Public knowledge, attitudes, practices, and key influencing factors regarding cancer screening in Yemen	14
Telemedicine interventions in six conflict-affected countries in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean region: a systematic review	14
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	13
Conflict, epidemic and faith communities: church-state relations during the fight against Covid-19 in north-eastern DR Congo	13
The association between perceived neighborhood social cohesion and intimate partner violence in a refugee camp in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia	13
Opportunities and challenges in preventing violence against adolescent girls through gender transformative, whole-family support programming in Northeast Nigeria	13
The implications of the Sudan war on healthcare workers and facilities: a health system tragedy	13
The functional impact of middle Eastern political conflict on mental health and coping behaviors among Egyptian citizens: cross sectional study	12
Handwashing with soap and influencing factors in crisis-affected refugee populations in Kenya and Uganda	12
How are hygiene programmes designed in crises? Qualitative interviews with humanitarians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Iraq	12
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	12
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	12
A scoping review of epidemics of substance misuse and suicide in Syria: casualties of protracted conflict and political instability	11
Does inter-border conflict influence the views of task sharing among community health volunteers in Nigeria? A qualitative study	11
Community-based surveillance programs in Cameroon, Chad, Niger and the DRC: a comparative assessment of integration in humanitarian crisis contexts	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 chronicle of crises and emergencies: (dis)continuity of care for Syrian refugee children with neglected non-communicable diseases in Lebanon	11
Global health diplomacy in humanitarian action	11
Integrating mental health and psychosocial support into economic inclusion programming for displaced families in Ecuador	11
Impact of the armed conflict in Colombia: consequences in the health system, response and challenges	11

Strengthening community-based surveillance: lessons learned from the 2018–2020 Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Ebola outbreak	10
Destruction, disruption and disaster: Sudan’s health system amidst armed conflict	10
Facilitating hand hygiene in displacement camps during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative assessment of a novel handwashing stand and hygiene promotion package	10
War’s youngest victims: a descriptive cross-sectional study on injury distributions, severity patterns, and outcomes among paediatric trauma patients in Kharkiv, Ukraine	10
Setting research priorities for sexual and reproductive health in humanitarian settings: a global, stakeholder-informed agenda	10
Evolution and lessons from an integrated service delivery network in North West Syria	10
Exposure to wartime sexual violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina: nationally representative prevalence 30 years after the 1992–1995 war	10
Examining the integration of refugees into the national health system in Uganda: an analysis using the policy triangle framework	10
The management of cholera in populations affected by conflict in Africa and the Middle-East: a scoping review	10
World AIDS Day 2023: time to prioritize perilous HIV medicine	10
Correction: Participatory approaches and methods in gender equality and gender‑based violence research with refugees and internally displaced populations: a scoping review	10
Alcohol and other drug use patterns and services in an integrated refugee settlement in Northern Zambia: a formative research study	9
Perceptions and attitudes of Rohingya community stakeholders to pregnancy termination services: a qualitative study in camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh	9
Pathways to care among women hospitalized with severe abortion complications in Bangui, Central African Republic, a conflict-affected urban setting: qualitative results of the AMoCo (abortion-related	9
Attitudes, motivators, and barriers toward influenza vaccination for children: a study from a conflict-ridden country	9
Rationale for the under-implementation of catch-up vaccination in conflict-affected regions, Northeast Ethiopia	9
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	9
Healthcare workers’ experiences of workplace violence: a qualitative study in Lebanon	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
Consensus on key domains for emergency medical teams deployment evaluation: a Delphi method study	9
Maternal and child healthcare coverage and trends: refugee vs. non-refugee districts in Uganda	9
“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	8
Violence against health care workers in a crisis context: a mixed cross-sectional study in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo	8
An analysis of humanitarian and health aid alignment over a decade (2011–2019) of the Syrian conflict	8
Experiences of armed conflicts and forced migration among women from countries in the Middle East, Balkans, and Africa: a systematic review of qualitative studies	8
Adult mortality patterns in Yemen before and during armed conflict: evidence from a web survey of the global diaspora	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
Physical injuries and burns among refugees in Lebanon: implications for programs and policies	8
Close relationships with caregivers as protective factor for the mental health and functioning of war-affected Congolese youth	8
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	8
Strengthening event-based surveillance (EBS): a case study from Afghanistan	8
Social determinants of student mental health before and after the Beirut port explosion: two cross-sectional studies	8
‘They were just enjoying love and she was making money’: A qualitative analysis of UN peacekeeper sexual interactions in the Democratic Republic of Congo	8
Healthcare accessibility, utilization, and quality of life among internally displaced people during the Sudan war: a cross-sectional study	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
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
Impacts of attacks to female health care workers in three territories of Colombia	7
Associations of psychological distress, alcohol and substance use, and HIV risk behaviour in forcibly displaced persons and migrants in Nigeria	7
Trauma-informed peacebuilding: a systematic mapping review of training programs	7
Dealing with difficult choices: a qualitative study of experiences and consequences of moral challenges among disaster healthcare responders	7
Utilizing the COM-B model to identify childhood routine vaccination barriers and uptake among parents and caregivers living in the frontline and Zakarpattia regions of Ukraine amidst Russia’s full-sca	7
Five recommendations to advance implementation science for humanitarian settings: the next frontier of humanitarian research	7
Inferring the impact of humanitarian responses on population mortality: methodological problems and proposals	6
“How can we talk about our struggles?” reflections on researcher wellbeing and recommendations for psychosocial support for researchers in conflict-affected areas	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
A qualitative assessment of disease and non-battle injuries in Ukraine since the Russian invasion	6
Towards universal health care coverage in low- and middle- income countries: integrating refugees into national health systems	6
Pathways to food insecurity in the context of conflict: the case of the occupied Palestinian territory	6
Ageism, an invisible social determinant of health for older Syrian refugees in Lebanon: a service providers’ perspective	6
Feasibility and acceptability of phone-delivered psychological therapy for refugee children and adolescents in a humanitarian setting	6
Self-managed abortion as a humanitarian revolution: accounts of a telehealth pilot in the Middle East	6
Maternal health outcomes in the context of fragility: a retrospective study from Lebanon	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
Post-quake call for action: developing core competencies matrix for Syrian health workers in emergency time	6
Ensuring equity in mental health and psychosocial support during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond	6
Healthcare accessibility in yemen’s conflict zones: comprehensive review focused on strategies and solutions	6
Integrating Syrian refugees into Lebanon’s healthcare system 2011–2022: a mixed-method study	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	6
Psychosocial support for schoolchildren in wartime Ukraine: community-based access and parent-reported perceived helpfulness	6
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	6
A qualitative assessment of Ukraine’s trauma system during the Russian conflict: experiences of volunteer healthcare providers	6
Prevalence and correlates of modifiable and environmental risk factors for non communicable diseases among refugees and asylum seekers in Northern Kenya	5
A review of the response and the emergency medical team (EMT) deployment following a tanker explosion in Freetown, Sierra Leone	5
Reproductive health risks of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in humanitarian settings of Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Gender-based violence (GBV) coordination in humanitarian and public health emergencies: a scoping review	5
Evaluating an e-learning program to strengthen the capacity of humanitarian workers in the MENA region: the Humanitarian Leadership Diploma	5
Process evaluation of an integrated community-based intervention to improve family planning, sexual reproductive Health, and wellbeing among Syrian refugee women and girls in Lebanon during active con	5
The impact of decentralisation on health systems in fragile and post-conflict countries: a narrative synthesis of six case studies in the Indo-Pacific	5
Underestimating attacks: comparing two sources of publicly-available data about attacks on health care in 2017	5
Gender based violence (GBV) coordination in a complex, multi-crisis context: a qualitative case study of Lebanon’s compounded crises (2019–2023)	5
How integration of refugees into national health systems became a global priority: a qualitative policy analysis	5
Epidemiological investigation of a cholera outbreak and its socioeconomic determinants in southwest state, Somalia, January − August, 2024	5
The impact of armed conflicts on HIV treatment outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
The hidden toll of war: a comprehensive study of orthopedic injuries in Yemen	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
Deferral of elective surgeries during the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on Palestinian patients: a cross-sectional study	5
Realising health justice in Palestine: beyond humanitarian voices	4
Understanding the organization and delivery of health services following the repatriation of South Sudanese refugees from the West Nile districts in Uganda	4
Inclusive education in a refugee camp for children with disabilities: How are school setting and children’s behavioral functioning related?	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

A syndemic of inequitable gender norms and intersecting stigmas on condom self-efficacy and practices among displaced youth living in urban slums in Uganda: a community-based cross-sectional study	4
A village health worker intervention to reduce cardiovascular disease risk in remote areas of armed conflict in Myanmar–results from a feasibility study in three villages	4
A qualitative study of cultural concepts of distress among Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh	4
Mental health among youth in a conflict area: a cross-sectional study of the effects of parental absence, social media, family support and religious practice on psychiatric symptoms in Thailand’s sout	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
Health system governance cooperation with unrecognised health authorities: a political economy analysis in Afghanistan and Northwest Syria	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
A literature review exploring how health systems respond to acute shocks in fragile and conflict-affected countries	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
Rebuilding child health in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): evaluating the Asili social enterprise program	4
Consistency of reports of violence from northern Rakhine state in August 2017	4
Perilous medicine in Tigray: a systematic review	4
Research and conflict: mapping research trends and gaps in Ukrainian Emergency Medical Services− a scoping review	4
Exploring the youth perceptions of factors contributing to victims’ silence during the armed conflict in Ethiopia	4
Integrating a culturally adapted mental health intervention within entrepreneurship training for displaced youth in Colombia: a pilot randomized controlled trial	3
Experiences and impact of Duelo Migratorio among Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Peru: characterizing a cultural construct of distress	3
Conflict-driven antenatal care interruption in conflict zones of Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Estimating the incidence of induced abortion among women in refugee settings in Ethiopia	3
“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	3
‘Nowhere and no one is safe’: spatial analysis of damage to critical civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip during the first phase of the Israeli military campaign, 7 October to 22 November 2023	3
Analysis of the possible pathways between social and well-being outcomes: a mixed-method study about community-based sociotherapy for refugees in Nakivale Settlement, Uganda	3
Evidence on the impact of community health workers in the prevention, identification, and management of undernutrition amongst children under the age of five in conflict-affected or fragile settings:	3
Changes in healthcare seeking behaviors among caretakers of children in the previously occupied ISIS territory: Hadeetha, Anbar, Iraq: a cross-sectional survey of 415 households	3
Breaking barriers: addressing systemic inequities in chronic disease care for displaced populations	3
Chronic disease patients during the armed conflict in Sudan: a cross-sectional study on mental health and quality of life	3
Low cost and real-time surveillance of enteric infection and diarrhoeal disease using rapid diagnostic tests in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh	3
A descriptive analysis of a medical humanitarian aid initiative for quality perinatal management in war-torn Ukraine	3
Evaluation of a peer support group programme for vulnerable host population and refugees living with diabetes and/or hypertension in Lebanon: a before-after study	3
Correction to: Gender-based violence in the context of armed conflict in the Amhara Region, Northern Ethiopia	3
Key mental health differences in conflict-related sexual violence and how sex, severity, and early intervention impact on improvement: a retrospective observational study	3
From discovery to delivery: a systems-based pathway for translating science into global and humanitarian health impact	3