OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Conflict and Health is 10. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Decision-making for childhood vaccination in crisis settings: a survey of practice & barriers	133
What works and who knows? The importance of community and health worker perspectives in defining solutions to attacks on healthcare	91
Developing an integrated model of care for vulnerable populations living with non-communicable diseases in Lebanon: an online theory of change workshop	82
Disruption to water supply and waterborne communicable diseases in northeast Syria: a spatiotemporal analysis	82
The political economy of expedience: examining perspectives on military support to Sierra Leone’s Ebola response	80
Resilient health systems appraisal model. whole-of-system approach to health system resilience in fragile contexts: a best-fit framework synthesis	62
Fresh whole blood: A feasible alternative in disasters and mass casualty incidents? a systematic review and meta-analysis	53
Family formation among adolescent Rohingya refugees; trajectories into adolescent marriage and childbearing in Cox’s Bazar Bangladesh	52
Mental health and structural injustice: a qualitative investigation of interlocking patterns of disadvantage among displaced populations in Nairobi, Kenya	44
Unplanned pregnancy and contraceptive use in humanitarian settings: the case of Syrian refugee women in Lebanon	43
The evolution of facility-based deliveries at primary healthcare centres during an insecurity and conflict crisis in Burkina Faso: a geospatial analysis	41
Exposure to conflict and child health outcomes: evidence from a large multi-country study	40
Provision of mental health and psychosocial support services to health workers and community members in conflict-affected Northwest Syria: a mixed-methods study	33
The impact of conflict on infectious disease: a systematic literature review	30
Did aid to the Ebola crisis divert aid for reproductive, maternal, and newborn health? An analysis of donor-reported data in Sierra Leone	29
Health-seeking behavior in conflict-affected settings: a cross-sectional study of internally displaced persons in Somalia	29
Beyond survival: how social support and psychological security protect war-disabled individuals from post-traumatic stress in Yemen	28
War and chronic illness: a health center-based study of Palestinians with non-communicable diseases in Gaza	28
Community-based surveillance programme evaluation using the platform Nyss implemented by the Somali Red Crescent Society—a mixed methods approach	27
“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	26
The impact of armed conflict on vaccination coverage: a systematic review of empirical evidence from 1985 to 2025	26
Uptake of COVID-19 vaccine among female healthcare workers in Syria: results from a 2022 cross-sectional survey	25
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
Factors associated with health-seeking patterns among internally displaced persons in complex humanitarian emergency, Northeast Nigeria: a cross-sectional study	24
Feasibility and challenges in sustaining a community based surveillance system in post-Ebola Sierra Leone	23

Trauma and post-traumatic stress symptoms among internally displaced populations in Yemen: evidence from a mixed-methods study	22
Real ethics has dirty feet – data collector perspectives on risk exposure during data collection in conflict-affected Eastern DRC	22
Childhood exposure to intimate partner violence against women and its association with violence against children in refugee settlements in Uganda	21
A review of practices and policies of international humanitarian organizations in conflict-affected settings: are we ensuring sustainability of surgical care?	20
A mediation model on how PTSD symptoms are related to psychotic experiences in survivors of the ongoing Gaza war 2023–2024	20
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
Under-five mortality during the war in Tigray: A community-based study	19
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	19
Exploring influence and knowledge on family planning among internally displaced men: a qualitative exploration of attitudes, norms and beliefs in Twic, South Sudan	19
“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	19
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
The lived experience of patients with conflict associated injuries whose wounds are affected by antimicrobial resistant organisms: a qualitative study from northwest Syria	18
Not only vaccine hesitancy, but also vaccination campaign hesitancy drives measles epidemics in conflict-torn eastern DR Congo	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	17
Longitudinal serological response to SARS-CoV-2 among Rohingya refugees in cox’s bazar, Bangladesh: implications for pandemic preparedness in humanitarian settings	17
Correction to: The crisis of maternal and child health in Afghanistan	16
Navigating challenges, solutions and requirements in the provision of trauma care in conflict settings by humanitarian actors: a scoping literature review	16
Armed actor interventions in humanitarian and public health crises: examining perspectives of crisis-affected community members	16
Correction: Exploring the role of cash-based interventions in alleviating food insecurity among the forcibly displaced: the case of Rohingya refugees, Bangladesh	16
Childhood exposure to armed conflict and nutritional health outcomes in Nigeria	16
Availability of essential medicines in conflict-affected african regions: a systematic review and meta-analysis	15
Providing healthcare under the threat of gang-violence: a survey of Haitian healthcare providers	15
Telemedicine interventions in six conflict-affected countries in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean region: a systematic review	15
Challenges faced by internally displaced diabetes patients in managing their health during a conflict: a qualitative study	15
Civilian family members’ deaths and perceived causes in war-torn Tigray, Ethiopia: modified poisson regression	15
Effects of climate change-related hazards on food security and health within refugee settlements in Uganda	15
Public knowledge, attitudes, practices, and key influencing factors regarding cancer screening in Yemen	14
Exploring factors that shaped Syrian refugees integration into Lebanon’s national health system using Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Framework	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	14
Post-migration stressors, mental health and well-being in resettled refugees from Syria: Do individuals’ coping strategies matter?	14
The implications of the Sudan war on healthcare workers and facilities: a health system tragedy	14
Mental health amidst chronic crises: the case of Arab countries from the Middle East	14
Conflict, epidemic and faith communities: church-state relations during the fight against Covid-19 in north-eastern DR Congo	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
Nighttime lights as a proxy for conflict intensity and infrastructure recovery in Yemen and Ukraine	14
The association between perceived neighborhood social cohesion and intimate partner violence in a refugee camp in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia	13
The functional impact of middle Eastern political conflict on mental health and coping behaviors among Egyptian citizens: cross sectional study	12
A scoping review of epidemics of substance misuse and suicide in Syria: casualties of protracted conflict and political instability	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
Client perceptions and satisfaction with HIV care clinic services in post-conflict Tigray, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study	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
Setting research priorities for sexual and reproductive health in humanitarian settings: a global, stakeholder-informed agenda	11
Evolution and lessons from an integrated service delivery network in North West Syria	11
How is the implementation of empirical research results documented in conflict-affected settings? Findings from a scoping review of peer-reviewed literature	11
Community-based surveillance programs in Cameroon, Chad, Niger and the DRC: a comparative assessment of integration in humanitarian crisis contexts	11
Strengthening community-based surveillance: lessons learned from the 2018–2020 Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Ebola outbreak	11
A chronicle of crises and emergencies: (dis)continuity of care for Syrian refugee children with neglected non-communicable diseases in Lebanon	11

From HIV testing to ART initiation under fire: joinpoint regression analysis of regional disparities during the full-scale war against Ukraine	11
Impact of the armed conflict in Colombia: consequences in the health system, response and challenges	11
Integrating mental health and psychosocial support into economic inclusion programming for displaced families in Ecuador	11
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
Anxiety, posttraumatic stress, insomnia and quality of life in Ukrainian schoolchildren during wartime	10
Global health diplomacy in humanitarian action	10
Exposure to wartime sexual violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina: nationally representative prevalence 30 years after the 1992–1995 war	10
The management of cholera in populations affected by conflict in Africa and the Middle-East: a scoping review	10
Correction: Participatory approaches and methods in gender equality and gender‑based violence research with refugees and internally displaced populations: a scoping review	10
World AIDS Day 2023: time to prioritize perilous HIV medicine	10