OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Conflict and Health is 9. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Violence against healthcare in conflict: a systematic review of the literature and agenda for future research	47
The impact of armed conflict on utilisation of health services in north-west Syria: an observational study	37
COVID-19 and multiple crises in Afghanistan: an urgent battle	31
In the era of humanitarian crisis, young women continue to die in childbirth in Mali	28
Exploring resource scarcity and contextual influences on wellbeing among young refugees in Bidi Bidi refugee settlement, Uganda: findings from a qualitative study	28
Lockdowns, lives and livelihoods: the impact of COVID-19 and public health responses to conflict affected populations - a remote qualitative study in Baidoa and Mogadishu, Somalia	28
The relationship between armed conflict and reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition status and services in northeastern Nigeria: a mixed-methods case study	28
Vulnerability of Syrian refugees in Lebanon to COVID-19: quantitative insights	27
Challenges and opportunities for infection prevention and control in hospitals in conflict-affected settings: a qualitative study	26
Escaping the past and living in the present: a qualitative exploration of substance use among Syrian male refugees in Germany	24
Factors impacting antenatal care utilization: a systematic review of 37 fragile and conflict-affected situations	24
Quality in crisis: a systematic review of the quality of health systems in humanitarian settings	24
Exploring the mental health and psychosocial problems of Congolese refugees living in refugee settings in Rwanda and Uganda: a rapid qualitative study	23
Innovative strategies for providing menstruation-supportive water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities: learning from refugee camps in Cox’s bazar, Bangladesh	22
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of Rohingya refugees with pre-existing health problems in Bangladesh	21
Health-related quality of life of refugees: a systematic review of studies using the WHOQOL-Bref instrument in general and clinical refugee populations in the community setting	21
Lay-delivered talk therapies for adults affected by humanitarian crises in low- and middle-income countries	20
Dynamics of non-communicable disease prevention, diagnosis and control in Lebanon, a fragile setting	19
Operational considerations for the management of non-communicable diseases in humanitarian emergencies	19
Humanitarian led community-based surveillance: case study in Ekondo-titi, Cameroon	19
Experiences of armed conflicts and forced migration among women from countries in the Middle East, Balkans, and Africa: a systematic review of qualitative studies	18
COVID-19 in humanitarian settings: documenting and sharing context-specific programmatic experiences	18
I don't leave my people; They need me: Qualitative research of local health care professionals' working motivations in Syria	18
Setting research priorities for sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health in humanitarian settings	17
The impact of interventions to reduce risk and incidence of intimate partner violence and sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict states and other humanitarian crises in low and middle income co	17

Addressing recall bias in (post-)conflict data collection and analysis: lessons from a large-scale health survey in Colombia	17
Challenges and strategies in conducting sexual and reproductive health research among Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh	16
“Having more women humanitarian leaders will help transform the humanitarian system”: challenges and opportunities for women leaders in conflict and humanitarian health	16
Gender-based violence (GBV) coordination in humanitarian and public health emergencies: a scoping review	16
Mobile clinics in conflict-affected communities of North West and South West regions of Cameroon: an alternative option for differentiated delivery service for internally displaced persons during COVI	15
Shifting to Tele-Mental Health in humanitarian and crisis settings: an evaluation of Médecins Sans Frontières experience during the COVID-19 pandemic	15
Challenges to the implementation and adoption of physical distancing measures against COVID-19 by internally displaced people in Mali: a qualitative study	15
The socioeconomic burden of antibiotic resistance in conflict-affected settings and refugee hosting countries: a systematic scoping review	15
Introduction to collection: confronting the challenges of health research in humanitarian crises	15
Pathways to food insecurity in the context of conflict: the case of the occupied Palestinian territory	14
Dealing with difficult choices: a qualitative study of experiences and consequences of moral challenges among disaster healthcare responders	14
Armed conflict and household food insecurity: evidence from war-torn Tigray, Ethiopia	14
Complex emergencies and the control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases in Africa: developing a practical approach for implementing safe and effective mapping and intervention strategies	14
Attacks on Ukrainian healthcare facilities during the first year of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine	14
Conflict-related health research in Syria, 2011–2019: a scoping review for The Lancet - AUB Commission on Syria	13
Gender-based violence and infectious disease in humanitarian settings: lessons learned from Ebola, Zika, and COVID-19 to inform syndemic policy making	13
Working short and working long: can primary healthcare be protected as a public good in Lebanon today?	13
Cancer among syrian refugees living in Konya Province, Turkey	13
Priorities for addressing substance use disorder in humanitarian settings	12
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	12
Gender-based violence experiences among Palestinian women during the COVID-19 pandemic: mental health professionals’ perceptions and concerns	12
Improving diabetes control for Syrian refugees in Jordan: a longitudinal cohort study comparing the effects of cash transfers and health education interventions	12
Destruction, disruption and disaster: Sudan’s health system amidst armed conflict	12
Knowledge of cervical cancer risk factors and symptoms among women in a refugee settlement: a cross-sectional study in northern Uganda	12
An analysis of humanitarian and health aid alignment over a decade (2011–2019) of the Syrian conflict	12
A mixed methods study to assess the impact of COVID-19 on maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition in fragile and conflict-affected settings	12
‘We need someone to deliver our voices’: reflections from conducting remote qualitative research in Syria	12
Mental health of women and children experiencing family violence in conflict settings: a mixed methods systematic review	11
Telemedicine interventions in six conflict-affected countries in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean region: a systematic review	11
Using a community-based system dynamics approach for understanding inclusion and wellbeing: a case study of special needs education in an eastern African refugee camp	11
“Actually, the psychological wounds are more difficult than physical injuries:” a qualitative analysis of the impacts of attacks on health on the personal and professional lives of health workers in t	10
The role of social capital in women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights in humanitarian settings: a systematic review of qualitative studies	10
The enduring consequences of conflict-related sexual violence: a qualitative study of women survivors in northern Uganda	10
The boundaries between complex posttraumatic stress disorder symptom clusters and post-migration living difficulties in traumatised Afghan refugees: a network analysis	10
Intimate partner violence against women on the Colombia Ecuador border: a mixed-methods analysis of the liminal migrant experience	10
Adolescent access to health services in fragile and conflict-affected contexts: The case of the Gaza Strip	10
“If I was with my father such discrimination wouldn’t exist, I could be happy like other people”: a qualitative analysis of stigma among peacekeeper fathered children in the Democratic Republic of Con	10
Measuring mental health in humanitarian crises: a practitioner’s guide to validity	10
Resilience of health systems in conflict affected governorates of Iraq, 2014–2018	10
Reproductive health at conflict borders: a cross-sectional survey of human rights violations and perinatal outcomes at the Thai-Myanmar border	9
Considerations for planning COVID-19 treatment services in humanitarian responses	9
Community-based surveillance in internally displaced people’s camps and urban settings during a complex emergency in Yemen in 2020	9
COVID-19 testing acceptability and uptake amongst the Rohingya and host community in Camp 21, Teknaf, Bangladesh	9
A literature review exploring how health systems respond to acute shocks in fragile and conflict-affected countries	9
Translating, contextually adapting, and pilot testing of psychosocial and mental health assessment instruments for Congolese refugees in Rwanda and Uganda	9
Measles in conflict-affected northern Syria: results from an ongoing outbreak surveillance program	9
Disseminating evidence-based research on mental health and coping to adolescents facing adversity in Lebanon: a pilot of a psychoeducational comic book ‘Somoud’	9
Substance (mis)use among refugees as a matter of social ecology: insights into a multi-site rapid assessment in Germany	9
“I try the one that they say is good.” - factors influencing choice of health care provider and pathways to diabetes care for Syrian refugees in Lebanon	9
Healthcare governance during humanitarian responses: a survey of current practice among international humanitarian actors	9