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The predictors of food security and dietary diversity among internally displaced persons’ children (6–59 months) in Bamenda health district, Cameroon
BACKGROUND: Malnutrition remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality amongst children in displaced settings. Nutrition at this stage is …
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Prevalence and multi-level factors associated with acute malnutrition among children aged 6–59 months from war affected communities of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, 2021: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Armed conflicts greatly affect the health, nutrition, and food security of conflict affected settings particularly children. However, no empirical …
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Childhood exposure to armed conflict and nutritional health outcomes in Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Armed conflicts are associated with an increased risk of food insecurity, the leading cause of malnutrition in low-and-middle-income countries. …
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Usefulness of disease surveillance data in enhanced early warning of the cholera outbreak in Southwest Cameroon, 2018
Abstract Introduction This study assessed the timeliness and completeness of disease surveillance data for early warning of the cholera outbreak …
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Conflict, epidemic and faith communities: church-state relations during the fight against Covid-19 in north-eastern DR Congo
BACKGROUND: Understanding and improving access to essential services in (post)-conflict settings requires paying particular attention to the actors who occupy …
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How are hygiene programmes designed in crises? Qualitative interviews with humanitarians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Iraq
BACKGROUND: Hygiene behaviour change programmes are complex to design. These challenges are heightened during crises when humanitarian responders are under …
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Factors influencing severity of recurrent malaria in a conflict-affected state of South Sudan: an unmatched case-control study
BACKGROUND: The burden of malaria remains the highest in sub-Saharan Africa and South Sudan is not an exception. The country …
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Primary Healthcare Quality in Conflict and Fragility: a subnational analysis of disparities using Population Health surveys
BACKGROUND: Recent global reports highlighted the importance of addressing the quality of care in all settings including fragile and conflict-affected …
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Impact of periodic intensification of routine immunization within an armed conflict setting and COVID-19 outbreak in Cameroon in 2020
INTRODUCTION: Cameroon's Southwest Region (SW) has been hit by an armed conflict for over half a decade now, negatively affecting …
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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
This study examined the impact of armed conflict on public health surveillance systems, the limitations of traditional surveillance in this …
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Psychological distress and social support among conflict refugees in urban, semi-rural and rural settlements in Uganda: burden and associations
BACKGROUND: Recent research shows that psychological distress is on the rise globally as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and …
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Evaluation of public health surveillance systems in refugee settlements in Uganda, 2016–2019: lessons learned
BACKGROUND: Civil wars in the Great Lakes region resulted in massive displacement of people to neighboring countries including Uganda. With …
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Evaluation of the electronic Early Warning and Response Network (EWARN) system in Somalia, 2017–2020
BACKGROUND: In 2008, Somalia introduced an electronic based Early Warning Alert and Response Network (EWARN) for real time detection and …
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Translating, contextually adapting, and pilot testing of psychosocial and mental health assessment instruments for Congolese refugees in Rwanda and Uganda
BACKGROUND: Forcibly displaced people are at elevated risk of experiencing circumstances that can adversely impact on mental health. Culturally and …
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The enduring consequences of conflict-related sexual violence: a qualitative study of women survivors in northern Uganda
BACKGROUND: One in three women in northern Uganda report having suffered from conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), including forced marriage and …
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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
BACKGROUND: Cholera epidemics occur frequently in low-income countries affected by concurrent humanitarian crises. Evaluations of these epidemic response remains largely …
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Clinical features and predictors of mortality among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Niger
INTRODUCTION: COVID-19 has spread across the African continent, including Niger. Yet very little is known about the phenotype of people …
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Challenges to the implementation and adoption of physical distancing measures against COVID-19 by internally displaced people in Mali: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: For almost a decade now, Mali has been facing a security crisis that led to the displacement of thousands …
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Humanitarian surgical service utilization by a host country population: comparing surgery patterns between refugees and Tanzanians using an interrupted time-series analysis
BACKGROUND: While current estimates suggest that up to three million additional surgical procedures are needed to meet the needs of …
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An exploratory study of the barriers and facilitators to the implementation of community health worker programmes in conflict-affected South Sudan
BACKGROUND: Community health workers (CHWs) are crucial for increasing access to health services to communities. Due to decades of conflict …