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Healthworker preparedness for COVID-19 management and implementation experiences: a mixed methods study in Uganda’s refugee-hosting districts
BACKGROUND: The negative impact of COVID-19 on population health outcomes raises critical questions on health system preparedness and resilience, especially …
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Cultural adaptation of a scalable psychological intervention for Burundian refugee adolescents in Tanzania: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: There is an urgent need for evidence-based, scalable, psychological interventions to improve the mental health of adolescents affected by …
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The status of emergency obstetric and newborn care in post-conflict eastern DRC: a facility-level cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Pregnancy-related mortality remains persistently higher in post-conflict areas. Part of the blame lies with continued disruption to vital care …
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Prevalence and risk factors for hypertension and diabetes among those screened in a refugee settlement in Uganda
BACKGROUND: Diabetes and hypertension are increasingly prevalent in low and middle income countries, but they are not well documented in …
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Comparative analysis of the health status of the population in six health zones in South Kivu: a cross-sectional population study using the WHODAS
BACKGROUND: The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has experienced decades-long armed conflicts which have had a negative impact on …
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Trends in sexual violence patterns and case management: a sex disaggregated analysis in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo
BACKGROUND: Both conflict and non-conflict sexual violence have been well described in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). However, there …
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Mortality beyond emergency threshold in a silent crisis– results from a population-based mortality survey in Ouaka prefecture, Central African Republic, 2020
BACKGROUND: The Central African Republic (CAR) suffers a protracted conflict and has the second lowest human development index in the …
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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
BACKGROUND: Authorities in Somalia responded with drastic measures after the first confirmed COVID-19 case in mid-March 2020, closing borders, schools, …
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COVID-19 in conflict border regions: a case of South Kordofan, Sudan
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was first reported in Sudan on 13 March 2020. Since then, Sudan has experienced one …
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Conflict-related violence and mental health among self-settled Democratic Republic of Congo female refugees in Kampala, Uganda – a respondent driven sampling survey
BACKGROUND: Violence and traumatic events are highly prevalent among refugees, but less is known about the impact of these experiences …
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Lessons learned from implementation of a national hotline for Ebola virus disease emergency preparedness in South Sudan
BACKGROUND: The world's second largest Ebola outbreak occurred in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 2018 to 2020. At the …
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Strengthening healthcare providers’ capacity for safe abortion and post-abortion care services in humanitarian settings: lessons learned from the clinical outreach refresher training model (S-CORT) in Uganda, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of Congo
BACKGROUND: Fragile and crisis-affected countries account for most maternal deaths worldwide, with unsafe abortion being one of its leading causes. …
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Correction to: 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
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
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The effect of the ongoing civil strife on key immunisation outcomes in the North West and South West regions of Cameroon
BACKGROUND: Civil strife has long been recognized as a significant barrier in the fight against vaccine preventable diseases in several …
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A case analysis of partnered research on palliative care for refugees in Jordan and Rwanda
BACKGROUND: This case analysis describes dilemmas and challenges of ethical partnering encountered in the process of conducting a research study …
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In the era of humanitarian crisis, young women continue to die in childbirth in Mali
Maternal mortality occurs mostly in contexts of poverty and health system collapse. Mali has a very high maternal mortality rate …
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Exploring resource scarcity and contextual influences on wellbeing among young refugees in Bidi Bidi refugee settlement, Uganda: findings from a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Contextual factors including poverty and inequitable gender norms harm refugee adolescent and youths' wellbeing. Our study focused on Bidi …
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Knowledge of cervical cancer risk factors and symptoms among women in a refugee settlement: a cross-sectional study in northern Uganda
BACKGROUND: There are limited data on awareness of cervical cancer risk factors and symptoms among refugee populations living in Uganda. …
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A telephone based assessment of the health situation in the far north region of Cameroon
BACKGROUND: In 2017, Field access was considerably limited in the Far North region of Cameroon due to the conflict. Médecins …
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Integrating sexual and reproductive health into health system strengthening in humanitarian settings: a planning workshop toolkit to transition from minimum to comprehensive services in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bangladesh, and Yemen
BACKGROUND: Planning to transition from the Minimum Initial Service Package for Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) toward comprehensive SRH services …