Women and children bear substantial morbidity and mortality as a result of armed conflicts.
This Series paper focuses on the direct (due to violence) and indirect health effects of armed …

Background This is the concluding paper of our 11-paper supplement,“Community health
workers at the dawn of a new era”. Methods We relied on our collective experience, an …

Background Armed conflict can indirectly affect population health through detrimental
impacts on political and social institutions and destruction of infrastructure. This study aimed …

The detrimental impacts of wars on human development are well documented across
research domains, from public health to micro-economics. However, these impacts are …

This article studies the impact of COVID-19 on armed conflict. The pandemic has significant
health, economic and political effects. These can change the grievances and opportunity …

Background Armed conflicts have major indirect health impacts in addition to the direct
harms from violence. They create enduring political instability, destabilise health systems …

The nature of armed conflict throughout the world is intensely dynamic. Consequently, the
protection of non-combatants and the provision of humanitarian services must continually …

War has both immediate and long-term public health consequences: people can be killed or
injured from violence itself, or can develop health problems stemming from the traumatic …

Background Through a combination of strong routine immunization (RI), strategic
supplemental immunization activities (SIA) and robust surveillance, numerous countries …

Background While much progress was made throughout the Millennium Development Goals
era in reducing maternal and neonatal mortality, both remain unacceptably high, especially …