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Conflict & humanitarian

Articles related to health and immunisation in conflict zones and humanitarian emergencies.

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Vaccines reach a remote community located in a mountainous part of Aqiq, in Red Sea State, 2024. Credit: Asrar Fadulelsied

Amid war, and on camelback: how Sudan’s vaccinators are delivering a dose of hope

10 Apr 2024

5 min read

Conflict & humanitarian

One challenge with people living in camps for internally displaced persons, IDPs, is making sure children get their full set of vaccines. Credit: Gavi/2017/Karel Prinsloo

Team effort: reaching internally displaced people in Burkina Faso

20 Mar 2024

6 min read

Conflict & humanitarian

Cameroon health worker Alain Dakam. Credit: The Geneva Learning Foundation

Treading a fine line: Immunisation in conflict settings

15 Mar 2024

5 min read

Conflict & humanitarian

A nurse preparing a syringe with pentavalent vaccine in Nigeria. Credit: GAVI/2013/Adrian Brooks

Medics in the firing line: Nigerian health workers tell stories of courage

22 Feb 2024

8 min read

Health worker heroes Conflict & humanitarian

Makeshift camp in Gatumba. Credit: GAVI/2023Moses Havyarimana.

How internally displaced persons in Burundi are battling to stay healthy

19 Oct 2023

3 min read

Conflict & humanitarian

A child receiving oral cholera vaccine. © WHO / Eugene Kabambi

Standing Strong and Brave, Amid Strife

24 Aug 2023

4 min read

Cross-posts Conflict & humanitarian COVID-19

Health needs heighten as Sudan conflict displaces millions of people. Credit: WHO

Sudan’s health crisis spreads to neighbouring countries

28 Jul 2023

4 min read

Conflict & humanitarian Outbreaks

Leading Nurses Through Crises in Lebanon

22 Jun 2023

4 min read

Cross-posts Conflict & humanitarian

Children given Ready-to-use Therapeutic Food (RUTFs) at an acute malnutrition management centre. Credit: UNICEF

Community-based feeding centres are giving starving children a shot at life in Nigeria’s Katsina

22 Jun 2023

6 min read

Conflict & humanitarian

Habibu Musa, Abubakar Ahmad, Buhari Ibni Saidu and Nasiru Muhammed. Credit: Jesusegun Alagbe

Where delivering health care means facing down armed bandits

21 Jun 2023

8 min read

Conflict & humanitarian

Child immunisations continue amidst conflict

2 Jun 2023

4 min read

Cross-posts Conflict & humanitarian Routine immunisation

Women and children at a health camp set by the government

Flood-displaced and nine months pregnant: women survivors of Pakistan’s deluge tell their stories

4 May 2023

8 min read

Conflict & humanitarian Gender equality

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