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Conflict & humanitarian

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

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A girl receives drops of an orally administered vaccine. Credit: IFRC/2024

Polio is haunting Gaza as vaccination campaign resumes

1 Nov 2024

5 min read

Polio Spotlight on polio Conflict & humanitarian

Children suffering of polio. Credit: Polio Eradication Initiative

Anne Wafula Strike: Polio anywhere is a threat everywhere

22 Oct 2024

4 min read

Cross-posts Spotlight on polio Polio Conflict & humanitarian

A GOAL health worker with a beneficiary family in South Sudan. Credit: GOAL South Sudan

Protecting children fleeing war in South Sudan

18 Oct 2024

5 min read

Spotlight on conflict and fragility Conflict & humanitarian

A destroyed house in Borodianka, Ukraine, with a children's play park in front.

From botulism to rabies: the unexpected health consequences of conflict in Ukraine

18 Oct 2024

5 min read

Spotlight on conflict and fragility Conflict & humanitarian

In Rafah, Gaza, children wait for food to be distributed in Dec. 2023. Refugees and survivors or war often suffer malnutrition and stress that can inflict higher rates of chronic diseases later in life. Visual: Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images

War’s Public Health Impacts Are Vast. Tallying Them Is Difficult.

18 Oct 2024

9 min read

Cross-posts Conflict & humanitarian Spotlight on conflict and fragility

Namusoke giving a polio vaccine to a baby under a shade at Kyegegwa Hospital. Credit: John Agaba

Meet the nurse helping newcomers to safety in one of Uganda's largest refugee settlements

17 Oct 2024

7 min read

Spotlight on conflict and fragility Conflict & humanitarian Health worker heroes

A medical worker carries supplies through a destroyed section of al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, September 2024. Omar Al-Qattaa/Getty

Attacks on health care during war are becoming more common, creating devastating ripple effects

16 Oct 2024

5 min read

Cross-posts Conflict & humanitarian Spotlight on conflict and fragility

The READO outreach team stands outside the community center at Walaag 1 IDP camp, after finishing the vaccine session of that day, From left to right: Adan Abdirahman Mohamed, Mustaf Hassan Ali, Alinur Yacqub Ibrahim, Ubah Abdulahi Ali, Fadumo Mukhtar Adan, and Abdibasid Abdisamad Mohamed.

Floods and armed insurgents prove no match for vaccinators in Somalia’s South West State

16 Oct 2024

6 min read

Spotlight on conflict and fragility Conflict & humanitarian

Palestinians bid farewell to their relatives who were killed during an Israeli air strike at Al-Najjar hospital in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah on 10 January 2024. Anas-Mohammed/shutterstock

The political, social and psychological toll of family deaths in war

15 Oct 2024

5 min read

Cross-posts Conflict & humanitarian Spotlight on conflict and fragility

MUAC Screening by Save the Children staff, South Kordofan State

Crossing frontlines to deliver life-saving vaccines in Sudan

15 Oct 2024

5 min read

Spotlight on conflict and fragility Conflict & humanitarian

A group of women and girls outside at an internally displaced person's (IDP) camp in the Bonder district of Mogadishu, Somalia. Credit: Gavi/2017/Karel Prinsloo

Health care in conflict zones: a VaccinesWork guide

14 Oct 2024

3 min read

Spotlight on conflict and fragility Conflict & humanitarian

A woman in one of the world’s largest refugee complexes, Dadaab, in Kenya. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Refugees in east Africa suffer from high levels of depression, making it harder to rebuild lives – new study

14 Oct 2024

5 min read

Cross-posts Conflict & humanitarian

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