Non-communicable diseases among conflict-affected populations

Conflict and Health

Non-communicable diseases among conflict-affected populations

Edited by Bayard Roberts, Kiran Jobunputra, Preeti Patel and Pablo Perel
Conflict and Health

Conflict and Health is pleased to have a thematic series on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among conflict-affected populations. 

This series seeks to address key questions such as:

• What are the burdens and patterns of NCDs and their risk-factors?
• How effective and feasible are prevention and treatment services for NCDs?
• How can health services, systems and policies be more responsive to NCDs?
• What are the methodological developments in researching and monitoring NCDs?
• What are the key barriers to addressing NCDs and how can they best be overcome?

Current papers in the series address topics such as cardiovascular disease and other NCDs among Syrian refugees, prevalence of NCDs and access to care among populations displaced by ISIS in Iraq, challenges to conducting epidemiological research on NCDs in Palestine and papers on NCD risk-factors such as tobacco use among conflict-affected populations.

This series is a rolling thematic series and further articles will continue to be added. We welcome quantitative and qualitative research papers, reviews, short reports, case studies, methodology articles, commentaries and debate articles.

This collection of articles has not been sponsored and articles have undergone the journal’s standard peer review process. The Editors declare no competing interests. Image credit: Senior Airman Omari Bernard.

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1. Content Type:Research

   A cross-sectional assessment of diabetes self-management, education and support needs of Syrian refugee patients living with diabetes in Bekaa Valley Lebanon

   Patients with diabetes require knowledge and skills to self-manage their disease, a challenging aspect of treatment that is difficult to address in humanitarian settings. Due to the lack of literature and expe...

   Authors:James A. Elliott, Debashish Das, Philippe Cavailler, Fabien Schneider, Maya Shah, Annette Ravaud, Maria Lightowler and Philippa Boulle

   Citation:Conflict and Health 2018 12:40

   Published on: 12 September 2018

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2. Content Type:Research

   Barriers to cardiovascular disease secondary prevention care in the West Bank, Palestine – a health professional perspective

   Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) - including cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer and diabetes - have become a significant global burden on health. Particularly concerning are CVD rates, causing approximately ...

   Authors:Jane Collier and Hanna Kienzler

   Citation:Conflict and Health 2018 12:27

   Published on: 16 July 2018

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3. Content Type:Research

   Prevalence of non-communicable diseases and access to care among non-camp Syrian refugees in northern Jordan

   Tackling the high non-communicable disease (NCD) burden among Syrian refugees poses a challenge to humanitarian actors and host countries. Current response priorities are the identification and integration of ...

   Authors:Manuela Rehr, Muhammad Shoaib, Sara Ellithy, Suhib Okour, Cono Ariti, Idriss Ait-Bouziad, Paul van den Bosch, Anais Deprade, Mohammad Altarawneh, Abdel Shafei, Sadeq Gabashneh and Annick Lenglet

   Citation:Conflict and Health 2018 12:33

   Published on: 11 July 2018

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4. Content Type:Research

   Performance-based financing in three humanitarian settings: principles and pragmatism

   Performance based financing (PBF) has been increasingly implemented across low and middle-income countries, including in fragile and humanitarian settings, which present specific features likely to require ada...

   Authors:Maria Paola Bertone, Eelco Jacobs, Jurrien Toonen, Ngozi Akwataghibe and Sophie Witter

   Citation:Conflict and Health 2018 12:28

   Published on: 27 June 2018

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5. Content Type:Letter To The Editor

   Notes from the field: a case of hepatic failure and reflections on current status of healthcare of Syrian refugees in Lebanon

   Recent trends and research suggest health conditions of the Syrian refugees in Lebanon are deteriorating. The following case study highlights some of the problems that refugees encounter seeking health care se...

   Authors:Salim M. Saiyed, John Kahler and Mutaz Kalabani

   Citation:Conflict and Health 2018 12:14

   Published on: 9 April 2018

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6. Content Type:Research

   Risk factors for vitamin A and D deficiencies among children under-five in the state of Palestine

   Vitamin A and D are essential for the proper growth and development of a child. Due to the complex political circumstances in the state of Palestine, research on micronutrient deficiency is scarce.

   Authors:Aeysha Bushra Chaudhry, Shakoor Hajat, Najwa Rizkallah and Ala’a Abu-Rub

   Citation:Conflict and Health 2018 12:13

   Published on: 2 April 2018

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7. Content Type:Review

   Non-communicable diseases in humanitarian settings: ten essential questions

   Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) represent the primary cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Specific attention needs to be given in fragile and crisis-affected contexts, where health systems have even m...

   Authors:S. Aebischer Perone, E. Martinez, S. du Mortier, R. Rossi, M. Pahud, V. Urbaniak, F. Chappuis, O. Hagon, F. Jacquérioz Bausch and D. Beran

   Citation:Conflict and Health 2017 11:17

   Published on: 17 September 2017

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8. Content Type:Research

   Cardiovascular disease risk and prevention amongst Syrian refugees: mixed methods study of Médecins Sans Frontières programme in Jordan

   The growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) presented new challenges for medical humanitarian aid and little was known about primary health care approaches for these diseases in humanitarian respons...

   Authors:Dylan R.J. Collins, Kiran Jobanputra, Thomas Frost, Shoaib Muhammed, Alison Ward, Abed Alrazzaq Shafei, Taissir Fardous, Sadeq Gabashneh and Carl Heneghan

   Citation:Conflict and Health 2017 11:14

   Published on: 17 July 2017

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9. Content Type:Research

   Prevalence of non-communicable diseases and access to health care and medications among Yazidis and other minority groups displaced by ISIS into the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

   The increasing caseload of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in displaced populations poses new challenges for humanitarian agencies and host country governments in the provision of health care, diagnostics and...

   Authors:Valeria Cetorelli, Gilbert Burnham and Nazar Shabila

   Citation:Conflict and Health 2017 11:4

   Published on: 6 April 2017

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10. Content Type:Short Report

    Challenges to conducting epidemiology research in chronic conflict areas: examples from PURE- Palestine

    Little has been written on the challenges of conducting research in regions or countries with chronic conflict and strife. In this paper we share our experiences in conducting a population based study of chron...

    Authors:Rasha Khatib, Rita Giacaman, Umaiyeh Khammash and Salim Yusuf

    Citation:Conflict and Health 2017 10:33

    Published on: 22 February 2017

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11. Content Type:Research

    Prevalence, care-seeking, and health service utilization for non-communicable diseases among Syrian refugees and host communities in Lebanon

    Given the large burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among both Syrian refugees and the host communities within which they are settled, humanitarian actors and the government of Lebanon face immense chal...

    Authors:Shannon Doocy, Emily Lyles, Baptiste Hanquart and Michael Woodman

    Citation:Conflict and Health 2016 10:21

    Published on: 19 October 2016

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12. Content Type:Research

    Differences in tobacco smoking prevalence and frequency between adolescent Palestine refugee and non-refugee populations in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and the West Bank: cross-sectional analysis of the Global Youth Tobacco Survey

    Evidence is conflicting as to the whether tobacco smoking prevalence is higher in refugee than non-refugee populations. The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence and frequency of tobacco smoking in P...

    Authors:Mohammed Jawad, Ali Khader and Christopher Millett

    Citation:Conflict and Health 2016 10:20

    Published on: 5 October 2016

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13. Content Type:Case Study

    Diabetes in an emergency context: the Malian case study

    The World Health Organization proposes 6 building blocks for health systems. These are vulnerable to challenges in many contexts. Findings from a 2004 assessment of the health system in Mali for diabetes care ...

    Authors:Stéphane Besançon, Ibrahima-Soce Fall, Mathieu Doré, Assa Sidibé, Olivier Hagon, François Chappuis and David Beran

    Citation:Conflict and Health 2015 9:15

    Published on: 1 May 2015

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