What We're Reading

March 2020 | Public Health and Conflict

As the world continues to face the challenges presented by COVID-19, RESOLVE is highlighting the connection between public health and conflict. Healthcare remains a top concern in areas dealing with war and violence, as the destruction of health infrastructure decreases treatment capacity and the threat of infectious disease complicates peace processes. The articles in this month’s “What We’re Reading” focus on the complex interplay of dealing with public health concerns, mitigating conflict, and advancing international peace and security.

 

 

Agogo, Emmanuel et al. “Community Resilience, Centralized Leadership & Multi-Sectoral Collaboration” White Papers. May 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/186945.  

Alonge, O. et al. “Understanding the role of community resilience in addressing the Ebola virus disease epidemic in Liberia: a qualitative study (community resilience in Liberia)” Global Health Action. September 11, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2019.1662682

Garry, S., and F. Checchi. “Armed Conflict and Public Health: Into the 21st Century” Journal of Public Health. September 2020. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdz095. 

Gayer, Michelle , Dominique Legros, Pierre Formenty, and Maire A. Connolly. “Conflict and Emerging Infectious Diseases” Emerging Infectious Diseases. November 2007. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3375795/

Heymann, David L. et al. “Global health security: the wider lessons from the west African Ebola virus disease epidemic” The Lancet. May 2015. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60858-3. 

“IFMSA Policy Document - Peace, Peacebuilding and Health” International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations. August 2017. https://ifmsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/GS_2017AM_Policy_Peace-Peacebuilding-Health.pdf

Johnson, Sandy A. “The Cost of War on Public Health: An Exploratory Method for Understanding the Impact of Conflict on Public Health in Sri Lanka” PLOS One. January 12, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166674

Nguyen, Vinh-Kim. “How War is Changing the Face of Disease Epidemics” Geneva Graduate Institute. June 24, 2019. https://www.graduateinstitute.ch/communications/news/how-war-changing-face-disease-epidemics.  

Omezuruike Okonko, Iheanyi, Emmanuel Donbraye, Eunice Temilade Babalola, and Obioma Kelechi Mejeha. “Conflict and the Spread of Emerging Infectious Diseases: Where Do We Go from Here?” African Journal of Microbiology Research. December 2009. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265972126_Conflict_and_the_spread_of_emerging_infectious_diseases_Where_do_we_go_from_here

Sato, Ryoko. “The Effect of Armed Conflict on Vaccination: Evidence from the Boko Haram Insurgency in Northeastern Nigeria” Conflict and Health. October 29, 2019. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6819527/

Thoms, Oskar NT, and James Ron. “Public Health, Conflict and Human Rights: Toward a Collaborative Research Agenda” Conflict and Health. November 15, 2007. https://conflictandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1752-1505-1-11