ReviewHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2015
Vaccine-preventable diseases in humanitarian emergencies among refugee and internally-displaced populations.
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78 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 151 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Vaccination in Forcibly Displaced, Pediatric Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2025Pooled it
- Barriers and facilitators of HPV vaccination in sub-saharan Africa: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2023Pooled it
- Strengthening vaccination delivery system resilience in the context of protracted humanitarian crisis: a realist-informed systematic review.BMC health services research · 2022Pooled it
- Identifying the research gap of zoonotic disease in displacement: a systematic review.Global health research and policy · 2021Pooled it
- Delivering infectious disease interventions to women and children in conflict settings: a systematic reviefw.BMJ global health · 2020Pooled it
- Vaccinations in migrants and refugees: a challenge for European health systems. A systematic review of current scientific evidence.Pathogens and global health · 2017Pooled it
- Climate Variability, Communal Violence, and Population Health in Africa's Arc of Instability: A Scoping Review of Evidence and Gaps.Annals of global health · 2026Article
- Azithromycin mass drug administration to reduce childhood mortality in humanitarian crises.PLOS global public health · 2026Review
- Determinants of diphtheria vaccination uptake during a mass immunization campaign in Mogadishu, Somalia: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Access to emergency medical services and associated barriers among war-affected patients evacuated from Gaza: a cross-sectional study.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
- Healthcare accessibility in Yemen's conflict zones: comprehensive review focused on strategies and solutions.Conflict and health · 2025Review
- Predictors of Cholera and Acute Watery Diarrhea among Climate-Vulnerable People Living in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique: A Cross-Sectional Study.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2025Article
- Beliefs and attitudes of Syrian refugee mothers in Lebanon regarding children vaccination: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- [Delegation of immunization tasks to community actors: an innovative strategy to achieve the immunization target during a measles-rubella vaccination campaign in a high-security risk area, Ouargaye, Burkina Faso, 2024].The Pan African medical journal · 2025Article
- Architecture of systems affecting disease trajectories in a conflict zone: A community-centered systems inquiry in North Gaza.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Internally displaced persons' ed utilization and disease patterns: A single center retrospective chart review.PloS one · 2025Article
- Decision-making for childhood vaccination in crisis settings: a survey of practice & barriers.Conflict and health · 2024Article
- Vaccination coverage and access among children and adult migrants and refugees in the Middle East and North African region: a systematic review and meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Article
- Modelling the spatial variability and uncertainty for under-vaccination and zero-dose children in fragile settings.Scientific reports · 2024Article
18 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Humanitarian emergencies may result in breakdown of regular health services including routine vaccination programs. Displaced populations including refugees and internally displaced persons are particularly susceptible to outbreaks of communicable diseases such as vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs). Common VPDs encountered in humanitarian emergencies include measles, polio, and depending on geographical location, meningococcal meningitis, yellow fever, hepatitis A, and cholera. We conducted a review of 50 published articles from 2000 to 2015 concerning VPDs in humanitarian emergencies. This article provides an update on the available literature regarding vaccinations among this highly vulnerable population and describes the unique challenges of VPDs during humanitarian emergencies. Humanitarian emergencies place affected populations at risk for elevated morbidity and mortality from VPDs due to creation or exacerbation of factors associated with disease transmission such as mass population movements, overcrowding, malnutrition, and poor water and sanitation conditions. Vaccination is one of the most basic and critical health interventions for protecting vulnerable populations during emergencies. Growing insecurity, as seen in the increasing number of targeted attacks on health workers in recent years, as well as destruction of cold chain and infrastructure for transportation of supplies, are creating new challenges in provision of life saving vaccines in conflict settings. Population displacement can also threaten global VPD eradication and elimination efforts. While highly effective vaccines and guidelines to combat VPDs are available, the trend of increasing number of humanitarian emergencies globally poses new and emerging challenges in providing vaccination among displaced populations.
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