ReviewHealth policy and planning2021
eHealth for service delivery in conflict: a narrative review of the application of eHealth technologies in contemporary conflict settings.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.
- Innovative technologies to address neglected tropical diseases in African settings with persistent sociopolitical instability.Nature communications · 2024Pooled it
- Health system strengthening in fragile and conflict-affected states: A review of systematic reviews.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- The role of community health worker-based care in post-conflict settings: a systematic review.Health policy and planning · 2023Pooled it
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- Reflections on 50 years of immunisation programmes in the WHO African region: an impetus to build on the progress and address the unfinished immunisation business.BMJ global health · 2025Article
- International Partnerships in Health Education: Adapting E-Learning Models for Conflict-Affected Myanmar.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Self-harm and suicide prevention in humanitarian and fragile contexts: A systematic scoping review.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2025Review
- Sudan: from a forgotten war to an abandoned healthcare system.BMJ global health · 2024Article
- Exploring the patient perspective in pulmonary hypertension.The European respiratory journal · 2024Article
- Defending the right to health in Gaza: a call to action by health workers.Conflict and health · 2024Article
- Health information management systems and practices in conflict-affected settings: the case of northwest Syria.Globalization and health · 2024Article
- Leaving no one behind in armed conflict-affected settings of Africa: is universal health coverage a possibility or mirage?Global health research and policy · 2024Review
- Diagnostic evaluation of institutions as a basis for designing the Brazilian maturity model of telehealth services.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Characteristics and clinical outcomes of people with hypertension receiving continuous care in Thailand: a cross-sectional study.The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2024Article
- Application of telemedicine to improve access, and quality of healthcare services in Somalia: a perspective review and policy recommendations.The Pan African medical journal · 2024Review
- A digital self-help tool to promote mental well-being for Ukrainians affected by war - Assessing predictors of stress.Neuroscience applied · 2024Article
- Internet use, exposure to digital family planning messages, and sexual agency among partnered women in Northern Nigeria: implications for digital family planning intervention.Sexual and reproductive health matters · 2023Article
- Localisation of digital health tools used by displaced populations in low and middle-income settings: a scoping review and critical analysis of the Participation Revolution.Conflict and health · 2023Article
- Health Care Organization in Poland in Light of the Refugee Crisis Related to the Military Conflict in Ukraine.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The role of eHealth in conflict settings is increasingly important to address geographic, epidemiologic and clinical disparities. This study categorizes various forms of eHealth usage in conflict and aims to identify gaps in evidence to make recommendations for further research and practice. The analysis was carried out via a narrative hermeneutic review methodology. Articles that fulfilled the following screening criteria were reviewed: (1) describing an eHealth intervention in active conflict or ongoing insurgency, (2) an eHealth intervention targeting a conflict-affected population, (3) an e-learning platform for delivery in conflict settings and (4) non-interventional descriptive reviews relating to eHealth in conflict. Of the 489 papers eligible for screening, 46 merited final inclusion. Conflict settings described include Somalia, Sudan, Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, Chechnya, Gaza and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Thirty-six studies described specific eHealth initiatives, while the remainder were more generic review papers exploring general principles. Analysis resulted in the elucidation of three final categories of current eHealth activity in conflict-affected settings: (1) eHealth for clinical management, (2) e-learning for healthcare in conflict and (3) eHealth for information management in conflict. Obvious disparities in the distribution of technological dividends from eHealth in conflict are demonstrated by this review. Conflict-affected populations are predominantly subject to ad hoc and voluntary initiatives delivered by diaspora and civil society organizations. While the deployment of eHealth technologies in conflict settings is increasingly normalized, there is a need for further clarification of global norms relating to practice in this context.
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