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This paper is highly relevant to today’s global events, especially amidst ongoing conflicts and humanitarian crises. It provides a valuable framework for addressing complex health system challenges and guiding future health interventions in fragile and conflict-affected settings. https://lnkd.in/enZwBFVa

Thanks for Dr. AL Mohannad Abdelrahim for sharing the article on public health in conflict zones and highlighting its key findings! This area of study is crucial, especially considering the devastating impact conflicts have on healthcare infrastructure. On a related note, our recent article https://lnkd.in/dzi5imNg published in ecancermedicalscience explores the #Sudaneseconflict's crippling effect on cancer patients. Essential services like diagnosis, surgery & treatment (chemotherapy, radiotherapy, & palliative care) have been disrupted or halted entirely. This critical issue has far-reaching consequences for countless Sudanese battling cancer.

"In framing the pandemic as an exceptional crisis, there is a real risk of diminishing the importance of learning and the need for transformative change within the sector. Our analysis suggests that there is much to be learned – and further researched – from the response to COVID-19, which will be useful in responding to future public health emergencies, as well as other major crises." 📖 Our newly published evaluation synthesis report, "The humanitarian response to COVID-19: lessons for future pandemics and global crises," written by Emmeline Kerkvliet Susanna Morrison-Metois Katy Bobin Samir Hafiz is available in the following formats: 1️⃣ Full report 2️⃣ Executive summary 3️⃣ Key lessons for pandemics 4️⃣ Key lessons for global crises Dive into the learnings here: https://lnkd.in/dYZfT2t3 #withlearningcomeschange

New #article from Sun et al: Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Urban Emergency Response Resilience During Public Health Crises: A Case Study of Wuhan TL;DR: social rescue capabilities and population are the weak links in emergency response capacity https://lnkd.in/e5n_DPpX

Humanitarian medicine addresses the human consequence of crises such as conflict, disaster, or displacement, and serves to assist those whose lives and health are impacted by such events. At last month's Global Health Seminar Series, Prof Fatimah Lateef spoke about her experiences on the ground while providing humanitarian aid, and the technical and ethical challenges that medical professionals have to face under such extraordinary circumstances. #humanitarianhealth #disasterrelief #globalhealth

What an insightful discussion with Dr. Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi (West Africa Programme Lead at the CDC Africa) on health systems strengthening in low and middle income countries! Have a listen!

We have an incredible team with Pan American Health Organization, Inter-American Development Bank, and Organización de los Estados Americanos supporting regional progress in strengthening public health systems and protecting economies in the region from health threats. Learn more about the outcomes of our 2nd high-level meeting of the Economic and Health Dialogue of the Americas #EHA in our factsheet: https://lnkd.in/dMRS63DT

Deepen your understanding of the health challenges affecting refugees through "Migration and Health: the hidden global public health crisis," an article featured in Health Education Research's new special issue. Explore further: https://oxford.ly/3xSM5FB

City leadership for age-friendly communities in the post-pandemic era: five lessons for building health emergency resilience from 16 European cities

When it comes to climate-smart health, there’s no time to wait and debate. Too many of those most at risk from climate change-driven disasters that have negative impacts on health live in low- and middle-income countries. Together with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U. of London, Mott MacDonald, the UK Health Security Agency and Wolfe Global , FHI 360 has developed a policy brief that outlines key steps that communities, policymakers, health professionals, and researchers and academics must take to address pressing health inequities around #ClimateChange-driven disasters. bit.ly/3U9kk2S #WorldEnvironmentDay