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Published in: Conflict and Health 1/2014

Open Access 01-12-2014 | Editorial

Conflict and Health: seven years of advancing science in humanitarian crises

Authors: Ruwan Ratnayake, Olivier Degomme, Bayard Roberts, Paul Spiegel

Published in: Conflict and Health | Issue 1/2014

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Conflict and Health began in 2007 with an aim to provide a forum to document public health responses during and after conflict across the world. The journal has published over 120 articles that span the range of public health domains including, but not limited to, infectious disease control, reproductive health and sexual and gender-based violence, mental health, health system reconstruction, and ethics in emergencies. The growth of Conflict and Health has taken place during a time of increasing focus on evidence-based approaches to reducing mortality and morbidity in humanitarian emergencies, and the increasing prominence of open-access peer-reviewed literature [1‐3]. …
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Metadata
Title
Conflict and Health: seven years of advancing science in humanitarian crises
Authors
Ruwan Ratnayake
Olivier Degomme
Bayard Roberts
Paul Spiegel
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Conflict and Health / Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1752-1505
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1752-1505-8-7

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