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Key Considerations: Child Engagement in the Context of Disease Outbreaks in Eastern and Southern Africa
This infographic summarises the insights from a recent key considerations brief on child engagement in the context of disease outbreaks in Eastern and Southern Africa. This brief explores why, when and how to engage children in the prevention, response and…
Briefing
Key Considerations: Child Engagement in the Context of Disease Outbreaks in Eastern and Southern Africa
Effective child engagement strategies are essential to optimise the response to disease outbreaks and minimise their impact while ensuring children’s protection, well-being and resilience. When children understand disease outbreaks, they are better able to cope, contribute and recover. This promotes…
Briefing
Key Considerations: Social, Structural and Community Dynamics of Cholera Transmission and Mortality in Ethiopia
The current cholera outbreak in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia began in August 2022. As of April 2024, active outbreaks had been recorded in most regions of the country, including: Amhara; Dire Dawa; Harari; Oromia; Southern Nations, Nationalities and…
Journal Article
Psychosocial concerns in a context of prolonged political oppression: Gaza mental health providers’ perceptions
Abstract In this qualitative exploratory study, we investigated the perspectives of mental health providers in Gaza, Palestine, regarding the primary concerns of their clients who are exposed to low-intensity warfare and structural violence. We conducted qualitative interviews with 30 psychologists,…
Journal Article
Coping with trauma and adversity among Palestinians in the Gaza Strip: A qualitative, culture-informed analysis
Abstract In this article, we propose that coping is not only an individual property but also a structural feature. Coping shapes what is referred to in social network theory as multiplex networks, which are based on relations with multiple functions,…
Report
Trapped: The impact of 15 years of blockade on the mental health of Gaza’s children
In the past decade and a half, children in Gaza have endured six life-threatening situations – five escalations in violence and a pandemic – as well as a life-limiting land, air and sea blockade imposed by the Government of Israel…
Interview
Famine expert Alex de Waal on Israel’s starvation of Gaza
‘The responsibility for that lies overwhelmingly with Israel. It will have to pay not only financially but morally and legally as well.’
News Article
Gaza crisis: Babies being born ‘into hell’ amid desperate aid shortages ar
Babies are being “delivered into hell” in Gaza with many others likely dying as a result of conflict with Israel and increasingly dire conditions in the enclave, UN humanitarians warned on Friday.
Journal Article
State of the health-care system in Gaza during the Israel–Hamas war
Before the onset of the Israel–Hamas conflict in early October, 2023, health-care systems in Gaza were already teetering on the brink, with only 35 hospitals operating at full capacity and a total of 3412 beds catering to a population exceeding…
Interview
The Humanitarian Health Effects of the Israel-Hamas War Among Gaza Civilians
Frayed health care and an overwhelmed global humanitarian system imperil the health of civilians in Gaza, cautions Hopkins expert Paul Spiegel.
Policy Document
On the Brink: War and Public Health in Gaza ar
rom the seventh of October 2023 until the date of writing this article, Gaza is still subjected to air, sea and land bombardment in a cruel war that targets the lives of its residents and all the necessities of their…
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