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    Understanding the health needs of internally displaced persons: A scoping review
    (Elsevier, 2021-10-29) Cantor, David James; Swartz, Jina; Bayard, Roberts; Abbara, Aula; Ager, Alastair; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.; Blanchet, Karl; Bunte, Derebe Madoro; Chukwuorji, JohnBosco Chika; Daoud, Nihaya; Ekezie, Winifred; Jimenez-Damary, Cecilia; Jobanputra, Kiran; Makhashvili, Nino; Rayes, Diana; Restrepo-Espinosa, Maria Helena; Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J.; Bukola, Salami; Smith, James
    We seek to strengthen understanding of the health needs of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in contexts of conflict or violence. Based upon a scoping review, our paper identified limited evidence on IDPs health, but nevertheless indicates that IDPs tend to experience worse health outcomes than other conflict-affected populations across a range of health issues; and this is due to the particularly vulnerable situation of IDPs relative to these other populations, including reduced access to health services. Further research is required to better understand these needs and the interventions that can most effectively address these needs.
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    Understanding the resilience of health systems
    (Springer, 2020-02-26) Blanchet, Karl; Diaconu, Karin; Witter, Sophie; Bozorgmehr, Kayvan; Roberts, Bayard; Razum, Oliver; Biddle, Louise
    Globally, displacement is now at the highest level ever recorded with 68.5 million people being forcibly displaced due to violence, political instability or poor economic conditions. Migration towards neighbouring countries or more distant high-income settings in Europe is creating new challenges for national health systems. This chapter explores health systems resilience, i.e. the capacity of health systems to adapt and transform themselves in response to challenges. We offer reflections and a new conceptual framework on resilience based on systems thinking and complexity theories. The chapter also offers examples of migration-related challenges and resilience responses in health systems and policies in order to illustrate the utility and relevance of the developed conceptual framework for European and neighbouring health systems faced by population flows and conflict. Finally, we make recommendations for a new research agenda.