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Time to reconcile migration and health in Europe by Blanchet, Karl

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Evidence on public health interventions in humanitarian crises by Blanchet, Karl, PhD, Ramesh, Anita, PhD, Frison, Severine, PhD, Warren, Emily, MSc, Hossain, Mazeda, PhD, Smith, James, MBBS, Knight, Abigail, MSc, Post, Nathan, MBBS, Lewis, Christopher, MBBS, Woodward, Aniek, MSc, Dahab, Maysoon, PhD, Ruby, Alexander, MSc, Sistenich, Vera, MD, Pantuliano, Sara, PhD, Roberts, Bayard, Dr

“…Summary Recognition of the need for evidence-based interventions to help to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of humanitarian responses has been…”
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The UCL–Lancet Commission on Migration and Health: the health of a world on the move by Abubakar, Ibrahim, Aldridge, Robert W, Devakumar, Delan, Orcutt, Miriam, Burns, Rachel, Barreto, Mauricio L, Dhavan, Poonam, Fouad, Fouad M, Groce, Nora, Guo, Yan, Hargreaves, Sally, Knipper, Michael, Miranda, J Jaime, Madise, Nyovani, Kumar, Bernadette, Mosca, Davide, McGovern, Terry, Rubenstein, Leonard, Sammonds, Peter, Sawyer, Susan M, Sheikh, Kabir, Tollman, Stephen, Spiegel, Paul, Zimmerman, Cathy, Abubakar, Ibrahim, Aldridge, Robert W, Devakumar, Delan, Orcutt, Miriam, Burns, Rachel, Barreto, Mauricio L, Dhavan, Poonam, Fouad, Fouad M, Groce, Nora, Guo, Yan, Hargreaves, Sally, Knipper, Michael, Miranda, Jaime, Madise, Nyovani, Kumar, Bernadette, Mosca, Davide, McGovern, Terry, Rubenstein, Leonard, Sammonds, Peter, Sawyer, Susan M, Sheikh, Kabir, Tollman, Stephen, Spiegel, Paul, Zimmerman, Cathy, Abbas, Mustafa, Acer, Eleanor, Ahmad, Ayesha, Abimbola, Seye, Blanchet, Karl, Bocquier, Philippe, Samuels, Fiona, Byrne, Olga, Haerizadeh, Sonia, Issa, Rita, Collinson, Mark, Ginsburg, Carren, Kelman, Ilan, McAlpine, Alys, Pocock, Nicola, Olshansky, Barbara, Ramos, Dandara, White, Michael, Zhou, Suzanne

“…With one billion people on the move or having moved in 2018, migration is a global reality, which has also become a political lightning rod. Although estimates…”
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Governance and Capacity to Manage Resilience of Health Systems: Towards a New Conceptual Framework by Blanchet, Karl, Nam, Sara L, Ramalingam, Ben, Pozo-Martin, Francisco

“…The term resilience has dominated the discourse among health systems researchers since 2014 and the onset of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. There is wide…”
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Health systems resilience in practice: a scoping review to identify strategies for building resilience by Forsgren, Lena, Tediosi, Fabrizio, Blanchet, Karl, Saulnier, Dell D

“…Abstract Background Research on health systems resilience has focused primarily on the theoretical development of the concept and its dimensions. There is an…”
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Evaluating the effectiveness of sexual and reproductive health services during humanitarian crises: A systematic review by Singh, Neha S, Smith, James, Aryasinghe, Sarindi, Khosla, Rajat, Say, Lale, Blanchet, Karl

“…An estimated 32 million women and girls of reproductive age living in emergency situations, all of whom require sexual and reproductive health (SRH)…”
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Evidence on the Effectiveness of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Interventions on Health Outcomes in Humanitarian Crises: A Systematic Review by Ramesh, Anita, Blanchet, Karl, Ensink, Jeroen H J, Roberts, Bayard

“…Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions are amongst the most crucial in humanitarian crises, although the impact of the different WASH…”
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Syrian refugees in Greece: experience with violence, mental health status, and access to information during the journey and while in Greece by Ben Farhat, Jihane, Blanchet, Karl, Juul Bjertrup, Pia, Veizis, Apostolos, Perrin, Clément, Coulborn, Rebecca M, Mayaud, Philippe, Cohuet, Sandra

“…Since 2015, Europe has been facing an unprecedented arrival of refugees and migrants: more than one million people entered via land and sea routes. During…”
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Thinking shift on health systems: from blueprint health programmes towards resilience of health systems Comment on "Constraints to applying systems thinking concepts in health systems: A regional perspective from surveying stakeholders in Eastern Mediterranean countries" by Blanchet, Karl

“…International health is still highly dominated by equilibrium approaches. The emergence of systems thinking in international health provides a great avenue to…”
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The Effectiveness of Interventions for Non-Communicable Diseases in Humanitarian Crises: A Systematic Review by Ruby, Alexander, Knight, Abigail, Perel, Pablo, Blanchet, Karl, Roberts, Bayard

“…Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are of increasing concern in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) affected humanitarian crises. Humanitarian agencies and…”
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The Afghan population needs a national health system to survive and continued support from international donors by Blanchet, Karl, Shafique, Fouzia

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Reducing the impact of the coronavirus on disadvantaged migrants and ethnic minorities by Kumar, Bernadette N, Hargreaves, Sally, Agyemang, Charles, James, Rosemary A, Blanchet, Karl, Gruer, Laurence

“…Abstract Studies from several countries have shown that the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionally affected migrants. Many have numerous risk factors making…”
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Mathematical modelling for health systems research: a systematic review of system dynamics and agent-based models by Cassidy, Rachel, Singh, Neha S, Schiratti, Pierre-Raphaël, Semwanga, Agnes, Binyaruka, Peter, Sachingongu, Nkenda, Chama-Chiliba, Chitalu Miriam, Chalabi, Zaid, Borghi, Josephine, Blanchet, Karl

“…Mathematical modelling has been a vital research tool for exploring complex systems, most recently to aid understanding of health system functioning and…”
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Lessons learned for surveillance strategies for trachoma elimination as a public health problem, from the evaluation of approaches utilised by Guinea worm and onchocerciasis programmes: A literature review by Senyonjo, Laura, Downs, Philip, Schmidt, Elena, Bailey, Robin, Blanchet, Karl

“…A number of neglected tropical diseases are targeted for elimination or eradication. An effective surveillance system is critical to determine if these goals…”
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Correction: Have attacks on healthcare become the new normal? A public health call to action for armed conflicts before it is too late by Blanchet, Karl, Rubenstein, Leonard, Taithe, Bertrand, Fast, Larissa

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How is hygiene behaviour affected by conflict and displacement? A qualitative case study in Northern Iraq by White, Sian, Heath, Thomas, Khalid Ibrahim, Waleed, Ihsan, Dilveen, Blanchet, Karl, Curtis, Val, Dreibelbis, Robert

“…This research aimed to qualitatively explore whether the determinants of handwashing behaviour change according to the duration of displacement or the type of…”
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Have attacks on healthcare become the new normal? a public health call to action for armed conflicts before it is too late by Blanchet, Karl, Rubenstein, Leonard, Taithe, Bertrand, Fast, Larissa

“…The scale of attacks on healthcare has become more visible and its impact greater in recent armed conflicts in Ukraine, Sudan and Myanmar. In these conflicts,…”
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Strengthening vaccination delivery system resilience in the context of protracted humanitarian crisis: a realist-informed systematic review by Ismail, Sharif A, Lam, Sze Tung, Bell, Sadie, Fouad, Fouad M, Blanchet, Karl, Borghi, Josephine

“…Childhood vaccination is among the most effective public health interventions available for the prevention of communicable disease, but coverage in many…”
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Professional advice for primary healthcare workers in Ethiopia: a social network analysis by Sabot, Kate, Blanchet, Karl, Berhanu, Della, Spicer, Neil, Schellenberg, Joanna

“…In an era of increasingly competitive funding, governments and donors will be looking for creative ways to extend and maximise resources. One such means can…”
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An Integrated eDiagnosis Approach (IeDA) versus standard IMCI for assessing and managing childhood illness in Burkina Faso: a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial by Sarrassat, Sophie, Lewis, James J, Some, Arsene S, Somda, Serge, Cousens, Simon, Blanchet, Karl

“…The Integrated eDiagnosis Approach (IeDA), centred on an electronic Clinical Decision Support System (eCDSS) developed in line with national Integrated…”
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