Malaria & Complex Emergencies/Post conflict situations
Populations affected by armed conflict often experience severe public health consequences due to population displacement, food scarcity and the collapse of basic health services. This gives rise to the term complex humanitarian emergencies.
The areas of the world whose populations are most affected by complex emergencies are often those with the greatest malaria burden. Consequently, malaria is a significant cause of death and illness in complex emergency situations.
To view the full briefing, click here
Within the Malaria Consortium website:
http://www.malariaconsortium.org/pages/diseasecontrolinemergencysituations.html . Please also refer to "Scaling up the malaria response in Sudan", "Support to TB Management", and "Bridging the Gaps in Malaria Control".
Other links
- Malaria in Complex Emergencies, USAID
- Roll Back Malaria in the aftermath of complex emergencies: the example of Afghanistan, Sept 2005
- Complex emergencies - Publications and useful links, WHO
- The challenges of developing new tools for malaria prevention in complex emergencies, 2002
- Vector control in a malaria epidemic occurring within a complex emergency situation in Burundi: a case study, July 2007
- Malaria control in complex emergencies: the example of East Timor, January 2003
- Ethics and Health Systems Research in Post conflict situations, Dec 2004
- Recent News on Afghanistan from the Weekly TB/Malaria Report
- Conflict and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Nov 07