Table 1 Some relevant studies
From: The health consequences of civil wars: evidence from Afghanistan
Author | Context | Method | Findings |
|---|---|---|---|
Spiegel et al. [20] | Rwanda | Descriptive analysis | The healthcare needs of war-affected people show an expansion in morbidity and mortality. Armed conflicts impose negative effects on the provision of curative health services |
Urdal and Che [44] | Global perspective from 1970–2005 | Cross-sectional data analysis | Armed conflicts cause higher fertility, and maternal mortality rates. In neighboring countries, it causes lower maternal mortality rates, possibly indicating that health interventions among refugee and host populations are relatively successful |
Abbara et al. [29] | Syria | Descriptive analysis | The long-term conflict has led to significant destruction of the health infrastructure and has increased both communicable and non-communicable diseases and raised morbidity and mortality rates |
Levy and Sidel [15] | Iraq | Descriptive analysis | Armed conflicts seriously affect public health. It also effects on inadequate healthcare system, social breakdown, forced migration, internal displacement, and reporting biases |
Namasivayam et al. [45] | Uganda | Logistic regression analysis | Armed conflicts have direct effects on the reduction of healthcare services in Uganda vis-Ã -vis the rest of the regions. However, skilled assistance at birth among women has been found significantly higher |
Kadir et al. [46] | Global perspective | Descriptive analysis | Armed conflicts have both direct and indirect effects on the mortality, mentality, and psychology of people, with most pressure on children, while internal displacement and family separation are also evident as the long-run consequences of civil wars |
Chukwuma and Ekhator-Mobayode [47] | Nigeria | Difference-in-difference analysis | Armed conflicts like the Boko Haram Insurgency (HBI) have a high effect on the maternal mortality rates in Nigeria. Furthermore, the BHI decreased the frequency of care visits, delivery at health centers, and delivery by skilled health professionals |
Bendavid et al. [48] | Global perspective | Descriptive analysis | Besides, armed conflicts have negative effects on healthcare, more than 265 million women and 368 million children have been displaced both internally and across borders |