A conceptual framework for capacity strengthening of health research in conflict: the case of the Middle East and North Africa region

• Main Authors: Nassim El Achi (Author), Andreas Papamichail (Author), Anthony Rizk (Author), Helen Lindsay (Author), Marilyne Menassa (Author), Rima A. Abdul-Khalek (Author), Abdulkarim Ekzayez (Author), Omar Dewachi (Author), Preeti Patel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In conflict settings, research capacities have often been de-prioritized as resources are diverted to emergency needs, such as addressing elevated morbidity, mortality and health system challenges directly and/or indirectly associated to war. This has had an adverse long-term imp...