"Ten years of war! You expect people to fear a 'germ'?": A qualitative study of initial perceptions and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic among displaced communities in opposition-controlled northwest Syria

• Main Authors: Yazan Douedari (Author), Mervat Alhaffar (Author), Muhammed Al-Twaish (Author), Hala Mkhallalati (Author), Raheb Alwany (Author), Nafeesah Bte Mohamed Ibrahim (Author), Ayshath Zaseela (Author), Nour Horanieh (Author), Aula Abbara (Author), Natasha Howard (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Response to the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged even robust healthcare systems in high-income countries. Syria, a country experiencing protracted conflict, has the largest internally-displaced population globally with most displaced settlements in opposition-controlled areas governed by...