01762nas a2200169 4500000000100000008004100001260004400042653005700086653002700143100001300170700001400183245015500197856008900352490000700441520113000448022001401578 2021 d bSpringer Science and Business Media LLC 10 aPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 10 aHealth(social science) 1 aKuehne A 1 aRoberts L 00 aLearning from health information challenges in the Central African Republic: where documenting health and humanitarian needs requires fresh approaches uhttps://conflictandhealth.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s13031-021-00405-1.pdf 0 v15 3 aAbstractThe Central African Republic (CAR) is one of the world’s poorest and most fragile countries. Maybe there is no nation on the planet where the official health statistics are so poor. Evidence presented in this Conflict and Health themed collection to document humanitarian needs in CAR, suggests that UN statistics dramatically under-estimate the birth and death rates in conflict settings. To be current and valid, health indicator data in violent settings require more frequent measurement, more triangulation and granular exploration, and creative approaches based on few assumptions. In a world increasingly dependent on model driven data—data often inaccurate in conflict settings—we hope that this collection will allow those service providers and researchers operating in CAR to share their work and help us better learn how to learn. We particularly invite research from professionals working in CAR that documents humanitarian needs and presents indicators of population health where official estimates might not articulate the true extent of the health crisis. a1752-1505