TY - JOUR
KW - Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
KW - Health(social science)
AU - Kuehne A
AU - Roberts L
AB - <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The 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.</jats:p>
BT - Conflict and Health
DO - 10.1186/s13031-021-00405-1
IS - 1
LA - eng
N2 - <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The 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.</jats:p>
PB - Springer Science and Business Media LLC
PY - 2021
T2 - Conflict and Health
TI - Learning from health information challenges in the Central African Republic: where documenting health and humanitarian needs requires fresh approaches
UR - https://conflictandhealth.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s13031-021-00405-1.pdf
VL - 15
SN - 1752-1505
ER -