Incidence of communicable diseases in complex emergencies
Eva Olmo
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Incidence of communicable diseases in complex emergencies

A literature review

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Populations affected by armed conflict and other emergency situations experience severe public health consequences, caused by displaced populations, food insecurity, collapse of health services, etc. All this leads to an increased risk of epidemics. Communicable diseases alone or together with malnutrition represent the major cause of death in complex emergencies. The most common are diarrhoeal diseases, measles and malaria. There are numerous risk factors common to most of them and more specific ones that increase the incidence, duration and severity of outbreaks. To avoid them, it is necessa...