2020
DOI: 10.1186/s13031-020-00265-1
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Health services for women, children and adolescents in conflict affected settings: experience from North and South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo

Abstract: Background: Insecurity has characterized the Eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo for decades. Providing health services to sustain women's and children's health during protracted conflict is challenging. This mixed-methods case study aimed to describe how reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, adolescent health and nutrition (RMNCAH+N) services have been offered in North and South Kivu since 2000 and how successful they were. Methods: We conducted a case study using a desk review of publicly a… Show more

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“…Fourth, the period that covered our data collection might raise concerns as to the current pertinence of our ndings. Nevertheless, recent qualitative ndings on health services for women, children, and adolescents in North Kivu, highlighting human resource and logistic barriers, might suggest that this study remains relevant (88).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…Fourth, the period that covered our data collection might raise concerns as to the current pertinence of our ndings. Nevertheless, recent qualitative ndings on health services for women, children, and adolescents in North Kivu, highlighting human resource and logistic barriers, might suggest that this study remains relevant (88).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…The DRC, with the most severe health challenge of its high maternal mortality ratio, has received a large amount of health assistance from various international organizations, of which a signi cant share was devoted to the maternal and reproductive health interventions [31][32][33]. Given the unstable political and con icting situations, however, not all of the health assistance programs were effective.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Detailed reports of the BRANCH case studies [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] as well as a cross-case synthesis of findings [23] are published elsewhere. For this additional paper, we aimed to highlight and discuss some of the research challenges faced and the corresponding mitigation strategies used by the international research teams conducting BRANCH case studies in Somalia, Mali, Pakistan and Afghanistan ( Table 1).…”
Section: Research Studiesmentioning
confidence: 99%