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The Centre for Conflict & Health Research (CCHR) is a unique research collaboration that brings together members from across King’s College London and King’s Health Partners with global collaborations ranging from international NGOs to the security sector.

The CCHR, co-directed by Professors Preeti Patel War Studies) and Richard Sullivan (Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine), is one of the largest global groupings combining cross-faculty academic disciplines in international relations, war studies, economics, alongside a comprehensive suite of clinical expertise in conflict and health.

The relationships between security (covering human, national and international perspectives) and conflict is a key determinant of health, especially in fragile and conflict affected States. The CCHR works on a wide range of historical and contemporary conflict, security and health programmes with direct links to policy and practise. Our faculty work at the highest level from UK’s SAGE through to UN and WHO drawing on practical experience from policy-making to clinical practise.

CCHR’s aims:

  • Understand the relationship between the health needs of all populations affected by conflict, complex humanitarian emergencies and post-conflict situations.
  • Understand the breadth of healthcare providers and the barriers to accessing healthcare in fragile and conflict-affected settings.
  • Understand the relationships between security and health at global, national and human levels.
  • Study challenges of non-communicable diseases in conflict and post-conflict settings.
  • Examine the interface between security, intelligence, and global health.

Themes and theme leads:

  • Kristen Meagher - Women Leaders in Health and Conflict
  • Abdulkarim Ekzayez and Preeti Patel - Health Systems and Conflict
  • Martin Bricknell - Security Sector, Civil-Military Relations and Military Medicine
  • Gemma Bowsher - Global Health Security and Health Intelligence
  • Nassim el Achi - Research Capacity Strengthening in Conflict
  • Hanna Kienzler - Civilian Mental Health in Conflict
  • Peter von Dadelszen - Global Women’s Health
  • Richard Sullivan - Cancer and Palliative Care

Study programmes:

 

Publications

    Activities

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    The missing piece in global gender equality: women's leadership in health and armed conflict

    Women are at the forefront of improving health for conflict-affected populations, yet they remain drastically under-represented in the most senior leadership roles Kristen Meagher

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    Zoonotic diseases including from domesticated animals pose greatest health security risk, say experts

    A new report calls for greater surveillance of diseases in animal populations as part of a fully integrated health security intelligence system.

    Soundcloud Podcast
    Disinformation and Epidemics: The Next Phase of Biowarfare with Rose Bernard

    As we move beyond the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, we talk to Rose Bernard, doctoral researcher in global health security, in the Conflict and Health Research Group in the Department of War Studies. She believes the deluge of fake news that accompanied the coronavirus, along with the rapid rise of the anti-vax movement in the last 10 years, and misinformation during the Ebola outbreaks, reveal how damaging disinformation can be to public health efforts.

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    Lebanon: What Next?

    Hosted by Research for Health in Conflict, (R4HC) Global Challenges Research Fund, the webinar provides a briefing on the social, economic and health situation from colleagues in Lebanon. We examine the current challenges, political risks and what may happen next.

    Associates

    Collaborators/Partners

    Publications

      Activities

      WIWIP780x440
      The missing piece in global gender equality: women's leadership in health and armed conflict

      Women are at the forefront of improving health for conflict-affected populations, yet they remain drastically under-represented in the most senior leadership roles Kristen Meagher

      cat shelter
      Zoonotic diseases including from domesticated animals pose greatest health security risk, say experts

      A new report calls for greater surveillance of diseases in animal populations as part of a fully integrated health security intelligence system.

      Soundcloud Podcast
      Disinformation and Epidemics: The Next Phase of Biowarfare with Rose Bernard

      As we move beyond the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, we talk to Rose Bernard, doctoral researcher in global health security, in the Conflict and Health Research Group in the Department of War Studies. She believes the deluge of fake news that accompanied the coronavirus, along with the rapid rise of the anti-vax movement in the last 10 years, and misinformation during the Ebola outbreaks, reveal how damaging disinformation can be to public health efforts.

      Lebanoncamp-feature
      Lebanon: What Next?

      Hosted by Research for Health in Conflict, (R4HC) Global Challenges Research Fund, the webinar provides a briefing on the social, economic and health situation from colleagues in Lebanon. We examine the current challenges, political risks and what may happen next.

      Associates

      Collaborators/Partners

      Group leads

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        Richard Sullivan

        Director, Institute of Cancer Policy and Co-Director of the Centre for Conflict & Health Research

      • Patel

        Preeti Patel

        Professor of Global Health and Conflict and Co-Director of the Centre for Conflict & Health Research

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