Cent Eur J Public Health 2017, 25(1):72-76

Public Health Crisis in War and Conflict - Health Security in Aggregate

John Quinn1, Tomáš Zelený2,3, Rammika Subramaniam1, Vladimír Bencko2
1 Prague Centre for Global Health, Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
2 Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
3 Institute of Economic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Objective: Public health status of populations is multifactorial and besides other factors it is linked to war and conflict. Public health crisis can erupt when states go to war or are invaded; health security may be reduced for affected populations.

Methods: This study reviews in aggregate multiple indices of human security, human development and legitimacy of the state in order to describe a predictable global health portrait.

Results: Paradigm shift of large global powers to that non-state actors and proxies impact regional influence through scaled conflict and present major global health challenges for policy makers. Small scale conflict with large scale violence threatens health security for at-risk populations.

Conclusion: The paper concludes that health security is directly proportional to state security.

Keywords: fragile and failed states, public health, non-communicable disease, infectious disease, global health, health security

Received: June 1, 2015; Revised: August 16, 2016; Accepted: August 16, 2016; Published: March 1, 2017  Show citation

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Quinn J, Zelený T, Subramaniam R, Bencko V. Public Health Crisis in War and Conflict - Health Security in Aggregate. Cent Eur J Public Health. 2017;25(1):72-76. PubMed PMID: 28399359.
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