{"title":"Sudanese doctors amid conflict: resilience, innovation, and a legacy of political resistance.","authors":"Hiba Elhaj","doi":"10.1080/13623699.2025.2518751","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13623699.2025.2518751","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53657,"journal":{"name":"Medicine, Conflict and Survival","volume":" ","pages":"264-272"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144318702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Rapid Support Forces (RSF): the militia that ruined Sudanese lives.","authors":"Emadeldin Hassan E Konozy, Rania M H Baleela","doi":"10.1080/13623699.2025.2524890","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13623699.2025.2524890","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53657,"journal":{"name":"Medicine, Conflict and Survival","volume":" ","pages":"273-281"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144561953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Work place violence against health care workers in Iraq: a descriptive-analytical study.","authors":"Nazanin Qudrat Abbas, Nazdar Qudrat Abas, Dilshad Jaff","doi":"10.1080/13623699.2025.2513860","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13623699.2025.2513860","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Violence against health care workers (HCWs) is a global concern, particularly in conflict settings, and has negative consequences for health care systems. The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence and types of violence experienced by HCWs and to consider the relationship between violence and some sociodemographic characteristics. A descriptive analytical method was used in the study. A total of 94 hCWs in Khanaqin General Hospital completed the online questionnaire through convenience sampling method. The violence towards HCWs was common. The most common type of violence was verbal violence (54.4%) mainly against nurses, emergency department staff, younger and less experienced HCWs, males, and HCWs working in morning shifts. The current study has recommended many strategies for dealing with violence against HCWs in Iraq that involves the government, organizations providing healthcare, healthcare workers themselves, and the community.</p>","PeriodicalId":53657,"journal":{"name":"Medicine, Conflict and Survival","volume":" ","pages":"339-354"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144250786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ketan Tamirisa, Faraan O Rahim, Patrick Ndeba, Michée Kanda Sanza
{"title":"Charting a path to lasting peace in the DR Congo-Rwanda conflict.","authors":"Ketan Tamirisa, Faraan O Rahim, Patrick Ndeba, Michée Kanda Sanza","doi":"10.1080/13623699.2025.2540339","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13623699.2025.2540339","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53657,"journal":{"name":"Medicine, Conflict and Survival","volume":" ","pages":"305-310"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144800918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"To kill a nation - the systematic destruction of healthcare in Gaza.","authors":"Marion Birch","doi":"10.1080/13623699.2025.2549148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13623699.2025.2549148","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53657,"journal":{"name":"Medicine, Conflict and Survival","volume":"41 3","pages":"259-263"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145287751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How can the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Japan inspire action from the global health community against nuclear weapons?","authors":"Ahmad Butt","doi":"10.1080/13623699.2025.2543642","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13623699.2025.2543642","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53657,"journal":{"name":"Medicine, Conflict and Survival","volume":"41 3","pages":"381-391"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145287799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Timothy Holmes, F.R.C.S. (1825-1907): leading surgeon and translator of Bertha von Suttner's <i>Lay Down Your Arms</i> (1892).","authors":"Peter van den Dungen","doi":"10.1080/13623699.2025.2537519","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13623699.2025.2537519","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Lay Down Your Arms</i> (1892), by the Austrian baroness Bertha von Suttner, is one of the most famous and consequential of anti-war novels. Its success led her to become a leader of the international peace movement in the quarter-century before the start of the First World War. No woman did more to try to prevent that war; a friend of Alfred Nobel, in 1905, she was the first woman to receive his peace prize. Originally published in German as <i>Die Waffen nieder!</i> (1889), the English translation was made by Timothy Holmes, a leading surgeon, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, and author and editor of numerous important textbooks on surgery. Largely unknown, he was also an active member of the London-based International Arbitration and Peace Association (IAPA), which promoted arbitration as a substitute for the barbarous practice of war. He undertook the translation, as a labour of love, at the request of the IAPA. The skilled translation made the powerful novel available to a large global audience in the English-speaking world, thus strengthening the cause it was meant to promote. Holmes's involvement with IAPA, including the translation work, is documented in its monthly journal, <i>Concord.</i></p>","PeriodicalId":53657,"journal":{"name":"Medicine, Conflict and Survival","volume":" ","pages":"355-370"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144977528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bilal Irfan, Osaid Alser, Nahed Al Laham, Mohammed Ryiad Zughbur, Ahmad Ibsais, Minahil Raheel, Kaden Venugopal, Basel Tarab, Abdullah Ghali, Abdallah Abu Shammala
{"title":"Medical research ethics in active war and conflict zones: the case of Gaza.","authors":"Bilal Irfan, Osaid Alser, Nahed Al Laham, Mohammed Ryiad Zughbur, Ahmad Ibsais, Minahil Raheel, Kaden Venugopal, Basel Tarab, Abdullah Ghali, Abdallah Abu Shammala","doi":"10.1080/13623699.2025.2543234","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13623699.2025.2543234","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53657,"journal":{"name":"Medicine, Conflict and Survival","volume":" ","pages":"282-296"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144978499","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Restoring the health of the NHS: why the hostile environment for migrants threatens Labour's pledge to fix the health service.","authors":"Moises Vieira","doi":"10.1080/13623699.2025.2515350","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13623699.2025.2515350","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53657,"journal":{"name":"Medicine, Conflict and Survival","volume":" ","pages":"311-317"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144267896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shaikha M F Abdellatif, Sara A A Elmubarak, Hiba A Suliman, Makarim Elfadil M Osman, Awadia A M Ahmed, Eihab Abdel Rahim Dawi, Emadeldin Hassan E Konozy
{"title":"A nation in crisis: effects of Sudan's armed conflict on university professors, research scientists, and students.","authors":"Shaikha M F Abdellatif, Sara A A Elmubarak, Hiba A Suliman, Makarim Elfadil M Osman, Awadia A M Ahmed, Eihab Abdel Rahim Dawi, Emadeldin Hassan E Konozy","doi":"10.1080/13623699.2025.2511573","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13623699.2025.2511573","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This cross-sectional study assessed Sudan's armed conflict impact on academicians and students, focusing on disruptions to professional, educational, and personal lives, including psychological trauma, displacement, and economic challenges. Using a mixed-methods approach, online questionnaires were distributed to 425 academicians and 539 students via social media and academic networks. Data were analysed to identify key trends and associations. The study reveals major disruptions: 65.9% of academicians faced salary cuts, 22.9% lost jobs, and 90.8% experienced property loss. Displacement affected 64% of academicians and 52% of students within Sudan, with many relocating abroad. Psychological distress was widespread, with 75.3% of academicians and 85% of students reporting stress, anxiety, or depression. Educational disruptions impacted 74.4% of students, hindered by limited internet and financial constraints. Despite challenges, 65.7% of participants wished to return to their institutions post-conflict. This study stresses the urgent need for economic, psychological, and educational support for affected academicians and students. Limitations, such as self-reported data and convenience sampling, may limit generalizability. Future research should explore longitudinal impacts and assess interventions to mitigate conflict's effects on education and mental health. The findings highlight the need for targeted support to rebuild Sudan's academic sector and address the long-term consequences of armed conflict.</p>","PeriodicalId":53657,"journal":{"name":"Medicine, Conflict and Survival","volume":" ","pages":"318-338"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144259407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}