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Armed conflict is associated with an increased measles burden, both directly and indirectly through associations with lower socioeconomic development and greater population displacement, according to modelling study across 193 countries from 2000-2023

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Armed conflict is associated with an increased measles burden, both directly and indirectly through associations with lower socioeconomic development and greater population displacement, according to modelling study across 193 countries from 2000-2023

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Children in a refugee camp setting, where armed conflict and displacement may limit access to routine immunization services.

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Armed conflict is associated with an increased measles burden, both directly and indirectly through associations with lower socioeconomic development and greater population displacement, according to modelling study across 193 countries from 2000-2023

 

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Article title: Association of armed conflict and global measles cases: A structural equation modeling analysis of 193 countries from 2000 to 2023

Author countries: United Kingdom, United States of America Funding: The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.

Journal

PLOS Medicine

DOI

10.1371/journal.pmed.1004819

Method of Research

Computational simulation/modeling

Subject of Research

Not applicable

COI Statement

Competing interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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